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The Little Red Hen: Lesson
After hearing the classic version of The Little Red Hen, pre-schoolers use the sequence of events and ordinal position words to construct a version of their own. They use stick puppets to retell the story, with updated modifications that...
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What's in Front?
Front and back are common prepositions. Early readers will practice understanding relative positions while using common prepositions by placing a check next to objects in front. Then they draw a cat in front of the house. Tip: Discuss...
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Investigation--Can You Build This?
Early learners explore shapes using colored blocks. They first get some hands-on time with the blocks and then look at beginning math concepts regarding spatial relationships. They work with a partner to build a 6-8 block tower with...
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Above and Below
In this identifying above and below learning exercise, students read sentences, observe pictures, and write the words above and below on primary paper lines. Students write two words.
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Inside, Outside, and Between
In this preposition instructional activity, students review the concepts inside, outside, and between in pictures and sentences. Students practice writing the three prepositions on primary lined paper.
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Over and Under: Learning Position Words
In this worksheet on position words, students practice learning over the under. Students cut out a set of small pictures, then place them in the appropriate place on a larger picture of a tree. Pictures logically belong either over or...
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Word Phrases And Picture Card Matching
In this language arts activity, students use 16 phrase cards and 16 color picture cards to play a matching game. Students read the phrase on each card and find the picture card that illustrates it. Example: a cat on a bed
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English Exercises: In the Classroom
In this ESL vocabulary activity, students analyze a colored picture of a classroom of children. Students answer 30 questions about the position of objects, the colors of the clothing and the quantity of school supplies seen. This is an...
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Shake Your Star
Students recite poetry. In this poetry lesson, students make star sticks and use the sticks to act out a star poem that features positional words.
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In, At, or On
In this word use worksheet, students complete a ten question on-line interactive quiz about the correct use of "in", "at", or "on" in sentences.
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Bears: Position Words
Students read Goldilocks and the Three Bears and discuss position words, such as, under, on, in, behind, etc. They use stuffed bears to demonstrate these words.
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Describing Environments
Fifth graders describe environments using position words. In this description lesson plan, 5th graders practice using adjective, comparatives and superlatives in partners and on worksheets.
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Where Am I? Determining Relative Location
Students use position words to describe where their teacher is sitting and read a story that makes use of position words. In this spatial lesson, students make a stick puppet and play Simon Says focusing on using position words in the...
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Identifying Shapes: Top, Middle, Bottom
In this identifying shapes: top, bottom, middle activity, students circle the correct word to indicate the position of the colored shape, either top, bottom or middle.
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Before, Between, After
In this spatial terms worksheet, students look at the pictures, listen to the teacher read the questions, and draw a ring around the picture that correctly shows the spatial relationship for each question. Students complete 9 exercises.
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Animal Totem Pole
In this preposition "on" worksheet, students analyze a whimsical picture of animals stacked on top of one another. Students complete 6 sentences about the position of the animals by writing the word "on" in each sentence.
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Above
In this spatial terms learning exercise, students look at the pictures and color the ones that are above the children. Students' objective is to enhance their understanding of spatial terms.
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Before, After, Between
In this position words learning exercise, learners complete three activities where they learn how to identify spatial relationships that occur before, after, and between.
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More Position Words
In this position words worksheet, students learn spatial terms by drawing a red squirrel traveling up the tree, a gray squirrel going down, a blue bird flying down from the left branch, and a yellow bird flying up from the right branch.
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ESL Matching- Prepositions- The Basics
In this ESL prepositions matching worksheet, students match a clip art picture of a soccer ball in different positions in relation to a box. They match the picture to the word that best describes the ball's position such as over, under,...
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Where's the cat?
In this position words worksheet, students demonstrate knowledge of words through a cut and paste activity. Students put a picture of a cat in the appropriate place based on the word on the card.