Plural Rule Displays

Word Sort Investigations

Word sorts are an effective way of introducing plural rules, as they allow students to discover the plural rule patterns themselves. You can either do as a guided literacy group activity, or as a whole class investigation!

Student writing plural words on a whiteboard with word matching cards, part of a word sort activity to explore plural rules.

We start by just sorting words where you add 's' or 'es'. Once the kids have sorted all the words, we work out what the rules are, and the kids practise some examples on their whiteboards. I progressively follow the same process for the other plural rules.

Word matching cards for a word sort activity to explore plural rules.

Plural Display

I put up a plural rules display only after we've done these investigations- I find the kids use it so much more because they've had ownership over discovering the rules!

Bulletin board displaying plural rule examples with word illustrations to teach plural forms.

Consolidating through Practice

We continue to consolidate the use of plural rules by ...........

Student sorting words by plural form on a practice worksheet. Available for download from Mrs Learning Bee.

Printable word sort worksheet to practice plural forms and teach plural rules. Available from Mrs Learning Bee.

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