ELA21.1.12a

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 1

ELA21.1.12a

Identify possessives and plurals and use them as clues to the meaning of text.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • The features of possessive nouns.
  • The features of plural nouns.

Skills

  • Identify possessives and plurals of words, such as pigs, pig's, pigs'.
  • Use the possessives and plurals of a word to determine the meaning of a text, like Jack's coat, mom's car.

Understanding

  • Making a word possessive or plural changes the meaning of a text.

Vocabulary

  • Identify
  • Possessives
  • Plurals
  • Meaning of text

COS Examples

Example: Jack’s coat, mom’s car; pigs, pig’s, pigs’

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