Morphology demonstration: Adding -s suffix for plural nouns slide outlines
1. Morphology demonstration – Adding -s suffix for plural nouns
Extract from a Literacy Hub professional learning webinar.
2. Literacy Hub phonics progression Phase 6
[Image: Screenshot of Phase 6 of the Literacy Hub phonics progression: Phonic knowledge and word recognition level 4/5. The table shows three columns within the phase. The first column is labelled Letter–sound skills and the text below reads: Open/closed syllables – one-syllable words; Phase 6 example words: met/me, beg/be, hen/he, not/no, got/go, hit/hi. The second column is labelled Morphology and the content beneath this label is circled red, indicating this is the focus of this slide. The content reads: Introduce term ‘suffix’; Suffix -s (noun); meaning plural, ‘more than one’; Can sound like s or z. The third column is labelled Irregular words, and the words listed are: she, what, your, one.]
3. Morphology lesson slides -s suffix for plural nouns
[Image: Screenshot shows thumbnails of the 15 slides of the slide set for the Morphology lesson for the -s suffix.]
4. Morphology lesson student worksheet: -s suffix for plural nouns
[Image: Screenshot shows the student worksheet for the -s morphology lesson. The worksheet has seven rows.]
- Suffix: -s.
- Meaning: plural, ‘more than one’
- Base word: pan, cup, frog
- Base word with suffix added: [boxes empty for student to complete]
- Sentence to read: The dogs are on the logs.
- Dictated sentence: [box empty for student to complete]
- My own sentence: [box empty for student to complete]
5. Review: nouns and verbs
Definition: a noun is the name of a person, place or thing.
Examples: teacher, school, desk.
Definition: a verb is an action or ‘doing’ word.
Examples: jump, run, write.
6. Learning intention
We are learning to add an -s suffix to a base word to show plural, ‘more than one’.
Success criteria
I will know I have been successful if I can:
- add an -s suffix to a base word
- explain the meaning of the word when -s suffix is added.
7. I do…
I do…
-s
When we add an -s suffix to a noun: We change the meaning of a word to plural, ‘more than one’.
[Image: To the left is the word ‘dog’; a graphic of a single dog sits underneath the word. To the right, a blue arrow then points to the word ‘dogs’, with the -s suffix in ‘dogs’ circled red, and under the word sits a graphic of four dogs; text below the graphic reads: ‘more than one dog’.]
8. I do…
I do…
Suffix: -s
Meaning: plural, ‘more than one’
9. I do…
I do…
[Image: To the left are three example words to use with students to add the suffix -s. The words are: ‘hat’, ‘pig’, ‘lock’. To the right is the suffix -s on a purple background.]
10. We do…
We do…
[Image: Simple table shows two rows: ‘Base word’ and ‘Base word with suffix added’. Three columns to the right of the ‘Base word’ row header feature the words ‘pan’, ‘cup’ and ‘frog’. The three columns to the right of the ‘Base word with suffix added’ row header are empty, awaiting student input.]
11. I do…
I do…
My hats are on the pegs.
12. We do…
We do…
The dogs are on the logs.
13. We do…
We do…
[Image: Simple table shows two rows: ‘Dictated sentence’ and ‘My own sentence’. Two columns to the right of the table headers are empty, awaiting student input.]
14. Suffix -s
-s suffix
15. Check for understanding
[Image: Two examples on the slide. The first features the word ‘bat’, with a picture below of one bat. A blue arrow points to a picture of two bats. The second example to the right of the slide features the word ‘hand’, with a picture below of one hand. A blue arrow points to a picture of two hands.]
16. Morphology review slides
[Image: First review slide shown for the Morphology lesson simply shows the suffix -s on a purple background. Second review slide shows three words (nouns): ‘hat’, ‘map’ and ‘jug’ and -s suffix. Third review slide shows three words (verbs): ‘sit’, ‘hop’ and ‘get’ and -s suffix.]