My little helpers.

Thank you so much for assisting me with the art materials.

(From left: Rachie, Jia Wen, Shi Yun, Nicole Lim, Nicole Foo and Jia Xuan)

Unit 5 plural form & compound words

For grammar, the children came to an understanding that when a word ends in double s, sh, ch, x, and often o, we must add -es to make the word plural. For example:

• foxes
• ashes
• heroes
• touches
• dresses

Class 2G has also learnt that a compound word is formed when two words are joined to form a new word. For example:

• base + ball = baseball
• sun + flower = sunflower
• cup + cake = cupcake

Many of the children came up with many compound words on their 'Compound Word Hunt' assignment. However, Lionel got all mixed up and came up with a list of two-syllables words, thinking they are compound words, like 'fa+ther=father'. That is a mistake because 'fa' does not stand alone as a word found in the English dictionary. So is 'ther'. Be sure you look out for such avoidable mistakes, children.