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Adjective Activities

Oh my goodness… this week has been busy, busy AND it’s only Tuesday! We have been hard at work on learning/using adjectives. So, I wanted to show you some of the activities we have done, and others that I have planned for the remainder of the week

We read a book called, “If I were an Adjective” and made an anchor chart that we will refer to all week!

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Yesterday, I put 4 items in the classroom (1 on each table) and had the kiddos use adjectives to describe each item. I just chose things I had from around the room- skittles, a crazy hat, beach ball, and a souvenir from one of my vacations. As they observed each item, they wrote adjectives in their reading spiral. {Don’t have any pictures of this activity… sorry!}

Today, we used adjectives to describe ourselves! First, I had the students use their white boards to brainstorm 7 adjectives. This allowed me to quickly fix their spelling as well as correct any words that weren’t actually adjectives. Then, they made this project (copied their adjectives onto small pieces of white paper, drew/cut themselves out, and wrote their name at the top):

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Tomorrow, we will use these sentences to sort regular adjectives, comparative adjectives, and proper adjectives. I am going to give each student a sentence, they will read it to the class, and we will put the adjectives into the correct column.

Click {HERE} to download the sentences (there are more in the document than what I have posted here)

Clip Art courtesy of DJ Inkers

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And, we will use this simple chart to sort:

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23 Responses

Pam Justus says:

October 11, 2011 at 10:41 pm

Wonderful post. I love all of your ideas. I would love to visit your class!!
Ms. Johnston says:

October 11, 2011 at 10:51 pm

Love all your ideas and you are so willing to share! Thank you!

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LovelyNB says:

October 11, 2011 at 10:53 pm

Love you adjective ideas, sounds like the kids will have so much fun!
Erin (Hoosier Teacher) says:

October 11, 2011 at 11:01 pm

Love all of your ideas! I, too, would LOVE to visit your creative classroom! Thanks for giving us glimpses of your teaching.
Gladys says:

October 11, 2011 at 11:13 pm

GREAT ideas!
Leslie says:

October 11, 2011 at 11:53 pm

Oh my gosh, sooo cute! How do you have time to cook for company?!
Karen says:

October 12, 2011 at 12:19 am

Love all of the great ideas! Your class is so much fun!
Lesson Plan SOS Teachers says:

October 12, 2011 at 1:51 am

Speaking of adjectives…you are so talented and kind! Thank you for sharing!
🙂 Melissa
Lucia13 says:

October 12, 2011 at 2:15 pm

Do you handwrite or type your posters,they are just amazing!
Hi, I'm Harmony says:

October 13, 2011 at 1:06 am

I love your ideas! We've been making the paperbag scarecrows this week! What a great idea to reinforce adjectives.

Happy Halloween!

~Mrs.Beck

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Vintage Teacher says:

October 13, 2011 at 4:12 am

I just love your ideas and your thoughtfulness in sharing them.

I had to share on my blog, they are just to great not to!

❤Pam
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amy.lemons says:

October 14, 2011 at 12:20 am

Thank you so much for your sweet comments! I write and type my things, but these were handwritten.
Misslili says:

October 14, 2011 at 10:37 pm

I just love all your ideas,for sure I'm going to be using must of them when I work adjectives with my kids. Thanks a lot for sharing such an incredible hardwork!!!!!!
Elizabeth Goold says:

October 16, 2011 at 11:56 pm

We have studied nouns, and our next type of word is verbs. When are you going to work on verbs?? My kids have loved their noun activities. Choosing popsicles sticks was WAY more thrilling than I had ever realized! Too cute.
Devra says:

October 17, 2011 at 1:48 am

Are there any patterns for the scarecrow adjective activity?
1. Jenice says:
  
  September 26, 2018 at 12:24 pm
  
  I used it for tutoring second and third graders adding my own twist. They loved it. How do I find the scarecrow? Thank you for sharing.
amy.lemons says:

October 20, 2011 at 3:08 am

If you click on the picture of the scarecrow, it will lead you to the original website where there is a template 🙂
pinkdunt says:

April 2, 2012 at 4:42 am

So wonderful and creative crafts
Melissa Page says:

January 24, 2013 at 12:20 am

Thank you for this wonderful picture of what an adjective is! My daughter is struggling with adjectives at school and I was searching for something visual to help her understand what they were. Your artwork of adjectives is amazing!
Sarabeth Reingold says:

April 4, 2013 at 4:14 am

I love all the activities you had lined up!

Now, I just need to figure out how to adapt this for EFL learners in their 20's :p

Your class sounds like a blast!
Cariann McCready says:

June 4, 2013 at 12:25 am

Your adjectives anchor chart inspired me to create one of my own. I included a link back in my blog post for you as well. http://unionvalehome.blogspot.com/2013/06/grammar-anchor-charts-for-homeschool.html
Anonymous says:

November 11, 2013 at 12:22 am

What is the author of the book If I were an Adjective?
Nee-ta says:

January 14, 2014 at 11:31 am

Great post. I love the activities, it's wonderful. Thanks for sharing 🙂