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Step 17 - Plurals of Words Ending in F and FE
In this lesson, your student will learn how to make the plural form
of words ending in f and fe.
You will need: Make It Plural Book, Word Cards 111-120
Review
Phonogram
Cards
Sound
Cards
Key
Cards
Word
Cards
New Teaching Pluralize Words Ending in F and FE
Build the word roof with letter tiles.
“What is the plural of r oof? ” Roofs.
“Right. We just add the suffix s.” Add the s suffix tile.
Build the word knife.
“What is the plural of knife?” Knives.
“Right. It’s knives.” Stress the /v/ sound in knives.
“We can’t just add an s. We have to change the f-e to a v and add
suffix es.”
“That’s something unusual about some words that end in f or f-e.
When you make them plural, the f changes to a v. In fact, this happens
in approximately half of the words that end in f or f-e.”
Word Bank for /z/ Spelled S
Word Bank for OR in Unaccented Syllables
r f
oo
r f s
oo
kn
f ei
Is it hoofs or
hooves? Scarfs or
scarves?
These two words
can be written (and
pronounced) either way.
Make It Plural
f e
kn
vi
es
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New Teaching
(continued)
“Turn to Plural Pattern 5 in your Make It Plural Book. Next to each
word, write the plural.”
Help your student complete the worksheet. If additional practice is
necessary, use the letter tiles to demonstrate the concept.
Practice Spelling Strategies
Take out Word Cards 111-120 and the Spelling Strategies Chart. Have
your student study the words and use whichever spelling strategies are
helpful to him.
Word Cards 111-120: Spell on Paper
Dictate the words and have your student spell them on paper.
File the Word Cards behind the Review divider.
This list has one
homograph:
lives
You may wish to
discuss this homograph
and its meanings with
older students.
Sample sentences:
• Who LIVES in that
house?
• They spent their
whole LIVES on that
island.
Do cats really have nine lives?
111.
112.
113.
114.
115.
116.
117.
118.
119.
120.
calves
selves
shelves
lives
knives
wives
wolves
leaves
thieves
loaves
Answer Key
calf g calves
self g selves
knife g knives
wife g wives
leaf g leaves
thief g thieves
loaf g loaves
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Reinforcement
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More Words
The following word reinforces the concepts taught in Step 17. Have
your student spell it for additional practice.
Dictate Sentences
Dictate several sentences each day.
Her shelves are full of torn clothes and unmatched socks.
Let’s shed our old selves and try to become better people.
A hundred husbands and wives circled the parking lot.
They spent their whole lives caring for sick and lost puppies.
The cook used his sharpest knives to slice the tough beef.
What lovely white wolves we saw on the snowy hills!
Their intention is to keep their inventions to themselves.
We silently raked the leaves under a sinking sun.
Aunt April easily ate eleven loaves of nut bread.
Why is the garden hose all tied up in knots?
Calves pass their time charging around and chewing grass.
Each of the thieves had weak knees and tiny feet.
Writing Station
Dictate each word and have your student write it on paper. Then
have your student write original sentences using the new words.
writing
hawks
cliffs
articles
nesting
raising
themselves
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