Discovery Quest

🌿 English Quest

Grammar Grove

Nouns, verbs and adjectives, building sentences, and punctuation.

5activities in this world Pre-K – Grade 3ages 4–9
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Naming Words

board grammarNounbands 0

Covers: nouns

How this station is declared (YAML)
id: g-nouns
title: Naming Words
icon: 🏷️
sub: nouns
board: grammarNoun
bands:
  - 0
lesson: nouns

Lesson: Naming Words — 2 steps

1

Nouns

Introduce the idea. Luna opens with the examples visual — a category label plus a few example words — used to teach a part of speech (naming/doing/describing words), across 1 narrated beat, so the concept is seen before it is ever practised.

view examples

What Luna says

  • A naming word — a noun — names a person, a place, or a thing. Like cat, hat, and bus!

In the open config

id: what
label: Nouns
beats:
  - say: lgn-1
    caption: A naming word — a noun — names a person, a place, or a thing. Like cat, hat, and bus!
    view:
      kind: examples
      key: "n"
      label: naming words
      words:
        - cat
        - hat
        - bus

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Nouns step of Naming Words (examples view)
2

Your turn

Your turn. The lesson hands off to the practice board: the child now answers, applying what the examples visual — a category label plus a few example words — used to teach a part of speech (naming/doing/describing words) just showed.

view examples

What Luna says

  • I'll show some words. Tap the one that names a thing. You try!

In the open config

id: go
label: Your turn
beats:
  - say: lgn-2
    caption: I'll show some words. Tap the one that names a thing. You try!
    view:
      kind: examples
      key: n2
      label: naming words
      words:
        - dog
        - box
        - sun

Preview

Your turn step of Naming Words (examples view)
🏃

Doing Words

board grammarVerbbands 0

Covers: verbs

How this station is declared (YAML)
id: g-verbs
title: Doing Words
icon: 🏃
sub: verbs
board: grammarVerb
bands:
  - 0
lesson: verbs

Lesson: Doing Words — 2 steps

1

Verbs

Introduce the idea. Luna opens with the examples visual — a category label plus a few example words — used to teach a part of speech (naming/doing/describing words), across 1 narrated beat, so the concept is seen before it is ever practised.

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What Luna says

  • A doing word — a verb — is an action you can do. Like run, jump, and eat!

In the open config

id: what
label: Verbs
beats:
  - say: lgv-1
    caption: A doing word — a verb — is an action you can do. Like run, jump, and eat!
    view:
      kind: examples
      key: v
      label: doing words
      words:
        - run
        - jump
        - eat

Preview

Verbs step of Doing Words (examples view)
2

Your turn

Your turn. The lesson hands off to the practice board: the child now answers, applying what the examples visual — a category label plus a few example words — used to teach a part of speech (naming/doing/describing words) just showed.

view examples

What Luna says

  • Tap the word that shows an action. You try!

In the open config

id: go
label: Your turn
beats:
  - say: lgv-2
    caption: Tap the word that shows an action. You try!
    view:
      kind: examples
      key: v2
      label: doing words
      words:
        - hop
        - swim
        - sing

Preview

Your turn step of Doing Words (examples view)
🎨

Describing Words

board grammarAdjbands 0

Covers: adjectives

How this station is declared (YAML)
id: g-adj
title: Describing Words
icon: 🎨
sub: adjectives
board: grammarAdj
bands:
  - 0
lesson: adjectives

Lesson: Describing Words — 2 steps

1

Adjectives

Introduce the idea. Luna opens with the examples visual — a category label plus a few example words — used to teach a part of speech (naming/doing/describing words), across 1 narrated beat, so the concept is seen before it is ever practised.

view examples

What Luna says

  • A describing word — an adjective — tells us more about something. Like big, hot, and happy!

In the open config

id: what
label: Adjectives
beats:
  - say: lga-1
    caption: A describing word — an adjective — tells us more about something. Like big, hot, and happy!
    view:
      kind: examples
      key: a
      label: describing words
      words:
        - big
        - hot
        - happy

Preview

Adjectives step of Describing Words (examples view)
2

Your turn

Your turn. The lesson hands off to the practice board: the child now answers, applying what the examples visual — a category label plus a few example words — used to teach a part of speech (naming/doing/describing words) just showed.

view examples

What Luna says

  • Tap the word that describes something. You try!

In the open config

id: go
label: Your turn
beats:
  - say: lga-2
    caption: Tap the word that describes something. You try!
    view:
      kind: examples
      key: a2
      label: describing words
      words:
        - small
        - cold
        - soft

Preview

Your turn step of Describing Words (examples view)
🧱

Build a Sentence

board sentencebands 0

Covers: word order

How this station is declared (YAML)
id: g-build
title: Build a Sentence
icon: 🧱
sub: word order
board: sentence
bands:
  - 0
lesson: build-sentence

Lesson: Build a Sentence — 2 steps

1

Word order

Introduce the idea. Luna opens with the sentence visual — a full sentence with the capital first letter and the end punctuation highlighted — for building/punctuation beats, across 1 narrated beat, so the concept is seen before it is ever practised.

view sentence

What Luna says

  • A sentence puts words in an order that makes sense. The cat is big — that sounds right!

In the open config

id: order
label: Word order
beats:
  - say: lgb-1
    caption: A sentence puts words in an order that makes sense. The cat is big — that sounds right!
    view:
      kind: sentence
      key: s1
      text: The cat is big.

Preview

Word order step of Build a Sentence (sentence view)
2

Your turn

Your turn. The lesson hands off to the practice board: the child now answers, applying what the sentence visual — a full sentence with the capital first letter and the end punctuation highlighted — for building/punctuation beats just showed.

view sentence

What Luna says

  • Tap the words one by one, in the right order, to build the sentence. You try!

In the open config

id: go
label: Your turn
beats:
  - say: lgb-2
    caption: Tap the words one by one, in the right order, to build the sentence. You try!
    view:
      kind: sentence
      key: s2
      text: I see a dog.

Preview

Your turn step of Build a Sentence (sentence view)
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Capitals & Periods

board punctuationbands 0

Covers: punctuation

How this station is declared (YAML)
id: g-caps
title: Capitals & Periods
icon: 🔠
sub: punctuation
board: punctuation
bands:
  - 0
lesson: punctuation

Lesson: Capitals & Periods — 2 steps

1

The rule

Introduce the idea. Luna opens with the sentence visual — a full sentence with the capital first letter and the end punctuation highlighted — for building/punctuation beats, across 1 narrated beat, so the concept is seen before it is ever practised.

view sentence

What Luna says

  • Every sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a period. The dog can run.

In the open config

id: rule
label: The rule
beats:
  - say: lgc-1
    caption: Every sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a period. The dog can run.
    view:
      kind: sentence
      key: c1
      text: The dog can run.

Preview

The rule step of Capitals & Periods (sentence view)
2

Your turn

Your turn. The lesson hands off to the practice board: the child now answers, applying what the sentence visual — a full sentence with the capital first letter and the end punctuation highlighted — for building/punctuation beats just showed.

view sentence

What Luna says

  • Tap the sentence that is written the right way — capital at the start, period at the end. You try!

In the open config

id: go
label: Your turn
beats:
  - say: lgc-2
    caption: Tap the sentence that is written the right way — capital at the start, period at the end. You try!
    view:
      kind: sentence
      key: c2
      text: The sun is hot.

Preview

Your turn step of Capitals & Periods (sentence view)