Man Lady of Pearl you and BB get me so excited..I am sitting here now prolonging my assignment of creating a flannel board to go with a story..(I've chosen Once a Mouse--a Caldecott Medal Book)..anywho those are some great accomplishments and keep up the work..those are my goals once I actually get into the classroom..
On the other hand..to 9nmac04dst for parts of speech ideas..one thing I think most teachers advocate is hands on learning...since early childhood is my focus I probably would have some "baby" ideas too..I would just suggest making it real to them..human sentences (each child get a word in a sentence and have a discussion about the parts of the sentence) or even pulling a text out of something they enjoy reading..Harry Potter or something and finding the parts of speech that your are focusing on..for other ideas search the web..that's where I get my start from then tweek it to ur class or to your style of teaching..
I'm pretty sure ur all familiar with these sites...but these are my favorites when I'm in a bind
Teach-nology
Lesson Plans Page
I'm out..I've got another question but I will post it later..got to do some work..
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