In this four week course, students will learn about the parts of speech. Students will be able to identify parts of speech vocab words and definitions along with examples. Each week will focus on two different parts of speech including the definition, examples, and practice activities. 

Week #1: nouns, proper nouns

Week #2: verbs, adverbs

Week #3: adjectives, interjection 

Week #4: conjunction, preposition 

Books:
A Mink, A Fink, a Skating Rink: What is a Noun? 
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What is an Adjective? 
To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What is a Verb? 
Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is an Adverb? 
How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?: What Are Homonyms and Homophones? 
Straight and Curvy, Meek and Nervy: More about Antonyms 
Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp: More about Verbs 
Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky: More about Adjectives 
Stroll and Walk, Babble and Talk: More about Synonyms 
Stop and Go, Yes and No: What Is an Antonym? 
Cool! Whoa! Ah and Oh!: What Is an Interjection? 
Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally: More about Adverbs 
Feet and Puppies, Thieves and Guppies: What Are Irregular Plurals? 
-Ful and -Less, -Er and -Ness: What Is a Suffix? 
Pre- and Re-, Mis- and Dis-: What Is a Prefix? 
Thumbtacks, Earwax, Lipstick, Dipstick: What Is a Compound Word? 
I'm and Won't, They're and Don't: What's a Contraction?
I and You and Don't Forget Who: What Is a Pronoun?
Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know: What Is a Synonym?
A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime: More about Nouns
But and For, Yet and Nor: What Is a Conjunction?

All By: Brian P. Cleary Illustrated by: Brian Gable, Martin Goneau, Jenya Prosmitsky

Videos:
Wide Open World of Adjectives
Verb Song for Kids
Noun Song for Kids
Words: Nouns
The More Prepositions Song
Contractions!
Prepositions! Song 3
Prepositions! Song

- Throughout this class, students will engage with their peers through the use of Kahoots! and class wide games like Jeopardy! and BINGO. Nearpod will also be utilized to demonstrate what students have learned, engage in virtual field trips, and allow for classmate interaction. 

- Students will also post their completed crafts and assignments for their classmates to comment on. Students will follow along with various crafts such as coloring pages, multimedia crafts, informative diagrams, cut and paste crafts, and so much more! We will engage in activities such as interactive google presentations, mini info books, and super exciting experiments! 

- Also shared in the classroom will be exciting videos for students to watch and learn from, guided questions will be attached to each video. 

- Anchor charts will be used as visuals.