My fourth graders and I spent
some time on prepositions, prepositional
phrases,
and object of the prepositions. I would like to share some of the things we
did in our classroom.
I read Behind the Mask: A Book about Prepositions by Ruth Keller and The Preposition Pony Show (One of the books included in Scholastic’s Parts-Of-Speech-Tales) written by Justin McCory Martin.
I read Behind the Mask: A Book about Prepositions by Ruth Keller and The Preposition Pony Show (One of the books included in Scholastic’s Parts-Of-Speech-Tales) written by Justin McCory Martin.
I had my students help identify
prepositions in the text. We listed them
on chart paper and later each student selected a word to use in a 7up sentence
and included an illustration.
We used the prepositions page
from my Grammar Interactive Notebook Flaps to define
prepositions, prepositional phrases, and objects of the prepositions. The resource comes with the notebook flaps
and definitions. The students and I come
up with the example sentences. We worked
together to circle the prepositions, underline the prepositional phrases, and
draw an arrow from preposition to the object of the preposition. If you are interested in having this
resource, it can be found HERE.
I love the PowerPoints created
by Teachers Unleashed. I used their “The Smelly Truth about Cause and Effect” and “The Smelly Truth about Cause and Effect 2 The Stinkquel” to give
my students more practice with prepositions.
They really enjoyed interacting with both resources and it helped them
to gain a better understanding. It also
came with an excellent activity where students wrote sentences that included prepositions,
to describe a picture. My students never get tired of
playing scoot and so I try to include it in our lessons two or three times a
week. Here they are playing scoot with
my prepositional phrases task cards.
They are part of my All About Prepositions,
Prepositional Phrases, and Object of the Preposition resource. You
can see more from this resource HERE.
They can also be found in THIS
discounted bundle that includes sentences, nouns,
pronouns, adjectives, verbs, and prepositions.
During the week, I also had my students make a list of prepositional phrases that they noticed in their independent reading books. At the end of the week, they shared their sentences as a way to review for the assessment.
During the week, I also had my students make a list of prepositional phrases that they noticed in their independent reading books. At the end of the week, they shared their sentences as a way to review for the assessment.
I like to change things up a bit
each year and I am always in search of new activities, books, and resources to
use in my classroom. What
are some of the things you do with your students while teaching prepositions?
