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Play with prepositions

May 03, 2016

Play with prepositions

Most prepositions tell the reader where something is positioned. Adding prepositional phrases to sentences provides additional information for the reader and helps to add to the writing.

Kristina Smekens with the Appearing Straw

Supersize sentences with prepositions. Demonstrate with the Giant Magic Straw.

Introduce Fun Revision Strategy: Story Surgery

Have students revise their writing to add prepositional phrases using Spider Legs.

Reveal Emily Dunbar’s “Preposition Song” about the position of the kids and the box.

“Prepositional Phrase Scavenger Hunt” allows students to practice generating prepositions. (TIP: Use a busy scene like these images from archived Highlights magazines. Download four scenes to print out and use in class. Or, download each image as a JPEG. To access JPEG, open image link(s) below, right click on graphic, and “Save image as…”).

Bakery Scene Art
Garden Center Scene Art
Block Party Scene Art
Barber Shop Scene Art
Blizzard Scene Art
Welcome Home Troops! Scene Art
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