Confident Reader
Lesson 251Confident Reader10–15 minutes

Lesson 251: Plurals -s

Focus: Plurals -s

Objective

What we'll learn

Read and understand words with Plurals -s.

For grown-ups

Parent & teacher intro

Confident readers break big words into smaller parts. Look for the pattern, chunk it up, then read the whole word.

Warm-up

Interactive phonics activity

Break each word into parts, then read it as a whole.

Words

Word list

catsdogsbookspenscarstrees

Practice

Example sentences

  • I can see the cats.
  • We can see the dogs.
  • You can see the books.
  • They can see the pens.

Story time

Bo and the Cats

Bo went to the farm. Bo saw a cats and a dogs.

"Look!" said Bo. "The books is by the pens."

Zoe came to help. Together they played with the cars and the trees.

At the end of the day, Bo and Zoe smiled. What a wonderful Plurals -s adventure!

Check for understanding

Comprehension questions

1. Where did Bo go?

2. What did Bo see first?

3. How did the story end?

STEM word of the day

🔬 weather

Meaning: what the sky and air are like outside

Example: Today the weather is sunny and warm.

Review

Vocabulary review

  • treesA trees is something we can talk about or see.
  • catsA cats is something we can talk about or see.
  • dogsA dogs is something we can talk about or see.
  • booksA books is something we can talk about or see.

Play

Fun challenge

Sort each word into the right group. (Tap a word, then tap a group.)

Plurals -s

Other

Stretch

Try more words

catsdogsbookspenscarstrees