Morphology demonstration: Adding -s suffix for plural nouns

Overview

Literacy specialist Elaine Stanley demonstrates how to teach a morphology lesson for adding the -s suffix to create plural nouns.

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Resources mentioned in the video

Literacy Hub phonics progression [0:19]

Morphology lesson slides: -s suffix for plural nouns [1:18]

Morphology lesson student worksheet: -s suffix for plural nouns [1:20]

Decodable words and sentences [9:00]

Morphology review slides [10:10]

Who is this video for?

Foundation to Year 2 teachers; school leaders

What will you learn?

How to teach a morphology lesson using explicit instruction.

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Morphology lesson slides: -s suffix for plural nouns

This sample slideshow presents a ready-to-use morphology lesson to teach adding the -s suffix to create plural nouns, with teacher notes indicating how to teach each part of the lesson.

Morphology lesson student worksheet: -s suffix for plural nouns 

This worksheet for independent student practice accompanies the morphology lesson slides for adding the -s suffix to create plural nouns.

Morphology review slides

This example morphology review slide pack is ready for classroom use. It can be edited to match any morphology lesson and aligns with the Literacy Hub phonics progression.