LANGUAGE ARTS

Adverbs
Learn about adverbs.


Conjunctions
Introduction to conjunctions.


Identifying Parts Of Speech
Introduction to identifying parts of speech.


English Grammar: Articles
An English grammar lesson on articles.


English Grammar: Prepositions
Introduction to prepositions.


What do I do? - Exploring verbs
The lesson introduces the present, past, and future tenses of regular verbs.


Parts of Speech - Sorting Nouns and Verbs
The focus of this lesson is to teach students the meaning of nouns and verbs. The students will also practice the skill of reading basic vocabulary and classifying.


Writing: Sequencing a How To Piece
This lesson’s focus is to use sequencing words when writing a “how-to” piece. It uses the familiar experience of eating a cookie as the motivation for writing.


Reading, Plot, Identifying Problem and Solution
The students will read a short story and identify the problem and solution by highlighting it in the text and by summarizing in their own words.


Conversation and Communication
A nonsense verse introduces the art of conversation followed by a discussion of rules that make for good conversation and communication. After the lesson, activities help the children practice conversation and communication skills.


Making Connections – Coordinating Conjunctions
A discussion of simple and compound sentences, facilitated by the teacher, is followed by exercises where children identify simple sentences and conjunctions within compound sentences as well as using conjunctions to join simple sentences.


Understanding Narrative Poetry
In this literature lesson, students will analyze narrative poetry and create their own narrative poem.


What, why, when, how, where, who? – Framing Questions to Obtain Information
Activity 1 offers practice in framing questions. Activity 2 gives the children the opportunity to consider the relevant questions to ask in order to obtain information.


What can I say? – Sharing Ideas
Activity A gives every child the opportunity to speak on a given subject. Activity B provides practice in preparing a speech and deciding how to present it.


Humpty Dumpty - Identifying Rhyming Words
The discussion re-introduces the concept of rhyming words, which the children will have encountered previously in their school career and looks at the patterns of rhyming words.


Big, Bigger, Biggest - Comparatives
The reading introduces the children to comparative and superlative adjectives and can be used as an individual task or as a paired activity.


Hidden Comparisons - Metaphors
The reading introduces the children to the concept of metaphors and can be used in small group or paired discussions. The activities are suitable for individual work or to be completed in pairs.


Going on – Present Continuous Tense Objectives
The reading introduces the children to the present continuous tense and can be read individually or in pairs. Activities A and B provide practice in using the tense correctly and Activity C reinforces the information given on when the present continuous


ABC – Introduction to the Dictionary
The lesson is an introduction to the use of the dictionary and starts with a review of the alphabet. This is designed to form part of a class discussion and sorting using the first and second letter could be practiced in class.


Synonyms and Antonyms
The reading introduces the children to synonyms and antonyms and gives examples. It is designed for individual or paired reading but could also be used as part of a class discussion.


English – Homonyms
Activity A could be used as a paired activity and requires the children to think of homonyms which would be appropriate for use in the sentences. Activity B is an individual activity.


Describing Words – Learning About Adjectives
Activity A requires them to identify adjectives in a text and Activity B gives them the opportunity to use adjectives in sentences and to respond to a description.


As Big As - Similes
The reading introduces the children to the concept of similes and can be done either individually or as a class discussion.


Once Upon a Time – Story Telling
The reading is an introduction to the art of storytelling and should, ideally, be used as part of a class discussion on the concept.


Adjectives
These activities provide students with the basics for the part of speech adjective. It includes a guide to help them categorize adjectives based on the descriptive question that they answer.


Adverbs
These activities provide students with the basics for the part of speech adverb. It includes a guide to help them categorize adverbs by the question that they answer: how and when.


Nouns
These activities provide students with the basics for the part of speech noun. It includes a guide to help them categorize nouns into person, place, thing, or idea and instructs them on singular, plural and gives them an opportunity to identify nouns.


Pronouns
These activities provide students with the basics for the part of speech pronoun. It includes a guide to help them identify pronouns in a sentence and how to match the correct pronoun to the noun. The lesson also gives them writing practice.


Verbs
These activities provide students with the basics for the part of speech verb. It includes a guide to help them identify action verbs in sentences and use them in their own sentence writing. Students will also be given practice on tense identification.