Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives
Practicing Parts of Speech (Virtual Tour)
Stage of Literacy Development:
Stage 2: Consolidation / FluencyStage 3: Literacy for Growth
Ages:
7-10
Grade Range:
2nd 3rd 4thFood Groups:
Primary:
Vocabulary
Transcript
When teaching parts of speech, it's really important to remember to color code the words. So, for this example, we did our nouns in green, our adjectives in purple, and our verbs in blue. This helps the children to focus.
Related References
Resource for teaching parts of speech: http://www.k12reader.com/grammar-reference/
Activity Objective
The goal of Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives: Practicing Parts of Speech (Virtual Tour) is to use a color-coding system to explicitly teach the meaning of nouns, verbs and adjectives.
Quick Tips
Additional Comments:
- Keep track of new words by listing them under the appropriate category.
Using different colors to represent different kinds of words helps students focus their understanding of the concept being addressed.
- Display this chart in the classroom and refer to it during related tasks and activities.
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