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Thursday, December 12, 2013

Read My Lips, I Mustache Ask You about Pronouns

The holiday break is getting closer, and I am getting a little loopy, but I wanted to share a quick pinspiration I found and modified to work on pronouns with my students!
I have seen lots of posts of mustache and lip clipart mixed in with Christmas themed props on Pinterest for people to use in taking Christmas card pictures.  I decided to google mustaches and lip clipart until I found a few I liked.  I printed it out on cardstock, and I used red glitter glue for my lips to make them sparkly.  I taped them to large popsicle sticks and viola, we have a fun tool to help kids visualize when to use he vs. she during our stories and drill practice.
"Who is digging?"  He is digging.  (Complete with a mustache which the kids find hilarious).
"Who is laughing?"  She is laughing.
I also like to use the props with puppets and books so it is done outside of drill with cards:
 
The idea is simple, but having a visual reminder is so helpful for cementing the concept (as well as the word being written on the stick).  I am going to make some sticks for him/her and his/hers as well, and just take the lips and mustache from one stick to another when I need it.  What ideas do you use to help students learn pronouns?

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