First Grade Grammar

Song Book

Created by Andrea Cotner

Sentence Song (to the tune of “Wheels on the Bus”)

The words in a sentence make sense, Make sense, make sense.

The words in a sentence make sense, Al l the t ime!

A sentence starts with a capital letter,

Capital letter, capital letter. A sentence starts with a capital letter,

Al l the t ime!

A sentence ends with an end mark, End mark, end mark

A sentence ends with an end mark, Al l the t ime!

Lyrics by Andrea Cotner 2010

Naming Part Song (to the tune of “Frere Jacques”)

What is the naming part? What is the naming part?

Who or what? Who or what?

Find it in the sentence. Find it in the sentence.

It ’s the star! It ’s the star!

Lyrics by Andrea Cotner 2010

Action Part Song (to the tune of the chorus of

“I Heard It Through the Grapevine”) (Point to the “Naming and Action Parts” of the sentence as

you s ing and dance l ike the Cal ifornia Rais ins.)

I heard it in the sentence. Now I know what you’re going to do.

Oh, I heard it in the sentence. Oh, the action part tel ls what to do.

Action, Action, Yeah!

Lyrics by Andrea Cotner 2010

Word Order Song (to the tune of “Hokey Pokey”)

You put a word in.

You take a word out. You put them al l in ,

And order them al l about. You make sure al l of your words Make sense and al l sound r ight

That’s what it ’s al l about!

The

Lyrics by Andrea Cotner 2010

Telling Sentence Song (to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”)

Statement, statement, who are you? You tel l us things that are true.

Capital letter is at the start. Period is the ending part.

Statement, statement, who are you? You tel l us things that are true.

Lyrics by Andrea Cotner 2010

Question Sentence Song (to the tune of “Who Let the Dogs Out?”)

What do quest ions do? Ask, ask, ask, ask

How do quest ions end? Quest ion mark, quest ion mark, quest ion mark

How do quest ions start? Capital letter, capital letter, capital letter

What is the first word? Clue word, clue word, clue word

(Pul l quest ion clue words from bag for the next part.)

Example: Pul l “What” card -

Who let the “What” out? What, What, What, What

Quest ion Clue Words: Who, What, Why, Where, When, Which, Wil l , Has, Have, How, Can, May, Do, Does, Did, Is , Are, Could, Should, Would, Was, and Were

Lyrics by Andrea Cotner 2010