Nouns - My Student Grammar Ninjas

I threw the gauntlet down to my students to create Parts of Speech videos using one of Intelli-Tunes's songs by Ron Brown.

MY EDMODO ANNOUNCEMENT TO THEM:

PARTS OF SPEECH VIDEO CHALLENGE:

I double dog dare you all to make a music video using one of the parts of speech songs. No extra credit...just eternal fame and glory.

Then they simply blew me away! Check out this nouns music video!

Here's the YouTube link if you want to use it in your classroom. youtu.be/NaleIzSWN9U

Due Date Trickery: The Win Win Win of Independent Practice Homework

Today, I was reminded of a little trick I pull on my students. NOTE: The key to this trick is to not tell your students you're pulling it on them.

THE SITUATION: Today, I assigned some Grammar Ninja Parts of Speech independent practice classwork and homework. They had 20 minutes in class to work, so I assigned them 8 pages to do.

"If you do a page, every five minutes, you'll get four pages done in class today," I said.

Then they scurried off to work.

That's when I tricked them. They knew they had to work hard in class or they'd end up with a bunch of homework. But then with two minutes left, I got up and said, "All right, I looked at things one more time and let's do this. Turn to the last page and make a note that it is NOT due tomorrow. Then turn to the adverbs page and make the same note."

It's a win-win-win!

(1) They worked hard for 20 minutes.
(2) They are stoked to have less homework.
(3) They think I'm the king of the world.
(4) And they're none the wiser.

Unless they read this blog.

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Grammar Ninja Freebies!!!

I really love the Grammar Ninjas. When done wrong, grammar can be so boring for kids, so I wanted to come up with something that would be just weird enough to hold their attention and sneak attack them so they didn�t realize they were learning.

We've had such fun with the Grammar Ninjas in our classrooms. The kids are laughing and working and learning, all at the same time. It makes me smile. So enjoy!