Here are some Valentine’s Day stories for upper grade grammar practice. Great for independent seat work or whole class practice. Click here for the Prince’s Valentine printable PDFs: prince part 1 prince part 2 Enjoy!
Here’s a second story. Click here for the Valentine Box printable PDFs:
Box- part 1 Box- part 2
Each year, Groundhog Day is celebrated on February 2. Many people don’t know anything more about the day than what they learned from the 1993 movie with Bill Murray. So here are 2 short activities for your classroom that incorporate parts of speech practice and the history of Groundhog Day. The upper grade version of this activity asks students to color code nouns (common and proper), verbs and adjectives. The lower grade activity (recommended as a whole class activity) only deals with common and proper nouns in the passage. Happy Groundhog Day!
Click here for the free printable PDFs:
Groundhog Day History- lower grades
Groundhog Day History- Upper Grades
Upper grades
As an elementary school teacher, you’re never really done reviewing parts of speech. So how about doing a parts of speech graphic organizer as a literacy block assignment? This graphic organizer is simple enough to work for both lower and upper grades. Enjoy!
Click here to get the PDF of the parts of speech in the story graphic organizer.
I’ve gotten positive feedback from a few teachers on these grammar practice books, so I’ve decided to make a Valentine’s Day one for lower grades. It’s 5 days long, and the passages are fairly short. Look through the pages first to know whether this activity will be best for your class as an independent work activity or as a whole class activity. Happy Heart Day!
You’ve probably seen Valentine’s Day paper crafts that look like this…
But have your ever thought of adding a parts of speech twist to the wreath project?
1. As a class brainstorm nouns, verbs, and adjectives that fit with Valentine’s Day.
2. Assign each color of hears a part of speech (yellow and green are nouns, pink and white are verbs, etc.)
3. Have students select words from the class brainstorm to write on the color of heart you’ve assigned.
The product is a cute, Valentine’s Day wreath, that looks like conversation hearts, but it really part of speech practice!
Another grammar book for the holidays! This book has 6 days’ worth of short passage reading/grammar practice. Should only take a few minutes each day for upper grades (more for lower grades, maybe better as a whole class activity). Enjoy!
Click here for the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer grammar book.
Here’s a grammar practice book I put together to squeeze in a little more grammar during the holidays. Each day (there are 9 days’ worth) the students read part of the story and do some simple grammar exercises with the passage. Then they are asked to illustrate the passage (built-in fast finisher for your quicker students). I’m doing these as daily warm ups, but it’s go well pretty much anywhere I think. Happy holidays!
Click: Twas the Night Before Christmas grammar book PDF
Here’s a grammar practice book I put together to squeeze in a little more grammar during the holidays. Each day (there are 6 days’ worth) the students read part of the story and do some simple grammar exercises with the passage. Then they are asked to illustrate the passage (built-in fast finisher for your quicker students). I’m doing these as daily warm ups, but it’s go well pretty much anywhere I think. Happy holidays!
Click: Frosty the Snowman grammar book PDF
NOTE: A second grade teacher emailed me about her experience with this packet. She said her kids were fine on everything but the first page, which was a little bit hard for them. She says the rest of the pages will be the perfect challenge for them, as well as upper grades.
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