In this morphology-focused story, we meet Suffix -s, affectionately known as Essie. And Essie has a big problem: she's the most popular suffix in Morpheme Metropolis, and she's starting to feel like she can't do it all alone.
Join Suffix -s on a sparkling adventure through Morpheme Metropolis, where every word part has a job and every suffix has a story to tell.
When Essie makes a wish on a shooting star, she drifts into a dream and meets her suffix sisters: Plural Penny, who turns one cookie into cookies; Sabrina, who coaches verbs into their third-person singular form; and Posie, who adds a stylish apostrophe to show ownership. Along the way, she discovers that -s can sound like /s/, /z/, or "iz," depending on the sound that comes before it, and that sharing the spotlight doesn't make her shine any less.
This engaging chapter-style read-aloud blends rich storytelling with clear, research-based instruction, making it a great resource for classrooms using structured literacy and the Science of Reading.
Students will learn the three jobs of suffix -s (plural, third-person singular verbs, and possessive), the three sounds -s can represent and why, and how one small suffix can make a big impact in a word.
