Conjunction

Age
6-9.

Materials

 * Ttwo similar objects (i.e. red flower and yellow flower)
 * A ribbon
 * Strips of paper
 * Black and red pencils
 * The symbols previously used, conjunction symbol

Presentation

 * 1) The directress writes one label for each object (in black).
 * 2) The child reads each and places each object with its corresponding label, then places the symbols over the words.
 * 3) The directress writes and on a strip of paper in red and places it between the two object labels.
 * 4) The child reads the new phrase.
 * 5) What does this mean? The two must go together. So a ribbon is used to bind them together.
 * 6) This new word is a very important part of speech.
 * 7) This one little word unites these two objects. It is a conjunction.
 * 8) Etymology.....(conjunction: from Latin con - with, together; and jungere - to unite, thus conjunction is a word that unites others)
 * 9) The symbol is this small pink bar.
 * 10) It is like the little line we use when we come to the end of a line and haven't finished a word.
 * 11) That little line unites the two parts of the word that had to be put on different lines.
 * 12) The child places the symbol over the word and.
 * 13) The child is invited to change the positions of the words to see if they will make sense in another way.
 * 14) She finds that the red flower and the yellow flower can be changed to the yellow flower and the red flower, but the conjunction itself must stay in its place: between the objects that it unites.