Shurley English Helps

V:  Verb - Action Word

SN:  Subject Noun - Person, Place, Thing, Idea

ADV:  Adverb - Modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb

ADJ:  Adjective - Modifies a noun or pronoun

A:  Article - There are only three:  a, an, the

SP:  Subject Pronoun - Pronoun that takes the place of a noun (he, it)

PP:  Possessive Pronoun - Pronoun that shows ownership (ie: my, his, our)

P:  Preposition - A word that shows the relationship of its object to other words in the sentence (ie: in, on, beside, around, of, upon) Hint:  Most prepositions name a "position" such as "on" the table or "in" the garden.

OP:  Object of the Preposition - the noun after the preposition

(  ):  Parenthesis mark the Prepositional Phrase:  a group of words that starts with a preposition, ends with a noun or pronoun object, and includes any modifiers of that object, including articles

/:  Divides the complete subject from the complete predicate

D:  Declarative Sentence:  a sentence that makes a statement and ends with a period.

PP:  Possessive Pronoun:  a pronoun indicating possession (for example:  mine, yours, hers, theirs)

LANGUAGE FOR THE WEEK OF NOV 14th:

Daily Language:  The children will complete a two-week study of Block 6, learning the correct way to write an address and friendly letter.

Shurley English: 

This week children are classifying sentences with verbs, nouns, adverbs, adjectives, and we'll be adding articles.  You can see the definitions of each of these parts of speech at the top of this page.