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Busy Prepositions

From Schoolhouse Rock! · 1993

Busy Prepositions
3 min1st2nd3rd4th5thReading & Writing (ELA)
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Summary

A song about the small but mighty prepositions - words like over, under, in, and beside that tell where or when and show how things relate.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

A song about the small but mighty prepositions - words like over, under, in, and beside that tell where or when and show how things relate..

  1. What do prepositions help you describe?
  2. Can you say where your pencil is using three prepositions?
  3. How does 'under the table' tell you a position?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: preposition, position, relationship.

Try it: Write three sentences placing an object using over, under, and beside.