1. 2nd Grade - Singular Noun Usage
Editing Invitation
2nd Grade - Singular Noun Usage

2. Excerpt from Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann
Invitation to Notice
When I waved to Alison, a bumblebee landed on my nose.
I took just one more pink cupcake and ate it.
Then I licked the pink cupcake wrapper clean.
Excerpt from Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann

3. Singular Nouns (only ONE)
Bonus
Singular Nouns
(only ONE)
Person
Place
Thing
girl
store
cupcake

4. Invitation to Imitate Imitate a sentence using a singular noun.
When I waved to Alison, a bumblebee landed on my nose.
When I ________, a _________ ________.
action verb noun action verb
Person
Place
Thing
girl
store
cupcake

5. Invitation to Write Write a sentence using singular nouns.
When I ________, a _________ ________.
action verb noun action verb
Person
Place
Thing
girl
store
cupcake

6. Invitation to Celebrate
Share an original sentence that uses a singular noun(s).

7. How are the sentences different from the original?
Invitation to Compare
How are the sentences different from the original?
When we left the playground, I asked Mommy if I could eat another pink cupcake when we got home.
When we left the playground, I asked Mommy if I could eat another pink cupcakes when we got home.
When we left the playgrounds, I asked Mommy if I could eat another pink cupcake when we got home.
When we left the playground, I asked Mommy if I could eat another pink cupcake when we got homes.

8. Invitation to Edit
(1) When I waved to Alison, a bumblebee landed on my nose. (2) “Buzz off! I am not a flowers!” I scolded the bee.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?
change flowers to flower
change bumblebee to bumblebees
change nose to noses
Make no change.