Grade 2 Unit 5 "If..."

In unit 5 the kids get their first look at conditioinal sentences like:

If you can go, please call me.
Please call me if you can go.


Here's a game that allows the kids to practice/review the grammar. One of the things I like about it is that it requires nothing more than a blackboard. It went quite well when I tried it with 2-3. Divide the class into groups and then write on the board half of a conditional sentence.

If you are hungry....

The first group to come up with a well constructed logical second half of the sentence wins a point. Write the complete sentences on the blackboard and then have the kids practice them chorally. Some of the responses that we got in 2-3 weren't always logical although they might have been syntactically correct in the way that Hungry green ideas sleep furiously is syntactically correct.

If you are hungry run.

The words fit together in the right place but it doesn't make any sense. In this event the JTE was given the task of being the judge.

If you are hungry eat.

gets a point.

After a number of sentences have been put together, written down and practiced erase the board and present the kids with the sentences inverted.

Eat...

They should be able to remember the sentences they have just seen and practiced and should be able to come up with the correct response. Then you can add some that they haven't practiced and work in some with negative expressions. As I said it went well. It's probably best to divide the room into lunch groups so they can be encouraged to work together.