Parts of Speech - Top Interactive Whiteboard Sites
Grades 1-2
Summary: Help the monkey collect 10 scoops of ice cream before the monster by finding the noun and/or verb in the sentence.
How to Integrate: Modeled/Shared/Independent
This game is great by Softschools.com to modeled on any interactive white board. Why not make a game of it and have the students come up one by one to check for their understanding? Or use it at the beginning of a lesson as a warm up.
Grades: 1-4
Summary: Similar to Ice Cream Talk, students can choose their own difficulty ranging from beginners to experts. It covers almost all parts of speech from adverbs to nouns and verbs.
How to Integrate: Modeled/Shared/Independent
I personally love to use this as a diagnostic with my class. I can quickly assess who remember what is a noun, verb and adverb etc. It's great fun for the kids and who doesn't love ninjas?
Grades: 1-2
Summary: Much like the other two games but it adds a change of scenery. Students must pop the balloon that corresponds with the part of speech they are asked to find.
How to Integrate: Modeled/Shared/Independent
This is another great site I love to use on the interactive whiteboard because it's fast an easy. Especially in a Primary setting - all students can have a turn trying to pop a balloon.
Grades: 3-6
Summary: This game by BBC is designed for students to recognize different conjunctions and hte context in which to use them. Students must try pop the balloon that has the most appropriate conjunction that would fit in the sentence. Each time the students answers the question a pop-up will come up to explain why it is right or wrong.
How to Integrate: Modeled/Shared/Independent
I love using games by the BBC because it provides background information on lessons. You can choose to complete the lesson together as a shared reading task or you can just play the game. The most important part is to read the pop-ups together as a class and discuss why something is right or wrong.
Grades: 4-6
Summary: From Harcourt School Publishers comes a great game for students that combines basketball with nouns! Students will be given a word where they must decide whether it's a common noun or a proper noun. If they choose correctly they get a basket.
How to Integrate: Modeled/Shared/Independent
This is a site I go use constantly when try to teach students the difference between common nouns and proper nouns. It's a great check for understanding as well as a refresher. Great for boys!
