THE NOUN: SINGULAR AND PLURAL

Language Arts Manual Volume  THE NOUN: SINGULAR AND PLURAL Materials: Labels with singular and plural nouns Labels with “singular nouns” and “plural...
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Language Arts Manual Volume 

THE NOUN: SINGULAR AND PLURAL Materials: Labels with singular and plural nouns Labels with “singular nouns” and “plural nouns” Blank labels Black pen

Presentation 1. Invite the child to the noun activity 2. Say “ I am going to place some labels in two different rows.” 3. Read each label and place it in one of two rows (i.e. hat, hats next to each other). 4. When the child has the idea of the rule, discuss the difference between singular and plural nouns. Lay out the labels “Singular Noun” and “Plural Noun” above the two rows. 5. Invite the child to name other singular nouns and plural nouns. The child should name a noun’s singular and plural form. Write the nouns on labels for the child to read and place under the appropriate row. 6. The child may write the labels for his/her noun envelope.

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THE NOUN: FEMININE AND MASCULINE Materials Labels with feminine and masculine nouns Blank labels Black pen Labels with titles “Feminine Noun” and “Masculine Noun”

Presentation 1. Invite the child to the noun activity. 2. Say, “ I am going to place some labels in two different rows.” 3. Read each label and place it in one of the two rows (i.e., “king”- “queen” next to each other). 4. When the child has the idea of the rule, discuss the difference between feminine and masculine nouns. Lay out the labels “Feminine Noun” and “Masculine Noun” above the two rows. 5. Invite the child to read and place the rest of the labels under the appropriate rows. 6. Invite the child to name other feminine nouns and masculine nouns. Write these nouns on labels for the child to read and place under the appropriate row.

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Language Arts Manual Volume 

CHAPTER 2: THE ARTICLE

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THE ARTICLE Materials A collection of objects, such as: 3 buttons 1 bead 1 egg

2 pencils

1 vase Black pen Light blue pen Labels with correct articles for each item above so there are as many labels as there are objects

Presentation 1. Invite the child to the article activity 2. Invite the child to empty the objects of the box on the table and to separate these into like groups: 3 buttons, 1 egg, 1 bead, 1 vase, 2 pencils. 3. Ask, “May I have a button?,” emphasizing the word “a.” Ask again “May I have a button?” Ask “May I have the bead emphasizing the word “the.” 4. Place the “a” label and the “button” label to the right of the button. 5. Place the “the” label and the “bead” label to the right of the plate. 6. Throw an error in, such as asking for “a bead”; then dramatically catch the “error” saying, “Oh, I meant ‘the’ bead.” Place the article label and noun label to the right of the object. 7. Continue asking for the objects, always emphasizing the article in each case. Certain “errors” may be made; thus, the children intuit the correct form. 8. Say, “When there is one object in a set, use the word ‘the’.’’ 9. Say, “When there is more than one object of a set, use the word ‘a’ or ‘an’.”

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Language Arts Manual Volume  10. Invite the child to bring objects from the classroom to the table. Use ‘the,’ ‘a’ or ‘an’ according to the rule. Write the name of the objects on the labels. Use a light blue pen for each article, and a black pen for each noun. 11. Say, “The words ‘a,’ ‘an’ and ‘the’ written in light blue are articles.” 12. The child may make a set of labels to keep in his/her article envelope.

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THE ARTICLE: THE MINIATURE ENVIRONMENT Materials Miniature environment Names of objects in the environment printed in black on white labels Article labels to correspond to each object in the environment printed in blue ink on white labels. If the environment has one of something, have a label “the.” If the environment has two or more of something, have a label “a” for each object.

Presentation 1. Invite the child to work with the play yard. 2. Show the child where the play yard is located on the shelf. 3. Select the barn and carry it to the table or rug. 4. Invite the child to arrange the objects in the barn. 5. Then have the child read and place the noun by the appropriate objects. 6. Ask the child to read an article label and place the article label to the left of an appropriate noun label. 7. When all the labels are placed say, “All these little words in light blue are articles.” 8. The child may make a set of labels to keep in his/her noun envelope.

Variations 1. The child may use this material independently. 2. The child may continue in this manner with the classroom environment.

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Language Arts Manual Volume 

THE ARTICLE: SINGULAR AND PLURAL Materials A collection of objects such as 3 buttons 1 egg 1 vase 1 bead 2 pencils Black pen Light blue pen Blank labels

Presentation 1. Invite the child to the article activity. 2. The child is invited to empty the objects of the box on the table and to separate these into like groups: 3 buttons, 1 egg, 1 bead, 1 vase, 2 pencils. 3. Write the words “a button” a total of three times using a light blue pen for the article and black pen for the noun. The child reads three slips and hands each button to the teacher. 4. Say “There is a shorter way to write all those buttons.” Take one label, cross out the word “a,” and write the word “the” in light blue, and write “s” to the word button in black. The child now reads “the buttons.” 5. Continue in this manner for each group of similar objects. 6. Tell the child that the article “the” becomes the plural article, used to indicate several objects.

Variation 1. The objects of the Miniature Environment may be taken out. Ask for objects (plural) with the article “the” used on the reading labels. The child may continue with the prepared labels.

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