5th Grade Prepositionalphrases Lesson Plan Example

Topic:Prepositional Phrases

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to identify and define prepositions and prepositional phrases.
• Students will be able to create prepositional phrases by using prepositions and nouns or pronouns in a sentence.

Materials

• Whiteboard or blackboard and markers
• Handouts with prepositions and prepositional phrases for examples

Warm-up

• Ask students if they know what a preposition is.
• Ask students to give examples of prepositions.
• Write the prepositions on the whiteboard or blackboard and ask students to confirm if they are correct.

Direct Instruction

• Introduce the term "prepositional phrase" and explain that it is a phrase that contains a preposition and its object.
• Provide more examples of prepositions and their objects, and have students repeat after you.
• Ask students to give examples of prepositions they use in their daily lives.

Guided Practice

• Provide students with preposition and prepositional phrase worksheets or handouts.
• Have students work in pairs to identify the preposition and its object in each phrase.
• Have each pair share their answers with the class and explain their reasoning.
• As a class, discuss any errors or confusing phrases that were discovered.

Independent Practice

• Provide students with a list of prepositional phrases and have them identify the preposition and its object.
• Encourage students to use context and grammar knowledge to support their answers.

Closure

• Review the nature of prepositional phrases and how they can both add additional information to a sentence and create ambiguity.
• Remind students of the importance of using context and grammar knowledge to properly interpret prepositional phrases.

Assessment:

• Have students complete a written assessment in which they are given a series of sentences with prepositional phrases and must identify and correct any errors. This could also be done as a class activity, where students take turns reading a sentence and other students point out any errors. Alternatively, a listening or oral assessment could be given in which students must identify and correct any prepositional phrases in a series of spoken sentences.