Action Adventures: Learning About Verbs!

English Language Arts Grades Pre-K 10:38 Video
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Lesson Description

Let's learn about action words! This lesson uses a fun video and activities to help you understand what verbs are and how to spot them.

Video Resource

Verbs for Kids | What is a verb? | Learn how to identify and use a verb in a sentence.

Learn Bright

Duration: 10:38
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Key Concepts

  • Verbs are action words.
  • Action words tell us what someone or something is doing.
  • Sentences have action words.

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to identify action words (verbs).
  • Students will be able to understand that verbs describe actions.
  • Students will be able to participate in activities that demonstrate action words.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students what they like to do (run, play, sing). Explain that these 'doing' words are called verbs, also known as action words. Tell them they are going to watch a fun video about verbs.
  • Video Time! (8 mins)
    Play the 'Verbs for Kids' video from Learn Bright (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEC0YpLKU_o). Encourage students to participate in the actions shown in the video (running, singing, walking).
  • Action Charades (10 mins)
    Play a simple game of charades. Whisper an action word (verb) to a student, and have them act it out without speaking. Other students guess the action. Examples: jump, sleep, eat, draw, read.
  • Picture Verb Hunt (7 mins)
    Show students pictures of people or animals doing different things (e.g., a dog barking, a girl reading, a boy kicking a ball). Ask them to identify the action word in each picture. Guide them to use simple sentences: 'The dog is barking.' 'The girl is reading.'

Interactive Exercises

  • Simon Says (Verb Edition)
    Play Simon Says using only action words (verbs). For example, 'Simon Says jump,' 'Simon Says clap,' 'Simon Says spin.'
  • Draw an Action
    Give each student a piece of paper and have them draw a picture of someone doing something. Ask them what action their picture shows.

Discussion Questions

  • What are some of your favorite things to do?
  • Can you think of an action word that starts with the letter 'R'?
  • What action did the video show us first?

Skills Developed

  • Listening comprehension
  • Vocabulary development
  • Critical thinking
  • Gross motor skills

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

Which one is an action word?

Correct Answer: Jump

Question 2:

What are action words also called?

Correct Answer: Verbs

Question 3:

If a girl is running, what is she doing?

Correct Answer: Running

Question 4:

Which of these tells you what someone is doing?

Correct Answer: A verb

Question 5:

If you ______ a song, you're using an action word.

Correct Answer: Sing

Question 6:

Which one is NOT an action word?

Correct Answer: Chair

Question 7:

What did you do at the beginning of the video?

Correct Answer: Ran

Question 8:

What do you call words that describe actions?

Correct Answer: Verbs

Question 9:

When you ______ a book, you use an action word.

Correct Answer: Read

Question 10:

If a bird is flying in the sky, what action is it doing?

Correct Answer: Flying

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

An action word is called a ________.

Correct Answer: verb

Question 2:

When you _______, you use an action word.

Correct Answer: run

Question 3:

We _____ in place during the video

Correct Answer: ran

Question 4:

An action tells you what someone is __________.

Correct Answer: doing

Question 5:

If a dog is barking, barking is the ________ word.

Correct Answer: action

Question 6:

The opposite of stop is ________.

Correct Answer: go

Question 7:

When you are happy you ________.

Correct Answer: smile

Question 8:

_______ is an action word.

Correct Answer: Clapping

Question 9:

When you are tired, you ______.

Correct Answer: sleep

Question 10:

When you eat food you _______.

Correct Answer: chew

Educational Standards

PK.5.R.2:Students will hear different parts of speech through conversations, read-alouds, and interactive reading: concrete objects as persons, places, or things (i.e., nouns), words as actions (i.e., verbs), color adjectives, spatial and time relationships such as up, down, before, and after. PK.8.R:Students will listen and respond to read-alouds, participate in shared reading, and interact independently with texts. PK.1.L.1:Students will actively listen using agreed-upon rules with prompting.

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