Elementary School Lessons

Picture Words

Picture words are words that describe. These describe persons, places, animals, and things. These picture words tell something about the kind, color, shape or number of a name word.

The L-Blends

These L-blends are

• fl- flower
• cl- clock
• pl- plant
• sl- slide
• gl- glad

Is it red or blue?
Does it look like you?
Is it short or tall?
Does it bounce like a ball?
Is it round or square?
Does it have any hair?
Is it shaped like a bike?
Can you find it on a hike?
Mmmm! What does a wish look like?

-Robin E. Brooks

Notes #3

Words that show actions are called action words.

Notes #2

Grammar Notes:

• She is used in place of a girl’s name.
• he is used in place of a boy’s name.
• They is used in place of two or more persons.
• We is used in place of oneself and another person or other persons.
• It is used in place of an object.

Pronunciation Drills:

SET A: thanks, thin, thick, thing, third, thumb
SET B: bath, wealth, breath, health, teeth, cloth

Language Arts #1

1. I is used for the one who is talking.
2. You is used for the one who is listening.
3. We is used when talking about oneself and others.
4. We, I and You are personal pronouns.

Pronunciation drills:

1. she, shell, shoe, share
2. fish, dish, cash, wash

Notes #8

1. This is is used for one person, place, thing or animal near the person speaking.
2. That is is used for one person, place, thing or animal far from the person talking.
3. These are is used for more than one person, place, thing, or animal near the person speaking.
4. Those are is used for more than one person, place, thing or animal far from the person speaking.

Notes #7

1. Use an before a word that begins with a vowel. Example: an arrow, an egg
2.  Use a before a word that begins with a consonant. Example: a dog, a tray
3. When a word begins with u but sounds like you, use a before it. Example: a unicorn
4. When a word begins with a silent h, use an beside it. Example: an honest person