Unpacked Content
Knowledge
- That possessives show ownership, and plural mean more than one.
Skills
- Identify possessives by the apostrophe either before or after the s, such as girl's dress; boys' game.
- Identify plurals by the -s or -es at the end of singular words, such as cats; houses.
- Use possessives and plurals as clues to the meaning of the text, such as cats, cat's cats'; houses, house's shutters.
Understanding
- Possessives and plurals may change the meaning of text.
Vocabulary
- Possessives
- Plurals
