Do you like that play on words in the title? Whew, I think I have been quarantined a bit too long. Anyway, prepositions have always been hard for my students to REMEMBER. Sure, teaching them doesn’t seem that difficult. I never could get them to remember what prepositions were though. Until…one day.
I had each student make a paper airplane. Note: I CANNOT make a paper airplane. Lord, help me. Not even close. So, I told the students this. I told them that I never could figure out how to make one…then I called up someone that knew how and they made one for me. I told the students this was fine–the point of the lesson isn’t the fabulous-ness of the airplane (although, they will try to make that the point!) After, I did this though, the students weren’t nervous about making a paper airplane or asking for help from a friend.
Then, I had them take out a piece of paper and number to 10. Next, they flew their airplane 10 times. Each time it landed, they had to write THAT spot as a prepositional phrase; examples might include: on the desk, under the chair, against the board, etc. They absolutely loved this activity. It was one they talked about all year! Well, until quarantine.
I also had them watch a preposition video.
This video links prepositions to bridges. It was a great visual for them. I actually think we did this first, then the airplane to work on prepositional phrases. Nonetheless, it was a great video!
Finally, I had them do this activity but it was more of a paper/pencil form. I have created a digital version for you since most of us are doing Distance Learning for the remainder of the year.
I have linked both the paper/pencil version and the digital version for you (both free.) I am also going to include a video demonstration for the digital version below.
All of the resources I have linked are free! The digital resource just needs to be open in Google Slides! I hope you find these useful. I know it is just one small part of the many things us ELAR teachers teach…but hopefully this will help your students master this concept!
Hillary
HI MRS KISER THIS IS NAMNA