ChristusG Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 We're working on the pronoun chapters of FLL level 1. It goes over 4 different lists of pronouns: 1. I, me, my, mine, you, your, yours 2. He, she, him, her, it, his, hers, its 3. We, us, our, ours 4. They, them, their, theirs My 7 year old DD in 2nd grade has the first list memorized. She's getting stuck on the second list (and honestly, so am I LOL). I don't think the 3rd and 4th lists should be any problem. Should I expect her to completely memorize them all before moving on to the next chapter? Or should I just view this as an introduction to them and she will learn more about them in later grades? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Keep going. She'll see them again and again. There is also review in later lessons. My son didn't memorize the list, and he has problem picking out a pronoun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairProspects Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Level 1 specifically says that you do not need to memorize them; we did anyway and I'm glad ds did because he has no problems identifying pronouns at all. IMHO, I would say yes, review them until they are memorized. They are covered a lot in FLL 1 too so FLL 2 is probably treating the lists as a review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Review is the benefit of a well-structured grammar sequence. FLL has plenty of review built in. If you follow-through you'll see the lists through FLL 3. We'll start level 4 in a few weeks but I'd assume we'll continue to see them. Keep going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 Thanks! I think we'll spend one extra day going over it, and then I won't worry about it anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 We are in FLL level 3 and still don't have the list 100% memorized yet. Just yesterday she missed "we". To be honest, she really knows what a pronoun is, so I'm not worried. Now, to tackle that Preposition list! That has been handy though. Does it pop up again in FLL 3 and 4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Did you listen to Grammar Rock as a kid? I loved the pronoun one. it is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg9MKQ1OYCg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Woods Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 We are in FLL level 3 and still don't have the list 100% memorized yet. Just yesterday she missed "we". To be honest, she really knows what a pronoun is, so I'm not worried. Now, to tackle that Preposition list! That has been handy though. Does it pop up again in FLL 3 and 4? We are working through level 3 now and the lists to be memorized in the back are: Pronouns Helping Verbs State of Being Verbs Linking Verbs Prepositions Articles Common Conjunctions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enviromommy Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 I agree with the others - don't worry about it, move on and there will be review later. In addition, once she conceptually understands what a pronoun is, she will have no problem picking out pronouns whether she has memorized that list or not. I never had to memorize pronouns, and I never had any difficulty recognizing them. One word of caution on that list: I actually *don't* want my 6 year-old (who is exactly at that point in FLL) to memorize this list, because I would quibble with it. I agree with MCT that "my" is NOT a pronoun, but a possessive adjective. A pronoun replaces a noun. "My" replaces "Jennifer's," not "Jennifer". In the phrase "my cat," for example, "my" modifies cat, so it is a possessive adjective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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