Parents assume children are learning everything in their classes and teachers are presenting every skill and bit of knowledge that is part of their education. Realistically, that is not always the case and parents should always be assessing their child’s learning. This is an easy way to review skills. The skill we will be reviewing are parts of speech.

• You will need photo album pages. Use the slip-in type of page for 3 x 5 or 4 x 6 pictures. Instead of pictures, you will be using index cards.
• Have a child write the 8 parts of speech separately on 8 index cards.
• Next, write a definition for each part of speech on another 8 index cards.
• Once the 16 cards are made, allow the child to independently match the part of speech with the correct definition by placing in the album pages.

Nouns – name persons, places, things, or ideas
Verbs – express action or being
Pronouns – take the place of nouns
Adjectives – describe or modify nouns or pronouns
Adverbs – describe or modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs
Conjunctions – join words or groups of words
Interjections – express emotion or feeling
Prepositions – relate nouns or pronouns to other words in sentences