LA 7.11The Pronoun Game

1. 1

   Gather two other children. Give the reader the slip "Give the book to Ana." The child reads it and does it.

2. 2

   Take the book back and give the matching slip: "Give it to her." Ask, "What is it? Who is her?" The child answers, then does it.

3. 3

   Say, "It stands for the book. Her stands for Ana. A word that stands in place of a noun is called a pronoun."

4. 4

   Continue with other pairs, such as "Ask Sam to clap." then "Ask him to clap."

5. 5

   Use "them" with two children: "Ask them to stand."

6. 6

   Invite the child to read a pronoun slip and say who or what each pronoun stands for before acting.

What catches the child’s eye

• Classmates' names written on the slips
• Working out who "her" or "him" means before acting

Extensions, easiest to hardest

1. Replacing the nouns in a sentence strip with pronoun cards and reading it again
2. Commands with I, you, and we between two children
3. Finding pronouns in a story and saying who each one means
4. Placing the pronoun symbol (tall purple triangle) above pronouns once the child knows the grammar symbols