Grammar Sentences and Cards 6-9

The Montessori language approach is quite unique when compared to traditional education. The elementary curriculum is comprised of the following components: Word Study, Mechanics of Writing, Sentence Analysis, Verb Conjugation, and Grammar Sentences. In a school setting, a Montessori classroom offers presentations of these components through key experiences, which serve as affective connections between the concepts and the children.

Following these presentations, children have access to a series of materials with which they can practice independently. It is critical for children in the second plane to expand their linguistic capacity as they are driven by their imagination and in need of expression. Language enrichment equips them with the tools articulate their thoughts, and communicate effectively. Grammar Sentences & Cards 6-9 is a remarkable system that naturally introduces the parts of speech. Children gradually learn each part in relation to another: nouns, articles, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions, and interjections.

Below, you will find an introduction to the material Grammar Sentences 6-9 in conjunction with other related materials.

Materials

• Grammar Sentences & Cards 6-9
• Instructional Guide
• Wooden Grammar boxes (Premium Quality)
• The Function of Words Chart
• Parts of Speech Nomenclature Cards with reproductible booklet and Booklet
• Grammar Sentence Symbolizing Tray
• Wooden Grammar Symbols
• Grammar Symbols Solids with Tray

How it works

In Montessori classrooms, children learn to associate a set of symbols to the parts of speech, which are introduced through specific presentations. The parts are represented by the following solids: black pyramid-noun, light-blue pyramid-article, blue pyramid-adjective, red sphere-verb, orange sphere-adverb, purple pyramid-pronoun, pink prism-conjunction, green arch-preposition, and golden exclamation point- interjection.

Children can use the Parts of Speech Nomenclature Cards and The Function of Words Chart to reinforce their knowledge on parts of speech.

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While working with Grammar Sentences and Cards, adults and children can use the Instructional Guides to verify the work. The cards also contain references (numbers and letters) in the right bottom corner of each card, which indicate what set they belong to. These references can also serve as control for errors.

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First, children work with the first sets of small cards: Nouns and Articles. These grammatical components require children to associate definite/indefinite articles to nouns, and to get familiar with different types of nouns (singular/plural/masculine/feminine).

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The next sets of cards provide work on: adverb, preposition, pronoun, conjunction, and interjection. These sets contain small cards and additional sentence cards. The sentence cards are used to model sentences that will be deconstructed using the small cards. Children will select the set of cards on which they will be working, and the appropriate Grammar Box in which they will organize the cards. The Grammar Boxes can hold the sentence cards in the top compartment, and parts of speech cards in the smaller compartments. Once the cards are organized in the Grammar Box, the children are ready to work.

Children will now work in a specific order to develop their understanding of the parts of speech. Grammar Sentences and Cards 6-9 can be stored in Grammar Filling Boxes, which children will work through. After selecting a Grammar Filling Box, children will select a corresponding Grammar Box to organize their cards. For instance, the work on Pronouns is comprised of 5 filling boxes: Pronoun A, B, C, D, and E. Each box contains of a few sentences for practice. Children will be selecting Grammar Filling Box Pronoun A to work on.

Once the material is organized, children can select a sentence card, which they place on the mat. A sentence card may say “Walk down the hallway with two friends.” Children may act out the command, which they enjoy doing. Next, children use the Grammar Sentence Symbolizing Tray as a platform to construct the Sentence Card word by word. Children will be reconstructing the sentence card by searching through the small cards in the Grammar Box, and by finding each individual word. By searching and reading through the cards, children are indirectly familiarizing themselves with a diversity of words in association with their grammatical classification. For instance, by searching through preposition cards, children are exposed to in, at, on, of, above, etc. The color-coded cards also aid children in associating the words to their speech identity. E.g.: green is associated with prepositions, purple is associated with pronouns, etc. After laying out the cards on the tray, children use the wooden symbols to associate the parts of speech (each small card) with their respective Montessori grammatical symbols. This association will help them work on paper later.

Finally, children can copy the sentences in their grammar notebook, and label each part of speech using a Parts of Speech Template and colored pencils. This final work provides children an opportunity to practice parts of speech by diagramming the Montessori way.

We hope this post was helpful to you! You can be guaranteed that children will enjoy learning and practicing grammar while having a good time. In addition to learning the parts of speech, children will expand their semantic repertoire by searching and sorting through the materials. In parallel to this work, children age 6-9 will continue to practice other language components such as Word Study, Verb Conjugation, Mechanics of Writing, and Sentence Analysis.

*Alison’s Montessori also carries the Traditional Color Grammar Sentences and Cards 6-9 (on request), Verb Conjugation 9-12, and Sentence Analysis 9-12.