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It is important to understand the different parts of speech because this is something we deal with everyday when we have conversations, writing, reading, and texting.

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This article gives you some fun activities to use when teaching parts of speech.

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When children learn to speak, they immediately begin using the nine parts of speech without realizing it. Soon, children learn to identify each of the parts of speech. Learning does not have to be boring. Hands-on, active lessons are best for engaging the child and for memory retention. Below are five fun activities to teach the parts of speech.
The 9 Parts of Speech
Before participating in any of the activities, review the following parts of speech with your student.

Noun: a person, place or thing
Examples: cat, shoe, book, park, pillow

Verb: an action or a state of being
Examples: walk, jump, run, skip

Adjective: a word that modifies a noun, also called a describing word
Examples: kind, yellow, cold, first, many, pretty

Adverb: modifies a verb, often ends in "ly," can also refer to where or when something happened
Examples: often, quickly, slowly, fearfully

Article: a type of word that precedes a noun, and helps define a noun
Examples: a, an, the

Pronoun: replaces a name or proper noun
Examples: he, she, her, him, it, they, them

Preposition: shows the relationship between a noun and another word in the sentence
Examples: in, across, under, behind, from

Conjunction: connects two phrases together
Examples: and, or, but

Interjection: shows strong emotions or feelings, it is an exclamation. It is normally followed by an exclamation mark
Examples: Gosh, Wow, Aha
5 Ways to Teach Parts of Speech
Colorful Copywork Grammar: Have your child copy down a few sentences. Allow your child to either underline the different parts of speech in different colors or write the words of the sentence in different colors to represent the parts of speech.

Ping Pong Grammar: Write words with a black permanent marker on ping pong balls, then place paper bags or buckets on one side of the room. Mark each paper bag or bucket with one of the parts of speech. The child must stand across from the buckets or bags and toss the ping pong ball into the bag that correlates with the word written on the ball.
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Parts of Speech Charades: Write down a variety of words, phrases or sentences using nouns, verbs, and adjectives, on index cards. (example: "The angry man ran.") Place the cards in a hat or bag. Draw a card and without anyone seeing and read it. Now act out what the card says.

Parts of Speech Scavenger Hunt: Read a book together and challenge your child to pick out as many parts of speech as possible. You can mix things up by asking for verbs that end in "ing" or adjectives that are colors, or nouns that begin with the letter "s".

Grammar Ball: Sit in a circle or across from one another if there are only two players. Name one of the parts of speech. The person with the ball says a word that correlates with that part of speech. Then he rolls the ball to the next person and that person says another word that correlates with that part of speech. Once someone can no longer think of another word then it is time to start again with a new category.

If your child enjoys worksheets, let him try this Parts of Speech Match Up. If she enjoys it, you could cut off the bottom and copy it for use with other word lists, pages from books, posters, etc.

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Learning does not have to be boring. Hands-on, active lessons are best for engaging the child and for memory retention. Below are five fun activities to teach the parts of speech. The 9 Parts of Speech: Before participating in any of the activities, review the following parts of speech with your student.

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Understanding the parts of speech is vital for students as they move toward more complex writing skills. Thankfully, teaching them about the different parts of speech can be a lot of fun. Through interactive and engaging lessons, your students will quickly pick up on the parts of speech. Try the ideas below to get started!

How to Teach Parts of Speech

Use poetry as a way to engage students and give them a trick for remembering the parts of speech.

The Nine Parts of Speech Poem
Three little words you often see,

Are articles - a, an, and the.

A noun 's the name of anything;

As: School, garden, toy, or swing.

An adjective tells the kind of noun -

As: Great, small, pretty, white, or brown.

Instead of nouns the pronouns stand -

Verbs tell of something to be done,

To read, write, count, sing, jump, or run.

How things are done the adverbs tell,

As: slowly, quickly, badly, or well.

Conjunctions join words together,

As men and women, wind or weather.

The prepositions stand before

A noun, as at or through the door.

The interjections show surprise,

As Wow! How pretty! Oh! How wise!

The whole are called nine parts of speech,

Which reading, writing, speaking teach.

Teach With Games

Set up a "Jeopardy" style board. Four parts of speech can be represented in each round and with a bonus question for the final question. Some possible answers that students must answer with the correct question include:

"This adverb describes how the tortoise moved in the story The Tortoise and the Hare"

"This interjection might be said when you see a spider"

"This adjective describes the color of our classroom walls."

Separate students into teams and let them choose team names that make up one or two parts of speech, i.e. - Busy Bees or Inquisitive Owls.

Teach Through Small Group Skits

Challenge students to come up with small group skits that focus primarily on one part of speech. A skit that is based mostly on interjections could have the actors speaking in excited tones and using interjections to get their points across. After the groups perform their skits, the other students in class must figure out what part of speech was being emphasized in the play.

Teach By Making Marvelous Menus

Have students create menus that describe the food and the service using most, if not all, of the parts of speech. Fold a blank sheet of copy paper into three sections to create the menu. Not only is it a great way to teach students about the parts of speech, but it is also a great tie in to author's purpose and advertising techniques.
What are some of your favorite ways to teach parts of speech? Share them with us below!

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Understanding the parts of speech is vital for students as they move toward more complex writing skills. Thankfully, teaching them about the different parts of speech can be a lot of fun. Through interactive and engaging lessons, your students will quickly pick up on the parts of speech.

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If a teacher would like some guidance with how to plan out teaching students parts of speech, they can use this lesson plan to help.

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Parts of Speech: Breaking Down Sentences | Lesson Plan | Education.com

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Let your students find out that the sentences they speak so easily are formed of many different parts. Have them break down sentences to learn the various parts that form a sentence!

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Depending on what age group, a PowerPoint could be used for the students to jot down notes or to briefly present the information to students

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This is a way for students to take notes other than the regular way and the teacher has the option of giving the students the print out with all the notes or the print out with fill in the blank.

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This parts-of-speech foldable can be placed in your students' interactive notebooks as a reference. A teacher copy and student copy are included. Notes are "fill-in-the-blank"

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A quick video over some of the parts of speech.

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Songs are always a fun way to get students excited and engage in a lesson.

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Mr. Folkes - Parts of Speech (Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives)

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This allows the students to apply the parts of speech in their sentences.

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Task cards are a fabulous way to get in great review and simultaneously mix things up in your classroom! This FREEBIE set of task cards includes 20 cards with questions covering nouns (plural & possessive), verbs, pronouns, adverbs, and adjectives.

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A game of bingo gets the whole class involved and a little friendly competition can push students to want to learn the material to beat their peers.

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This freebie is a great way for students to test their ability to quickly recognize the different parts of speech. Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, interjections, and articles are included in this parts of speech review game.

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I chose this game because it makes the students think quick and allows them to associate words with the parts of speech.

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Parts of Speech Asteroids is an educational computer game for kids that provides practice in matching word types.

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This gives the teacher a variety of worksheets to choose from, so the teacher can see how their students are doing in specific areas.

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Reading Worksheets, Spelling, Grammar, Comprehension, Lesson Plans

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Learning adjectives can be fun for students because it allows them to express their creativity in writing and comprehend how writers describe people, places, events, and more. Click here for some...

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Parts of Speech Worksheets | Printable Grammar Activities

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Learning adjectives can be fun for students because it allows them to express their creativity in writing and comprehend how writers describe people, places, events, and more. Click here for some...