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[rusty1983]

Anyone got ideas how to teach the "Is this your penicl(etc)" stuff from the Grade 4 Lesson 6 textbook. Its my first class at this job tomorrow and Im stuck!!!

[Ya-ta Boy]

1. Practice some nouns that the students have on their desk...pencil case, eraser, book, notebook, pen, book bag. Walk around the class picking up something and asking. Every three times, pick up something from a student, but ask a different student, "Is this your pencil?" You can also draw pictures of things on the whiteboard...dog, cat, house, etc.

Not overly creative, but it requires no prep and the students can follow your example in pairs.

[Atavistic]

Also, you can play the hot/cold game. Remember that game from a kid, someone would walk around and you'd say hot or cold? Stick one student out in the hall and take another student's pencil. When the kid comes back, everyone says hot or cold until he finds the right student. (This is a variation on the game in lesson two.) Ask your coteacher to help model it for you first. My kids LOVED this game.

Another thing. If you go to youtube, look for School House Rock about Rufus Xavier Sasparilla. Eh, found it. http://youtube.com/watch?v=hOaty7FpwMI

It's FAST but it teaches pronouns. And my fourth graders loved it. You can walk around saying "WHOSE is IT?" Then they say "IT is [name.]" And you say, "Oh, IT is HERS/HIS." That goes a little beyond the lesson but is more useful than just you, yours.

When I use You Tube videos (usually SHR or Sesame Street), I tell the kids basic information about the video. (Do a little bit on what pronouns are with yourself or coteacher first.) We watch it and then talk very briefly about it afterwards. I then play the video in the next class. You will only see the fourth graders once a week, so showing the video over and over doesn't get boring for them. They actually like it cause they understand it more and more each time.

I've got every 3rd through 6th grader in the school hooked on this one.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=h-YcBVEnLT8 They LOVE that video. With the fifth and sixth graders we now only watch it once or twice a month and they've memorized all the numbers in between. The third graders beg for it. And ALL my kids know 12 vs 20 because of it. We use it as a call for silence in fifth grade. I say, "1, 2, 3, 4, 5..." and the kids say, "6, 7, 8, 9, 10--11, 12, doo doo doo!" and are quiet.