Kfamily Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Hi! Dd is doing so well with Writing Tales 2 and is really enjoying it. I wish Writing Tales 3 was available. But, we are excited about CW Homer. We are parsing sentences and dd is starting to get a handle on this but consistently misses the prepositions. Would you please share your most effective ways to teach prepositions? Should I have her memorize a list of the most common ones? I also would love some lesson ideas to help me explain their role in a sentence. I think I need a better definition to give her. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I always liked the saying: "anywhere a bird can go." A bird can go up, down, over, under, through, around, in, out, etc. Maybe you can even get a picture of a little bird and have it fly places and say the place names. Just an idea.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alana in Canada Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 FLL 1 has the children memorize them. We were reviewing them today and it occurred that the ones we put to dance steps were well remembered! (before, behind, beneath, below) cW Aesop has free flashcards with a list of "common" prepositions on the prepositions card. Take those, perhaps, and have your daughter draw little pictures of a bird in all those "places" like the previous poster mentioned. http://www.lulu.com/content/154448 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Shurley English Preposition song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Heather Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 We used- __________ the mouse box. If it makes sense then it's a preposition. And then the mneumonic BUT AL DOES for the irregular ones. This is listed in JAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 We used a fun book called "Under, Over, By the Clover: What is a Preposition?" by Brian Cleary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in VA Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 We used- __________ the mouse box. If it makes sense then it's a preposition. And then the mneumonic BUT AL DOES for the irregular ones. This is listed in JAG. This is what worked for us too. Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 Heather, for what does the mneumonic BUT AL DOES stand? Thanks for sharing with me-this will be helpful. It's funny about the mouse and the bird-we actually learned it with a squirrel!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 Heather in NC, your book suggestion reminded me I have the Ruth Heller books-and naturally I don't have the one on prepositions!:001_smile: I'll check the library next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samba2nite Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Okay Okay I get the bird ...... but I do not get ________ the mouse box. ??? can someone wake me up and clue me in.... cause it's late in the afternoon and this ole brain is notawork'n samba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillary in KS Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I think it was abbeyej who brought a stuffed mouse and a shoebox to her Latin class. Prepositions were things that the mouse could do with the box. (under , over, etc.) I did that, um...., but with the foresight to bring any props. So I used a girl from the class and their chairs. "Things you can do with Sarah and the chairs." :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usetoschool Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/preposition.htm A fairly thorough list of prepositions in alphabetical order if you want to try to memorize them and it includes the prepositions about time also, not just location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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