• Says “Stop! A noun is coming!”

• Never the last word of a sentence

• Will never be next to each other

• Person, place, thing, or idea

• Use these clues: the ________ or two _________

• Will not have two next to each other unless separated by a comma

• Takes the place of a noun

• Will never have two next to each other

• Action verbs fit clues: I will _________, Yesterday I ________, and I have _________

• Linking verbs are listed along the right side

• Every sentence must have a verb

• All helping verbs are listed on the card

• Coded the same as action and linking verbs

• Answer the questions: Which one? What kind? How many? How much?

• Use these clues: the _______ person or the _______ object

• Describe nouns or pronouns

• Most prepositions show a position

• Put parentheses around prepositional phrase

• The words in parentheses on the front of the card are words that could be a different part of speech

• Answer these questions: When? Why? Where? How?

• Clues include ______ly, calendar, and watch

• List of “oddballs” on the right side

• Describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs

• Will never be the first or last word of the sentence

• Semicolon is a conjunction

• Joins words or phases

• Not always followed by an exclamation point

• Usually at the beginning of the sentence

• Contractions are two words that are combined, therefore two cards must be used

• Typically formed with pronoun and helping verb or verb and adverb

• Cards are overlapped to show both parts of speech are combined

• Even though the words are combined as one word, they are coded separately (example below)

you’llpron.

• Used in place of

parts of speech that have not

been learned yet

The gentle wind pushed and pulled

the leaves from the trees.

The gentle wind pushed and pulled

the leaves from the trees.

adj. c.c.

prep. O.P.

4th graders working

independently on HOG

• Write sentences on index cards and underline one word. Students will name the part of speech of the

underlined word.

• Create sentences using color patterns. Students will use the patterns to write sentences

independently or in groups.