Prepositional Class Ideas for the Language-Arts Teacher
Bring prepositions to life in your classroom with enjoyable activities and games. These exercises will help your students visualize prepositions. Through hands-on activities, songs and games they will begin to make the connections between the words and the actions.
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The Preposition Book
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Ask your students to bring in a favorite stuffed animal. You will need a camera to take pictures of the students with the animals. Ask each student to put his animal under the desk, on a chair or in any number of other positions using prepositions. Print out the photos and give them back to the students along with construction paper and crayons. Have the students finish the sentence, "My stuffed animal is...." Then collect the pages and make a book. Read the book aloud to your students.
The Preposition Game
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After introducing your class to prepositions, play a game to help students retain the information. Write a list of prepositions. Then, cut out the words and place them into a container. Each team will take turns sending a team member to the board to select a preposition. That student will then draw a picture using the preposition. For example, if a student gets the word "over," he can draw the cow jumping over the moon. You may want to give students a few examples before starting the game to get them thinking.
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The Preposition Song
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Teach your students the preposition song sung to the tune of "Yankee Doodle." Encourage students to learn the song, and give them each a chance to show they have memorized it. They can earn a prize or you can create a bulletin board where their name or photo can be displayed. The song goes:
"Aboard, about, above, across
Against, along, around
Amid, among, after, at
Except, for, during, down
Behind, below, beneath, beside
Between, before, beyond
By, in, from, off, on, over, of
Until, unto, upon
Under, underneath, since, up
Like, near, past, throughout, through
With, within, without, instead
Toward, inside, into, to"
The Preposition Poem
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Have each student write a poem using a list of prepositions. The poem should be at least three stanzas long and include each word on your list. This can be done as an individual assignment or in groups. If you decide to assign it to groups of students, they can each take a turn writing a sentence for the poem.
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