Elementary I · Ages 6–9
Language Arts Teaching Manual Vol. 1 - Elementary I (6-9)
SKU: ME.LA1
Product Description
The Elementary I Language Arts Teaching Manual, Volume 1 begins with the Fifth Great Lesson, the Story of Language, and the history of oral and written language. It then presents the nine parts of speech, one chapter each: noun, article, adjective, verb, preposition, adverb, pronoun, conjunction, and interjection. Each part of speech opens with a Key Experience and its grammar symbol. The child then works with a miniature environment, the Logical Agreement Games, the Detective Triangle Game, the Command Boxes, and the Grammar Boxes.
What's Included
- Introduction to the History of Language
- The Noun and the Article
- The Adjective
- The Verb
- The Preposition and the Adverb
- The Pronoun
- The Conjunction and the Interjection
Look Inside
Children will develop
- Understanding of the function of each part of speech
- Understanding of concrete and abstract, common and proper, and singular and plural nouns
- Understanding of the logical order of the article, adjective, and noun
- Understanding of the relationship of the verb to the noun family
- Understanding of the tenses of verbs
- Understanding of the position of the adverb in relation to the verb
- Understanding of the relationship the preposition brings between words
Designed to Work Together
This manual prepares for Volume 2, where the child analyzes how the parts of speech relate to each other in a sentence. Volume 5 returns to each part of speech at the Elementary II level.
Contents at a Glance
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Chapter 1
Introduction to the History of Language
The Fifth Great Lesson, the history of oral and written language, and an overview of the parts of speech
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Chapter 2
The Noun
Concrete and abstract, common and proper, collective, singular and plural, and gender
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Chapter 3
The Article
Definite and indefinite articles, and a, an, and the
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Chapter 4
The Adjective
The grammar symbols, the noun family, the Logical Agreement Games, and the Detective Triangle Game
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Chapter 5
The Verb
Energy and matter, past and present tense, and external and internal actions
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Chapters 6 and 7
The Preposition and the Adverb
Transposition, Command Boxes, and Grammar Boxes
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Chapters 8 to 10
The Pronoun, Conjunction, and Interjection
Key Experiences, Command Boxes, and Grammar Boxes