ELA21.2.17a

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

ELA21.2.17a

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

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

COS Examples

Example: girl’s dress; boys’ game; cats, cat’s, cats’; houses, house’s shutters

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