1. When you come in… Sit down at a computer and get logged in Go to Edmodo.com Log in Don’t click on any of the links until further instruction is given LASTLY – If you have signed in and are ready to go, use the left over time to study for your quiz – Noise level will be at a 0 (SILENT) during this time

2. WHEN YOU COME IN… 1.Do you have your composition notebook? Your binder? Something to write with? 2.Open up to page 6 in your composition notebook. 3.That’s all!

3. Preposition Song (To the tune of Yankee Doodle Dandy) about above across after along among around at before beside between against within without beneath through during under in into over of off to toward up on near for from except by with behind below down.

4. First, title the next page in your IEJ “Prepositions” and write down these sentences: Then, circle the prepositions you find in these sentences. The pizza in the oven is mine. The girl by the door is my sister. The runners raced around the track. Is this what you wrote down? The pizza in the oven is mine. The girl by the door is my sister. The runners raced around the track. Prepositions

5. A preposition is a part of speech that shows a relationship between two things. Location (on, under, in) Timing (before, after, during) Direction (from, toward, to) Prepositions

6. The mouse is on the table. Two things: mouse + table Relationship: one is on the other On is a preposition!

7. Prepositions The mouse is under the table. Two things: mouse + table Relationship: one is under the other Under is a preposition!

8. Beside

9. under

10. on

11. around

12. in

13. Prepositional Phrases in the oven by the door around the track These are prepositional phrases. Prepositional phrases start with a preposition and end with the object of a preposition.

14. Object of a Preposition The object of a preposition must be a noun or a pronoun always comes at the end of a prepositional phrase Example: The cookies are in the oven. Oven is a noun that ends the prepositional phrase. Oven is the object of the preposition.

15. Put it all together… Indicate the prepositional phrases in these sentences. 1. After school, the boys played a game of baseball at the park. 2. We hid our canoe in the bushes and set up camp by the river. 3. Candy signed her name on the line and passed the paper across the table. 4. Without any warning, the dog dashed to the door and barked loudly. 5. The storm caused the tree in our front yard to fall against the house.