Go Fishing for Grammar!

Remember the classic card game favorite, Go Fish? Use this twist on it to help your third grader learn her grammar terms in a fun way! Make Grammar Cards with adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and nouns written on them and find the matches. Your child will learn to recognize the different parts of grammar and speech, practice reading and writing, and have a great time doing it!

What You Need:

• Scratch paper
• Colored pencils
• 50 index cards
• 2 pencils

What to Do:

Prepare the cards:

1. Hand your child a pencil and a piece of scratch paper. Have him draw a line down the center, and across the center so the paper is divided into four rectangular sections.
2. At the top of one section write "Nouns". On another write "Verbs", and another "Adjectives", and finally "Adverbs".
3. Go over each grammatical term with your child. Remind him that a noun is a person, place or thing (dog, bone, sun), an adjective is a describing word (wet, sunny, silly), a verb is an action word (run, skip, walk), and an adverb is a word that describes a verb (quickly, slowly).
4. Write down 6 words under each section. When you've finished, there should be a total of 24 words on the paper.
5. Take the index cards and write one word on two cards. Write the word in the upper-left corner and lower-right corner of both cards, leaving the middle blank.
6. Use the colored pencils to draw a picture that represents each word in the middle of the card. (For example, if the word is "run" draw a picture of a person running.)
7. Do this until you've gone through every word of each section. You will end up with 2 duplicate decks of cards (48 cards altogether). This way, you can find a match for each card.

Play the game: