Drawing Details Activity
This drawing details activity lets kindergarten to 2nd grade students read describing sentences and add the missing details to each picture. Answer key included for quick checking.
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Description
Help young writers see how describing words make a picture clearer with this drawing details activity. In kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade, students learn that adding drawings and details to a description helps a reader understand exactly what the writer means. When a child reads that the tree has five red apples, the words tell them what to draw, and the drawing proves they understood the describing words.
How to Use This Drawing Details Activity
Print the card pages one-sided and cut out the twelve drawing cards. Each card shows a simple black-and-white picture that is missing something, plus one short describing sentence. Children read the sentence, find the missing detail and add it with crayons, such as a red door on a house, a tall black hat on a snowman or blue raindrops over an umbrella. Then they read the sentence again to check their picture.
What’s Included
- A cover page and a How to Use page for the teacher
- 12 drawing cards on 3 card sheets, each with a picture and a describing sentence
- A 1st grade practice worksheet: circle the describing word, then draw the sentence
- A drawing card answer key that lists the detail to check on every card
- An answer key for the practice worksheet
Why This Activity Helps Kids
- Children connect adjectives such as tall, pink and yellow to something they can see and draw.
- Reading a sentence and drawing exactly what it says builds careful reading and following directions.
- Adding visual details to a description is a key speaking and listening skill in the early grades.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Use this kindergarten adjectives activity in a writing center, a small group or a morning work tub. Read the sentences aloud for early readers, and let stronger readers work alone. Laminate the cards on cardstock and use dry-erase crayons so the set lasts all year. As an extension, children can write their own describing sentence and trade cards with a partner, who adds the details. At home, a parent can read a card and talk about the describing word before the child draws.
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