Literacy Learning Station 2: Adjectives Game

Station Name: Adjectives Game Station Cover Snapshot:

Station Users: The adjectives game has been created for a Year 1 class, which means that it is appropriate for students aged 5 to 6 years old. The students are required to have a solid understanding in some areas of grammar before they are able to use the adjectives game learning station. The users of the learning station are required to know what adjectives and nouns are, and when each are used. Students must know that adjectives are used to describe nouns. It is also important have had some instruction in being able to separate adjectives and nouns in a group of words. It is not necessary for the students to have a great understanding of the differences or for them to be able to separate the words easily. It is also necessary for the station users to have good reading skills. The students have to be able to read both the sentences and the group of words. Without good reading skills the users will not be able to use the station independently and they will not be able to get the full learning

Literacy Learning Station 2: Adjectives Game

experience of the literacy station. Station Description: The adjectives game learning station is made up of five sentences and a group of eighteen words. The five sentences are all missing one word the adjective of the sentence. The missing word is represented in the sentence by a blank line. This must be explained to the students as where there is a word missing and where they should place a word from the group of words. All of the components of the adjective game learning station have been made durable and hard wearing so that is can be used time and again without being damaged. All of the components of the adjectives game can be stored in a small plastic zip lock bag so that they are not lost and can be stored easily. There are no additional resources that are required for the students to use the learning station. All the students need is the components of the station in the zip lock bag and either a desk or a small amount of floor space to lay out the components when playing the game. Instructional Goals: The children using the station will be able to practice separating a group of words into categories of adjectives and nouns. This will help the students in learning the differences between the two and see how different the words are. The students are exposed to simple sentences that require the addition of an adjective and they try to find out which word belongs in the sentence. The students are able to experiment with the different words in the word group and see that putting a noun into the blank space of the sentence stops the sentence from making sense. Reading out the sentences that no longer make sense helps the students to understand how important adjectives are. How The Station Will Be Used: The students read the sentences one at a time and try to think of a word

Literacy Learning Station 2: Adjectives Game

that would fit into the blank in the sentence. The students then look at the group of words and try to decide which of the words would best fit into the sentence so that the sentence makes complete sense. The students repeat this theory for each of the five sentences. There will be many words left over. It may sometimes be helpful for the students to read all of the sentences and then start selecting words from the group. All of the words left over at the end of the game will be nouns. Students with good reading skills will be able to work on the station independently and they will not require the help of the teacher. Once they have completed the game, the students should then have their work checked by the classroom teacher or a teachers assistant. Students with poorer reading skills will require some help with the game, as they are required to read the sentences and the word group. The teacher will have to assist these students in reading the sentences. Assessment Strategies: After the students have completed the sentences and believe they make sense, they should have their work looked at by the classroom teacher or a teaching assistant. When the teacher looks at the work, they need to make sure the sentences make sense and that the student has put an adjective into the sentence. Once the sentences are correct, the teacher should then take a photograph of the students work. This photograph should then be given to the student to keep with their work so that they can refer to it if they need to. Questioning is another informal method of assessment that can be used to determine if the student has learned anything from participating in the adjectives game.