Here are the good picture books and videos that would help teach/ review
parts of speech and/or word usuage that I have been compiling. THis is a
work in progress.
The videos can be purchased from Library Video Company.
Sharon
Sharon L. Boyle, Teacher Librarian
Old York Library
Branchburg, NJ
Grades 3-5
oylib@hotmail.com
Adjectives
Nonfiction
Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives- Ruth Heller
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: what is an adjective? By Brian P. Cleary
Descriptive words & phrases [videorecording] / Schlessinger Media, c2003.
1 videocassette (23 min.) : sd., col ; 1/2 in + 1 teacher's guide.
Summary: Follow along with the Wordswork team as they learn all about
adjectives and adverbs. Discover rules for identifying these descriptive
words as well as some exceptions to the rules. Also learn how to enhance
sentences using prepositions and prepositional phrases. Contains a word
game.
Fiction
Bimwili and Zimwi: A tale from Zanzibar by Verna Aardeema
Two Tiny Mice by Alan Baker
Crickwing by Janell Cannon
Water Dance by Thomas Locker
Nocturne by Jane Yolen
Adjectives Most Beautiful birthday cake in the world
Kevin Henkes Chrysanthemum.
Old Hat, New Hat- Berenstain
Adverbs
Nonfiction
Up, Up, and away: a Book about Adverbs- Ruth Heller
Dearly, nearly, insincerely : what is an adverb? / by Brian P. Cleary ;
illustrated by Brian Gable.-- Minneapolis, Minn : Carolrhoda Books, 2003.
Descriptive words & phrases [videorecording] / Schlessinger Media, c2003.
1 videocassette (23 min.) : sd., col ; 1/2 in + 1 teacher's guide.
Summary: Follow along with the Wordswork team as they learn all about
adjectives and adverbs. Discover rules for identifying these descriptive
words as well as some exceptions to the rules. Also learn how to enhance
sentences using prepositions and prepositional phrases. Contains a word
game.
Fiction
William Stieg, Dr. DeSoto goes to Africa
Shrek by William Steig
Both Adjectives and Adverbs:
Water by Edith Newlin Chase
Phanton of the Prairie: Year of the black-footed ferret by Jonathan London
Red Wolf country by Jonathan London
Encounter by Jane Yolen
Conjunctions
Nonfiction
Fantastic! wow! and unreal! : a book about interjections and conjunctions /
written and illustrated by Ruth Heller. Pub info New York : Grosset &
Dunlap, c1998.
Homonyms
A Chocolate moose for dinner / written and illustrated by Fred Gwynne.-- New
York : Prentice-Hallr, 1980 [47] p. : col. ill ; 28 cm.
Summary: A little girl pictures the things her parents talk about, such
as a chocolate moose, a gorilla war, and shoe trees.
Gwynne, Fred.
The King who rained / by Fred Gwynne.-- New York : Prentice-Hall, 1970.
39} p
Summary: A little girl pictures the things her parents talk about, such
as a king who rained, bear feet, and the foot prince in the snow.
Gwynne, Fred.
The Sixteenhand horse / written and illustrated by Fred Gwynne.-- New York :
Prentice-Hall, 1980 [44] p. : col. ill ; 29 cm.
Summary: Depicts a little girl's visual images of her parents' talking
about such things as bells that peel, banking a fire, and a running nose.
Idioms
Nonfiction
In a pickle, and other funny idioms / by Marvin Terban ; illustrated by
Giulio Maestro.-- New York : Clarion Books, 1983.
64 p. : col. ill ; 24 cm.
Summary: Thirty common English phrases, such as "a chip off the old block"
and "cry over spilled milk" are illustrated and explained.
Fiction
More parts / Tedd Arnold.-- New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2001.
[32] p. : col. ill ; 25 cm.
Summary: A young boy is worried about what will happen to his body when
he hears such expressions as "give him a hand," "laugh your head off," and
"hold your tongue."
Letter Writing
Fiction
Click, clack, moo : cows that type / by Doreen Cronin ; pictures by Betsy
Lewin.-- 1st ed.-- New York, N.Y : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,
c2000.
[32] p. : col. ill ; 26 cm.
Summary: When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they
start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them
what they want.
Dear Mrs. Larue : letters from obedience school / written and illustrated by
Mark Teague.-- 1st ed.-- New York : Scholastic Press, 2002.
[32] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.
Summary: Gertrude LaRue receives typewritten and paw-written letters
from her dog Ike, entreating her to let him leave the Igor Brotweiler Canine
Academy and come back home.
Nouns
Nonfiction
Merry Go Round: A Book about Nouns- Ruth Heller
A cache of jewels : and other collective nouns / written and illustrated by
Ruth Heller.
A mink, a fink, a skating rink: what is a noun? / by Brian P. Cleary
Nouns [videorecording] / Schlessinger Media ;, c2003.
1 videocassette (23 min.) : sd., col ; 1/2 in + 1 teacher's guide.
(Grammar for children; 2)
Summary: Follow along with the Wordswork team as they learn all about
nouns. Discover that nouns can be common or proper as well as singular or
plural. Also learn about creating the possessive forms of nouns and
replacing nouns with pronouns. Contains a word game.
Prepositions
Nonfiction
Behind the Mask: A Book About Prepositions- Ruth Heller
Under, over, by the clover : what is a preposition? / by Brian P. Cleary
Pronouns
Nonfiction
Mine, All Mine: A Book About Pronouns- Ruth Heller
I and You and Don't Forget Who: What is a Pronoun!- Brian Cleary
Nouns [videorecording] / Schlessinger Media ; c2003.
1 videocassette (23 min.) : sd., col ; 1/2 in + 1 teacher's guide. (Grammar
for children; 2)
Summary: Follow along with the Wordswork team as they learn all about
nouns. Discover that nouns can be common or proper as well as singular or
plural. Also learn about creating the possessive forms of nouns and
replacing nouns with pronouns. Contains a word game.
Punctuation
Nonfiction
Punctuation [videorecording] / Schlessinger Media ; c2003.
1 videocassette (23 min.) : sd., col ; 1/2 in + 1 teacher's guide.
(Grammar for children; 3)
Summary: Follow along with the Wordswork team as they learn all about
the rules of punctuation and use their knowledge to turn a nonsensical
mystery message into a perfectly understandable letter.
Fiction
Punctuation takes a vacation / by Robin Pulver ; illustrated by Lynn Rowe
Reed.-- 1st ed.-- New York : Holiday House, c2003.
[32] p. : col. ill ; 27 cm.
Summary: When all the punctuation marks in Mr. Wright's class decide to
take a vacation, the students discover just how difficult life can be
without them.
Verbs
Nonfiction
Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs- Ruth Heller
To root, to toot, to parachute : what is a verb? / by Brian P. Cleary
Verbs [videorecording] / Schlessinger Media ;: Schlessinger Media, c2003.
1 videocassette (23 min.) : sd., col ; 1/2 in + 1 teacher's guide.
(Grammar for children; 5)
Summary: Follow along with the Wordswork team as they learn all about
verbs. Discover the three different types of verbs: action verbs, linking
verbs, and helping verbs. Also learn about verb tenses. Contains a word
game.
Lesson Idea
One of our teachers went to Pizza Hut & asked for take out menus. He got
enough for everyone in the class. They would rewrite the menu leaving out
the adjectives
Vocabulary
Nonfiction
Fiction
Miss Alaineus : a vocabulary disaster / written and illustrated by Debra
Frasier.
Harcourt, Inc., c2000
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