Winter Animals in the Snow Sentence Scramble w/ Prepositions

by English with Imagination

Price: 325 points or $3.25 USD

Subjects: ela,firstDayOfWinter,englishSecondLanguage,elaLanguage,eslGrammar,elaLanguageGrammar,conventionsOfStandardEnglish

Grades: 1,2,3,4,5

Description: Your English learners will practice prepositions of place and the determiners "some" and "any" with this fun grammar game about animals in winter. On each randomly presented slide, the students will form a sentence to describe a photo of wildlife in the snow. Each sentence contains six or seven word tiles that follow a consistent pattern: a "there is / there are" clause followed by a prepositional phrase. Students will move the tiles to form simple declarative, interrogative, and negative sentences. In the process, they'll review the following prepositions of place: behind, between, in, in front of, inside, on, and under. The sentences are illustrated with vibrant color photography to support reading comprehension and vocabulary acquisition. The photos of animals in snowy landscapes illustrate the following vocabulary: Animal, barn, bear, bird, birdhouse, branch, bridge, cave, deer, dog, doghouse, eagle, fence, field, fox, goat, horse, ice, lake, mountain, nest, owl, penguin, polar bear, rabbit, red panda, rock, roof, sky, snow, swan, and tiger. I often use digital sentence scrambles to review grammar concepts with my students. They enjoy seeing the pictures, moving the word tiles, and getting instant feedback. I find that these activities can be a great bridge between receptive and productive language use. The sentence scramble gives them the structured experience that they need to confidently use the language in conversation.