Teacher: Leanna Ward

Date: 6/13/2014

Subject: Action Verbs

Lesson time: 30- 40 Minutes

Grade Level: 4th

Objective(s):

Method(s):

Assessment(s)

Students will learn about action verbs and

how to identify them. Students will work on
memory skills.

Introduction:

Action Verb worksheets http://www.educationworld.com/sit

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The class will gather together and form a circle. One student
will get up and carry a basket that contains pieces of folded
paper. Each piece has an action verb. The class doesnt know
that it is action verbs on the papers until after.A-Tisket APhysical Activities:
Tasket by Ella Fitzgerald will be playing. When the song
The introduction will contain a Physical
gets to and on the way I dropped it, the student will drop a
Activity that the students do to the song, A- piece of paper in front of another student. The student will
Tisket A-Tasket by Ella Fitzgerald. The
pick up the piece, read it without showing the other
lesson closure will also have a Physical
classmates, and do the action on the paper. After the class
Activity to help the students review the
guesses the action, that student will walk around the circle
lesson. The lesson closure activity is called
with the basket and do the same as the previous student. The
Name Pantomime.
game will go on until the pieces of paper run out. Then the
teacher will ask the circle what they noticed about the words
on the pieces of paper. Then, the teacher will reveal that they
are action verbs. The Class will go back to their seats and the
teacher will go on with the lesson.

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Test to evaluate if objectives were
met:
This test will contain sentences
where students have to underline
the action verbs in the sentences. It
will have a list of words where the
children have to circle the action
verbs. It will have a short answer
question where the students have to
define action verbs and give
examples.

Resources:

http://www.wilderdom.com/games/d
escriptions/NamePantomime.html
The A-Tisket A Tasket activity
comes from an activity my Art 217
class did with Kelly Jokisch.
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Lesson Development:
Prior to class:
Step 1: Get a basket.
Step 2: On small pieces of paper, have action verbs written
on each one.
Step 3: Put the pieces of paper in the basket.
Step 4: Make sure that the song A-Tisket A-Tasket by Ella
Fitzgerald is available to use in class for the introduction.
In Class:
Step 1: Introduction Greet class and have them come
together and sit in a circle. Explain to them what they are to
do with the basket and slips of paper.
Step 2: Play the game explained in the introduction.
Step 3: Explain to class what action verbs are. Action verbs
are verbs that describe what the subject of a sentence is
doing.
Step 4: Come up with sentences together as a class on the
board. (If time prohibits this, have sentences of your own
ready).
Step 5: Then, ask the students to come up to the board and
underline the action verbs in the sentence.
Step 6: Review the definition of action verbs.
Step 7: Go into Closure.
Closure:
Play Name Pantomime, but with a twist. The class stands in a

Extend:
Ella Fitzgerald, from the
introduction game, was known as
the Queen of Jazz.
(This can be used to transition into a
History/Music Lesson or transition
to a Black History month lesson)

circle. Each student has to think of an action verb that starts

with the same letter as their name. The person does the action
and yells out the action and their name. The rest of the class
repeats it. Here is the twist, the next student has to say the
previous students actions and names and then do their own.
This will help enhance the students memory and keep them
paying attention. Duplicate verbs are not allowed. If a student
is stuck, come back to them later or ask class to help.