In our homeschool journey, we use Shurley English; this is a FANTASTIC program, of which I cannot sing praises loud enough! Try it! Buy it! The ONLY problem I have with it is that after their Noun Jingle (which is set to music), all the other jingles we have come across in Book 1 are chants, not set to music.
Since I can remember most of the words to Will Smith's "Gettin' Jiggy With It" all these years later, I think music is the best way to get the information to stick for life (or at least 20-ish years). Here's what I came up with as a result:
Verb Jingle
*sung to the tune of "Yankee Doodle"
A verb shows action,
there's no doubt!
It tells what the subject does. [string it out to "dah-uhs"]
Action verbs are fun to do and
now it's time to name a few.
So, clap your hands
and join our rhyme;
say those verbs
in record time!
Wiggle, jiggle, turn around;
raise your arms
and STOMP THE GROUND.
Sentence Jingle
*sung to the tune of "Jesus Loves Me"
A sentence is complete, complete,
when 5 simple rules it meets, meets, meets.
It has a subject, and a verb;
it makes sense with every word.
Add a capital let-ter a-and an end mark.
Now we are finished,
Our sentence has its parts!
Adverb Jingle
*sung to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
An adverb modifies a verb.
And adverb asks How? When? Where?
To find an adverb: Go, Ask, Get.
Where do I go? To a verb.
What do I ask? How? When? Where?
What do I get? An Ad-verb!
Adjective Jingle
*sung to the tune of "Happy Birthday to You"
An adjective modifies a noun.
What kind? Which one? How Many? [these are the questions that you ask of the noun]
Go to the noun and ask the questions.
Whaddaya get? [pause] An adjective!
Article Adjective Jingle
*sung to the tune of "Three Blind Mice"
A, An, The
A, An, The
Ar-ti-cle Adjectives, and Noun Markers.
We are mem-or-ized and used
each and e-ver-y day you say.
So, if you spot us, you can mark us
With the label A.
Preposition Jingle (draft: still working on it)
*sung to the tune of Beethoven's 5th
A pre-po-sition is a group of words
that connect a noun or a pronoun to
the sentece you have read...
the sentece you have read...
Object of the Preposition
*sung to the first 30-ish seconds of "Greensleeves"
The Object of the Pre-po-sition is the noun or the pronoun you will find,
after you have found the pre-eh-po-si-tion in the sen-tence.
Dorky? Yes. Will I forget? Probably not.
