Boxes of Foxes

Counting plural fun.

Lesson 42 · Unit 5 · Glued Sounds & Spelling Basics · New Concept

New this lesson: Suffix -s and -es (early plural)

Words to practise: cats, dogs, wishes, boxes, kings, dishes, socks

The king sings songs. Six foxes sit in boxes.

Lesson 42. Sounds: -s · -es. Mastery: Reads plurals with correct ending sound 9/10

In the lesson

Practice: Sort plurals by ending sound /s/ /z/ /iz/

With Wiggler: AI plays singular→plural transformation game

Sounds: /s/ /z/ /iz/

Unit 5: Glued Sounds & Spelling Basics

5 lessons -ang/-ink families as chunks; floss rule; plural -s/-es with three sounds (ng first heard in Unit 1, Group 5)

• Lesson 40 · The Long Song (New Concept): A song that never ends.
• Lesson 41 · The Pink Skunk (New Concept): A skunk who honks.
• Lesson 42 · Boxes of Foxes (New Concept): Counting plural fun.
• Lesson 43 · The Buzzing Bell (New Concept): A bell that buzzes and fizzes.
• Lesson 44 · The Thing on the Hill (Checkpoint): Checkpoint story.

Part of Skill 5: Glued Sounds & Spelling Basics

• Previous lesson: The Pink Skunk
• Next lesson: The Buzzing Bell
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