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Say What?!

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Title:

Say What?!

URL:

https://www.roomrecess.com/mobile/SayWhat/play.html

Content Source:

Other
Room Recess

Type:

Interactive/Game

Overview:

Say What?! is a crazy way to help children learn how the English language is structured. These kinds of Mad Libs games have been popular for decades, and now with this online style, children can create their own stories. They'll have to blindly choose from nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and much more. Learning about parts of speech in context is what makes online Mad Libs games so effective.

Content Standard(s):

English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2

45. Demonstrate understanding of standard English language conventions when writing.

a. Identify the role of a noun, verb, adjective, and adverb within a sentence and explain the type of the information it conveys.

b. Form regular nouns and verbs by adding -s or -es.

c. Form and use simple present and past verb tenses.

d. Form plurals by changing -y to -ies.

e. Form and use frequently-occurring irregular plural nouns and verbs.

f. Use plural possessives.

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Teacher Vocabulary:

45.

English Language conventions

45a.

Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Conveys

45b.

Regular nouns
Regular verbs

45c.

Verb tenses
Simple present
Simple past

45d.

Plurals

45e.

Irregular plural nouns
Irregular plural verbs

45f.

Plural possessives

Knowledge:

45. Students know:

The English language has grammatical conventions that must be followed when writing.

45a.

There are different types of words within a sentence, and each word provides a particular type of information.
The role of a noun, verb, adjective, and adverb within a sentence.

45b.

Regular nouns and verbs are formed by adding an -s or -es suffix.

45c.

Present tense verbs tell about something that is happening currently or continuously.
Past tense verbs tell about something that already happened.
Different suffixes must be added to the end of verbs to show when the action happened.

45d.

A plural shows there is more than one of something.
Base words that end in y must be changed before adding the plural suffix.

45e.

Some nouns and verbs do not follow the regular pattern when forming a plural.

45f.

A plural possessive is used when a plural noun has ownership, or possession, of something.

Skills:

45. Students are able to:

Correctly use standard English language conventions in writing.

45a.

Identify a noun, verb, adjective, and adverb in a sentence.
Explain the type of information nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs provide in a sentence.

45b.

Correctly form regular nouns and verbs by adding an -s or -es suffix.

45c.

Form and use simple present and past verb tenses in writing.

45d.

Form plurals by changing -y to -ies when the base word ends in y.

45e.

Form and use frequently-occurring irregular plural nouns, such as feet, children, mice, fish, teeth.
Form and use frequently-occurring irregular plural verbs.

45f.

Accurately use plural possessives in writing.

Understanding:

45. Students understand that:

To clearly communicate through writing, they must use standard English language conventions.

45a.

Each word in a sentence plays an important role in conveying meaning.
A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea and tells who or what the sentence is about.
A verb expresses an action or a state of being and tells what the noun is doing.
An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun and tells attributes of the noun.
An adverb describes a verb, adjective, or adverb, and provides more description about another word in the sentence.

45b.

An -s or -es suffix is added to the end of regular nouns and verbs for subject-verb agreement and to form plurals.

45c.

The simple present verb tense is used to describe things that are happening right now, and the suffix -s or -es is usually added to the end of the base word.
The simple past verb tense is used to describe things that have already happened, and the suffix -ed is usually added to the end of the base word.

45d.

To form a plural of a word that end in y, the y must be changed to -ies.

45e.

Some nouns and verbs are made plural by changing vowels, changing the entire word, or adding a different ending.

45f.

Plural possessive nouns show that a plural noun has ownership and that an apostrophe or -s apostrophe is added to the end of the word.

English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 3

36. Demonstrate knowledge of the rules of standard English grammar including punctuation, capitalization, sentence formation, and spelling appropriate for third grade.

a. Use articles a, an, and the correctly.

b. Identify the role of a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, and conjunction within a sentence and explain the type of the information it conveys.

c. Form plural nouns, verbs, and possessives, including irregular plural nouns and verbs.

d. Use simple abbreviations, including days of the week, months of the year, titles, units of metric and customary measurement, street names, and state names.

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Teacher Vocabulary:

36.

Demonstrate
Knowledge
Rules of standard English grammar
Punctuation
Capitalization
Sentence formation
Spelling

36a.

Articles

36b.

Identify
Role
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Pronoun
Preposition
Conjunction
Information
Conveys

36c.

Form
Plural noun
Plural verb
Plural possessives
Irregular plural nouns
Irregular plural verbs

36d.

Simple abbreviations

Knowledge:

36. Students know:

Standard English grammar and spelling conventions.
Punctuation marks and their appropriate usage.
Capitalization rules for standard English.
Complete sentences have a subject and predicate and end with an ending punctuation mark.

36a.

The articles a, an, and the come before a noun to show if it's specific or general.
The is used to refer to specific or particular nouns.
A and an are used to refer to a non-specific, general noun.
A is generally used before nouns that start with a consonant sound.
An is generally used before nouns that start with a vowel sound.

36b.

There are different types of words within a sentence, and each word provides a particular type of information.
The role of a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, and conjunction within a sentence.

36c.

A plural shows there is more than one of something.
An -s or -es suffix is added to the end of regular nouns and verbs for subject-verb agreement and to form plurals.
Possessives show ownership and an apostrophe is used in the formation of possessives.
A plural possessive is used when a plural noun has ownership, or possession, of something.
Some nouns and verbs do not follow the regular pattern when forming a plural.

36d.

An abbreviation is a shortened version of a whole word and it will usually have a period at the end of the shortened version.

Skills:

36. Students are able to:

Demonstrate knowledge of the rules of standard English grammar.
Use appropriate punctuation.
Use correct capitalization.
Form sentences correctly.
Spell third grade level words correctly.

36a.

Correctly use the articles a, an, and the in writing.

36b.

Identify a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, and conjunction in a sentence.
Explain the type of information nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, and conjunctions provides in a sentence.

36c.

Form plural nouns, verbs, and possessives in writing.
Form irregular nouns and verbs in writing.

36d.

Form correct abbreviations for days of the week, months of the year, titles, units of metric and customary measurement, street names, and state names in writing.

Understanding:

36. Students understand that:

There are rules to forming grammatically correct sentences in standard English.
When writing, they must use punctuation correctly, capitalize appropriate words, form complete sentences with subject-verb agreement, and spell the words that are appropriate for third graders.

36a.

Articles are a part of speech that can come before a noun to indicate if the noun is specific (Bring me the book) or general (Bring me a book.)
A is usually used before nouns that start with a consonant sound, while an is usually used before words that start with a vowel sound.

36b.

Each word in a sentence plays an important role in conveying meaning.
A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea and tells who or what the sentence is about.
A verb expresses an action or a state of being and tells what the noun is doing.
An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun and tells attributes of the noun.
An adverb describes a verb, adjective, or adverb, and provides more description about another word in the sentence.
A pronoun can be used in place of a noun.
A preposition is placed before a noun or pronoun to create a prepositional phrase that modifies (changes the meaning of) another word in the sentence.
A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses and indicates the relationship between the joined units; there are coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions.

36c.

There are standard English grammar conventions to make nouns, verbs, and possessives plural, and following these conventions helps make their writing clear.
Some nouns and verbs do not form plurals in a regular way.

36d.

Abbreviations can be used in place of whole words when writing.

Tags:

adjectives, adverbs, noun, parts of speech, story, verbs

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YVETTE AKRIDGE

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Say What?!