This document provides an overview of resources for teaching grammar parts of speech to 1st grade students using technology. It describes websites, educational apps, instructional videos, lesson plans, and assessment rubrics that teachers can use to enhance student learning. These include interactive games on sites like BrainPop and Grammar Gorillas to reinforce concepts, as well as blogs, podcasts, and online books to extend learning outside the classroom. The document also discusses tools for teacher collaboration and sharing best practices like TeacherTube and Primary Wall.

1. Grammar: Parts of
Speech
1st Grade Unit
Chelsea Morin
Fall 2013

2. Rationale for Technology Integration
• We can use technology to our
advantage in order to enhance
our knowledge of the parts of
speech through interactive
websites, to research information
on the subject, and to find lesson
activities related to the topic. The
possibilities are endless!
Click the photo!
• My presentation will
demonstrate how teachers can
easily incorporate such
technologies as blogs, videos,
and educational apps - into their
classrooms to provide students
with the best possible learning
experience so they can be
prepared to thrive in a
technology driven society.

3. Internet Content
• The internet offers an endless supply of information
related to the teaching and learning of the parts of
speech; each of the websites used in this
presentation have proven to be reliable and up to
date sources of information for teachers, students,
and parents.
• Click on graphics within the presentation to be linked
to the websites mentioned. Any additional
information can be found in the notes section of
each slide.

4. Internet Resources
• The Guide to Grammar and Writing
– Sponsored by the Capitol Community College Foundation which
aims to support “sholarships, faculty development and curriculum
innovation.”
• ReadWriteThink
– Sponsored by the International Reading association; This site
offers free materials like lesson plans, student interactives, and
prinouts!
• Literacy Center Education Network
– Literacycenter.net gives teachers, parents, and students
access to learning games, language printouts, and other
useful resources.

5. Blog
Muriel Gissel
Mendoza is a
teacher of English as
a second language
who created the
Grammar-mania!
blog. It gives access
to lessons and more
information
regarding grammar.
Click the image to visit the
blog!

6. Podcast
• PapaPodcasts, available through iTunes, offers several short
podcasts related to the parts of speech.
• Teachers can play one or all of the podcasts during class or
students can listen to them on their own time to reinforce
what they’ve learned in class.
• Students with internet access at home can listen to the
podcasts for free through iTunes!
Click the picture to the left to
visit the iTunes store and listen
to the podcasts!

7. Instructional Videos
•Students can watch
this video as an
introduction to the
parts of speech.
•Brainpop.com also
has links to quizzes
and activities related
to the video that
students can use to
support their
learning.

8. Kidspiration

9. Teaching Materials – Noun Sort
Worksheet
• This worksheet allows students to
practice discriminating between
common and proper nouns.
•Students cut out the cards and paste
them into the appropriate column on
their sorting sheet. This activity can
be done individually or with a partner.
•Click on the worksheet to see the pdf
version!

10. Teaching Materials –Flipbook
•Click on the graphic to link to
the pdf file of the flipbook!
•Teachers can use the materials
to introduce or review parts of
speech with students. Adjectives
and pronouns are also included
in the booklet.

11. Teaching Materials – Educational Apps!
Grammar Wonderland
provides students with a fun
and interactive way to
practice their grammar skills!
The app is designed for
students in grades K-2 and
can be purchased from the
iTunes App store by clicking
here
Want to learn more? Click on the picture!

12. Teaching Materials – Proper Nouns
Lesson Plan
• Click here to link to a proper noun lesson plan I created for first grade
students!
• I found the idea and materials for my lesson activity from the First
Grade Fairytales, a blog created by a first grade teacher in Georgia.
The site is a great resource for teachers looking for creative lesson
plans and activity ideas!
Click on the picture
to visit the blog!

13. Subject-specific Internet-based Resources
• Children’s Storybooks Online is a searchable site suitable for
teachers and students that offers links to story sites, games,
cartoons, as well as to sites offering homework help!
• Students can play Grammar
Gorillas to practice identifying
parts of speech. It offers beginner
and advanced levels so students
can customize the game to their
needs.
Click the picture to link to the game!

14. Click the link!
Rubrics & Assessment
• TeAchnology is a great resource for teachers looking for a
way to generate their own rubrics. You can also access
various premade rubrics as well as lesson plans and
worksheets!
• The rubric generator guides users through the process of
creating a rubric and offers the opportunity to create
rubrics for assignments with multiple objectives.

15. Uses of the Internet:
Online Reference Materials
• Dictionary.com can be used by teachers to help
students learn the parts of speech as well as expand
their vocabularies.
• Students can use the site to learn standard grammar
by searching definitions, finding synonyms, playing
word games, etc.
There’s even an app for that!
Click the image to link to the
iTunes App Store.

16. Uses of the Internet:
Online Books
• Poems are known for their colorful and descriptive
language; Bartleby.com gives students and teachers
access to poems useful in teaching and learning
about the parts of speech – especially adjectives!
• See the notes section for more information.
• Click here to link to the site!

17. Web 2.0
TeacherTube is an online community
teachers can use to share instructional
videos.
It provides “anytime, anywhere
professional development with
teachers teaching teachers.”
Students can view the videos to learn a
new concept or skill!
Check out the
TeacherTube blog!

18. Web 2.0
Click the picture above
to link to the Primary Wall site!
• Primary Wall is a great tool for both
teachers and students!
Want to see more sites for
student/teacher collaboration? CLICK
HERE!
• Students and teachers can work together
in real-time posting sticky notes to a “wall”
– similar to a pinboard.
• Perfect for brainstorming as a class!

19. Slideshare
• Thanks for viewing :)
• Make sure to check out my presentation on
Slideshare!