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Parts of Speech
This material features adjectives, adverbs, nouns (singular, plural, possessive), pronouns, proper nouns, and verbs (past, present, and future tense).
Grade 3 - Grade 5
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Mad Libs
Use the mat to make up a funny short story by having students take turns jumping on different blocks and inserting a word into the sentence. It is okay to...Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5Bean Bag Decides
Have a student toss three bean bags onto the mat. In the order they landed ask the student to make a sentence using each kind of word respectively. If they...Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5Race to It
Choose a student to say a word while the other students see who can be the first to jump on the correct classification of that word on the mat. The...Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5Jump the Mat
Have students jump down the mat while reading each part of speech and its definition to familiarize themselves with the mat.Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5Use It
Once familiar with the mat, have students hop down the mat giving an example of each part of speech they land on. (Can use an example given as reference.)Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5Clipboard Jump
With a ‘parts of speech’ worksheet clipped to a clipboard, have students answer the questions using the mat.Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5Match it
Give each student a word verbally or written. Then have students jump to its part of speech on the mat.Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5Sentence Label
Write a simple sentence on the board. Have students jump on the mat while identifying the parts of speech in the sentence.Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5Guessing Game
Cover the parts of speech on the mat. Have students recall what each is based on its description and example.Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
