How would you rate your student’s grasp of parts of speech? I find that it isn’t as difficult as it seems. You just need a good arsenal of activities in your possession that keep students entertained. My favorite way of keeping their attention is by adding personal touches, using interactive activities, and relatable elements. Today, I wanted to share 5 ideas for teaching parts of speech in your classroom that are tried and true and easy to use.
Do you use anchor charts when teaching adjectives or any other part of speech? I like using anchor charts for all the things! Anchor charts help break down skills into smaller pieces so students can understand them better. What I love most about anchor charts is how visually appealing they are with the right elements and the collaboration that happens among teachers and our students. For parts of speech, it’s so easy for students to shout out meanings and examples!
Though not necessarily an activity, posters are a great way to reinforce meanings around the classroom. Placing them at eye level for your students will ensure they get a little extra exposure each day. It helps to include playful and bright images that will grab their attention like the rainbows and little kids you see above.
Use flap books for your students to get a little hands-on with their instruction! You can use them for a simple person, place, or thing sort like this one, for verbs, or identifying singular versus plural. This is one of the easiest ideas for teaching parts of speech because you can clearly gauge your student’s comprehension of the skill.
Make things personal! One of my favorite ways to begin teaching parts of speech is to have students describe themselves! They can start with adjectives to describe their personality and verbs to describe their interests like what you see in the verb flower above. It helps to include self-portraits!
Graphic Organizers
Graphic organizers remind me of mini anchor charts. They’re an easier way for students to discover the relationship between terms or in this case between an object and its attributes. I like to use fun elements that the students actually enjoy to allow them to describe. It makes it easier for them to understand when it’s something they can relate to.
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I’m looking forward to seeing how your students are crushing parts of speech in your classroom! If you’re curious about any of the activities I used throughout this post and many more, then check out my Parts of Speech activity pack in my TPT shop HERE!
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Hey, y’all! My name is Amy Lemons and I am passionate about providing students with both engaging and effective standards-based Math and ELA lessons.
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