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!
Here’s a sign I saw in a lower grade classroom that encourages the students to write sentences with 7 words or more. Just thought it was clever…
Younger grade classes (like the 2nd grade I was recently working with) need to constantly review the basic parts of speech. Here’s one activity the teacher and I drummed up to combine adjectives and winter themes.
Print out these PDFs and make copies for your class: page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4
1. Cut out the snowman and glue it to a large piece of constriction paper (12″ x 18″).
2. Glue on the adjectives graphic organizer
3. Write on the organizer any adjectives that describe the different parts of the snowman
For extended use with this project, write a story starring the snowman and analyse the story elements, write a character description, etc.
Here are 2 paragraph planners for you to whip out when needed. One has a space for transition words/phrases and one doesn’t. Choose the best one for your classroom, or download both just in case. Remember to right click on the page, choose “save image as” so you can save it to your computer for future use. Enjoy!
Younger grades spend a lot of their writing time focusing on writing good paragraphs. Here’s one idea for teaching informative paragraph writing using a well known topic, Santa. The students can use the planner page to organize their thoughts and then write the final page on the Santa (and color, cut out, display as desired). Happy holiday writing!
Right click on the page above, choose “save image as” so you can save it to your computer for future printing.
Sometimes, I need a self-explanatory writing page (especially for the kids who finish a project faster than others). Here are some winter/Christmas themed story starters that students can continue with all the way to final drafts if you’d like. I figure there’s never a down side to having lots of writing projects available! To save the page to your computer, right click the page and choose “save image as.” Happy holidays!
A few teachers have requested a final draft page with the same picture. Here they are. If your students can’t write this small, have them use 2 lines, giving then a “half way line” for forming letters.
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