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#135. Toy Parade

Reading/Writing, level: Elementary
Posted by Paul Fortin (pfortin@borg.com).
K-8 Bldg., Boonville, NY
Materials Required: chart paper or chalkboard, paper, pencil, toy
Concepts Taught: Parts of speech: adjectives & adverbs

1. After having taught concept of adjectives and adverbs, have the children bring in a toy, favorite or otherwise.
2. Divide in half a sheet of paper (fold in the middle) w/adj. on top of one side and adv on the other.
3. Looking at their "toy", students record adjectives either a number or by time. Have them do the same for adv side.
4. The teacher asks students to submit adj which are recorded so students can see them. Do the same for adv.
5. Have students write a line with adj and adv and their toy. EX: My big brown soft Teddy Bear happily sleeps with me.
6. She has students share their line and records them all.
7. Student or teacher prints the Toy Parade Poem on colorful paper, then posts it on the outside of classroom door or a hall bulletin board for all to read.