Describing Words Activity
This describing words activity has 1st and 2nd Grade students match 8 picture cards with 16 adjective cards, with a recording sheet, practice page and answer key included.
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Description
This describing words activity helps young learners use adjectives to tell exactly what something is like. Describing words tell how a thing looks, feels, tastes, or sounds, like sour, prickly, or fluffy. When children choose strong describing words, their speaking and their writing become clearer and much more fun to read.
How to Use This Activity
Print the 8 picture cards and the 16 word cards, then cut them apart on the dashed lines. Lay the pictures face up, from a juicy lemon to a muddy pig. Children read a word card out loud, find the picture it tells about, and place the word beside that picture. Every picture gets exactly two describing words, and every word fits only one picture, so children can check their own matches. They finish by writing the two words for each picture on the recording sheet. This adjective matching game works well in a literacy center, with a partner, or in a small group.
What’s Included
- A colorful cover and a How to Use page with simple steps
- 8 picture cards
- 16 describing word cards
- A recording sheet with a picture for each row
- A 1st grade practice worksheet
- An answer key for the match and the practice page
Why This Activity Helps Kids
First, matching words to pictures builds vocabulary that children can see and say. Second, reading each word out loud gives practice with speaking and listening. Third, finding the describing word in a sentence helps children understand how adjectives work in real writing.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Use the describing words activity as a warm-up before a writing lesson. Play I Spy with describing words around the room, or ask children to draw a new picture and give it two describing words. Second graders can write a full sentence for each picture using both of its words.
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