All About Plural Nouns

Kindergarten Reading, ESL

by Jasmine Gibson August 16, 2018

This lesson plan is a great introduction to recognizing and forming plural nouns for your kindergarten ELs. This
can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the More Than One Nouns lesson plan.

Objectives

Academic

Students will be able to recognize and form regular plural nouns.

Language

Students will be able identify plural nouns with grade level words using visual supports.

Materials and Preparation Key Terms

Optional: Class set of the Plural Forms of Words TIER 3

worksheet
Variety of objects or images that show singular noun: a word that names a person, place, or thing
and plural nouns to be used as visual
demonstration plural: being more than one in number
Blank index cards
Teacher copy of the Teach Background singular: only one of a certain kind of thing
Knowledge Template worksheet
Teacher fopy of the Write Student-Facing
Language Objectives Reference worksheet
Teacher set of Vocabulary Cards
Teacher set of Glossary
Class set of Plural or Singular Noun Sort
worksheet
Class set of the Plural or Singular? worksheet
Scissors
Glue

Attachments

PDF
Plural Forms of Words
PDF
Teach Background Knowledge Template
PDF
Write Student-Facing Language Objectives Reference
PDF
Vocabulary Cards: All About Plural Nouns
PDF
Glossary: All About Plural Nouns
PDF

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 Plural or Singular Noun Sort
PDF
Plural or Singular?

Introduction (3 minutes)

Gather the class together and display the objects or images you collected for the lesson.
Introduce the lesson topic by pointing to each group or individual object and reminding the class that all
people, places, and things are also called nouns.
Explain that today students will be learning about plural nouns, which is what we call a noun that has
more than one in a group or set.

Building Academic Language

Word (5 minutes)

Introduce new vocabulary words by providing student friendly definitions using the Vocabulary Cards and
Glossary and using examples from the introductory section of this lesson.
Create a T-Chart on the whiteboard and write "Singular Noun" as a header on the top left column and
"Plural Noun" as a header on the top right column.
Model deciding if one of the objects or images from the introduction is singular or plural, using the
following sentence frames:
____ is singular because ____.
____ is plural because _____.
Record a few objects or images in the correct column on the T-Chart. Next, allow student volunteers to
come up to the board to record their ideas!

Sentence (10 minutes)

Write up or display additional visuals (models or images) for the class (e.g., one truck, two cats) and have
students give a thumbs up if it is plural or singular noun.
Write the same sentence frames you used to share out during the word level activity on the board.
Group students with a partner. Pass out the Plural or Singular Noun Sort worksheet to each pair for
students to sort into plural or singular nouns.
Encourage students to share their reasoning with their partner using the sentence frames to deepen
conversation.
Allow students to share a few of their answers at the end of the activity.

Discourse (10 minutes)

Pass out the Plural or Singular worksheet to each student to complete independently.

Additional EL Adaptations

BEGINNING

Group students needing additional support together and practice identifying plural vs. singular nouns
using objects or images.
Encourage students to use plural nouns in spoken sentences to describe what they see.

ADVANCED

Have students practice using plural nouns in additional sentences.

Pass out the Plural Forms of Words worksheet for students to complete.

Formative Assessment of Academic Language (5 minutes)

Informally assess students ability to differentiate between plural and singular nouns during partner work

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 time by checking in with each group and noticint their process as they sort the cards.
Formally assess students by collecting their exit ticket and assessing if they were able to draw or write a
singular and plural noun.

Review and Closing (2 minutes)

Pass out an index card for each student to draw or write a singular noun on one side and a plural noun on
the other side.
Review the differences between singular and plural nouns (having students share their exit tickets) if
time allows.

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