A noun, adjective, and verb activity for 1st to 3rd grade: sort 24 popcorn word cards into three buckets, then practice in sentences. Answer key included for easy checking.
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.
This describing nouns adjective activity has 1st and 2nd Grade partners describe picture cards with adjectives and play a guessing game. Answer key included.
This using clues to describe activity has 1st and 2nd grade students read three describing words, listen to a partner and find the matching picture. Answer key included.
This describe it figurative language activity for 1st and 2nd Grade has kids match adjective word cards to the pictures they describe. Answer key included.
This back to school adjective writing activity helps 1st to 3rd grade students plan a first-day story and add describing words. An answer key is included for the practice page.
This comparing adjectives comparatives and superlatives activity gives 2nd to 4th Grade students 12 picture clip cards for choosing -er and -est words. Answer key included.
This adding details to your story activity helps kindergarten to 3rd grade writers turn one sentence into a longer story with question cards and a planner. Answer key included, so practice is quick to check.
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.
Describing Words Activity, Adjectives Activity, Parts of Speech, Descriptive Words
This SL.1.4 common core activity has 1st and 2nd Grade students read superhero clue cards full of describing details and match each one to the right picture, with a practice page and answer key included.
In this monsters an adjectivity adjectives activity, 1st-2nd grade children sort describing words and use them to describe four silly monsters. Answer key included.
Children read a sentence and draw the missing detail in this drawing to add details activity for Kindergarten to 2nd Grade. Answer key included for quick checking.
Make your sentences sparkle
An adjective is a word that describes a noun. It tells what kind, how many or which one: the fluffy puppy, three red apples. Second graders learn to find adjectives in sentences and add their own to make writing more interesting. They also learn to compare with adjectives using -er and -est: big, bigger, biggest. They tell adjectives apart from nouns and verbs, too. The click is when a child rewrites "I saw a dog" as "I saw a giant, slobbery dog" and the whole class giggles!
Adjectives come alive when kids can see, touch and hear what they are describing.
Show a funny picture and give kids one minute to list as many describing words as they can. Then share and see who found the most unusual one. Pictures give kids something real to describe, so the words come faster.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withAdjectives Pictures WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Flash an adjective card like "sleepy" or "grumpy" and kids act it out. Then they use it in a sentence about a noun. Moving with the word helps kids remember what it means.
Why it works: pulling an answer out of memory makes it stick far better than rereading it, one of the strongest findings in learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withAdjective Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Start with a tiny sentence, "The cat sat." Kids add one adjective at a time to make it longer and sillier: "The fat, orange, grumpy cat sat." Growing sentences shows exactly what adjectives do for writing.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withAdding Adjectives WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Describing words are perfect for silly games.
ActivitiesKids reach into a bag, feel an object and describe it using only adjectives while classmates guess.
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WorksheetsRead a story about a puppy and hunt for every describing word. Then draw the puppy using the clues!
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WorksheetsCompare three things using -er and -est. Kids line up from shortest to tallest to act it out.
Open Comparing Adjectives Fill in Blank Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Noun, Adjective, and Verb Activity, Describing Words Activity and Describing Nouns Adjective Activity.
An adjective is a describing word that tells about a noun. It can tell what kind (soft blanket), how many (two cats) or which one (that book).
Second graders find adjectives in sentences, add them to their own writing and compare things using -er and -est, like tall, taller and tallest.
Play "describe it" at dinner. Pick an object and take turns adding one describing word at a time. You can also ask your child to describe a favorite toy without naming it while you guess.
A noun names a person, place or thing, like "dog." An adjective describes the noun, like "brown dog." A quick check is to ask, "Does this word tell me about something?"
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