Students identify and categorize nouns. **Why teach this skill?** Builds foundational knowledge for sentence construction. Helps students recognize the people, places, things, and ideas that anchor sentences.

Students turn singular nouns into plural nouns by adding s or es ** Why teach this skill?** Builds foundational control of number in grammar. Teaches students how to form regular plurals by adding -s or -es.

Students turn singular nouns into plural nouns by adding s, es, or ies **Why teach this skill?** Reinforces understanding of common pluralization rules beyond basics. Helps students apply spelling patterns such as -y → -ies or -f/-fe → -ves.

Students turn irregular singular nouns into plural nouns **Why teach this skill?** Strengthens mastery of unpredictable plural forms. Gives students exposure to nouns that change spelling (child/children, foot/feet).

Students turn regular and irregular singular nouns into plural nouns **Why teach this skill?** Strengthens mastery of unpredictable plural forms. Gives students exposure to nouns that change spelling (child/children, foot/feet).

Students combine two sentences into one by forming compound subjects. **Why teach this skill?** Strengthens concision and balance. Merges two subjects sharing the same verb to eliminate redundancy and add fluency.