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Quick Look: A Chant for the Suffix '-es' Rule

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Produced by Reading Universe, a partnership of WETA, Barksdale Reading Institute, and First Book
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Carla Miller: And I have a little cheer for us. You ready for a little cheer?

Students: Yes!

Carla Miller: Okay. Here we go. Okay, so the cheer goes like this, 'sh', 'ch', 'x', 's', 'z', add '-es' and you'll please me! We're going to do the first part first and then the second part. Let me hear you say ...

Together: 'sh', 'ch', 'x', 's', 'z', add '-es' and you'll please me!

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