Frequently occurring adjectives

General

In this lesson, students will learn about adjectives. They will learn how adjectives describe different aspects and use this in their speech and writing. They will do a variety of short activities to describe objects, such as bears, trains, and ladybugs.

Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1f

Learning objective

Students will be able to adjectives to describe people, places, or things.

Introduction

Students will look at a picture of a bunny and describe the animal. They will discuss that the words they used were probably adjectives.

Instruction

Students will be introduced to adjectives and what they do. Adjectives can tell how a noun looks, feels, tastes, smell, behaves, and more! Students will look at examples of common adjectives, such as "pretty" and "slimy." Next, they will look at pictures and drag adjectives to describe them. For example, they will see a picture of coffee with steam rising, so students should drag the word, "hot" in front of "coffee." Students will also read a short story about a boy named Tom's birthday. They will fill in the blanks with adjectives to make the story more interesting. Then, they will look at pictures and write a sentence about each picture using the adjective that best matches.

Quiz

Students are given 10 questions in which they are asked to review adjectives, how they are used, and how to identify them.

Closing

Students will recall what they learned about adjectives and match adjectives to their corresponding picture. Lastly, they will look at a photograph of a beach and write a sentence about it.

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