Daily Lesson Plan -- Lesson 31

Action Words

Subject: English | Class: Prep | Series: Skillford

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Overview

In this lesson children learn about action words. An action word, or verb, is a word for something being done. Children read nine action words with pictures, act them out, and then write the right action word under each of nine new pictures.

Learning Objectives

• Say what an action word (verb) is
• Read the action words walking, playing, jumping, reading, listening, brushing, writing, knitting and drinking
• Act out an action word
• Write the action word for each picture

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Day 1: Look and Act (35 minutes)

Materials

• Textbook page 49, action word cards for the nine words

Warm-Up (5 minutes)

• Stand up and jump. Ask "What am I doing?" Children say "jumping".

Main Activity (20 minutes)

• Read the instruction: "Look at each picture and read its action word."
• Read the nine action words on page 49. Children repeat and point to the picture:
  • walking, playing, jumping
  • reading, listening, brushing
  • writing, knitting, drinking
• Explain: "An action word, or verb, is a word for something being done."
• Teacher's Note: hold up a card, read the word and act it out. Let children copy the action straight back.

Wrap-Up (10 minutes)

• Teacher holds up a card. Children act it out and say the word.

Differentiation

• Support: Practise only walking, jumping and drinking first
• Extension: Children say what each person in the pictures is doing, in a whole sentence

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Day 2: Activity Time (35 minutes)

Materials

• Textbook page 50, pencils

Warm-Up (5 minutes)

• Read the word bank together: flying, painting, drinking, brushing, reading, listening, drawing, playing, jumping

Main Activity (20 minutes)

• Read the instruction: "Write the action word for each picture."
• Look at each picture, say what is happening, then choose the word from the bank and write it:
  1. drawing
  2. jumping
  3. drinking
  4. painting
  5. brushing
  6. playing
  7. flying
  8. reading
  9. listening
• Cross out each word in the bank when it is used

Wrap-Up (10 minutes)

• Children act out each word on the page and a partner guesses it

Differentiation

• Support: Read the word bank aloud and say the picture name together before writing
• Extension: Children read all nine words aloud without help

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Teaching Tips

• Always act the word out as well as saying it
• Ask "What is he doing?" or "What is she doing?" for every picture
• Action words on this page all end in "ing"