LA 7.07The Adverb Game

1. 1

   Hand the child the verb card "walk." The child reads it and walks.

2. 2

   Place "slowly" after "walk." The child reads "walk slowly" and walks slowly.

3. 3

   Swap "slowly" for "quickly." The child reads it and walks quickly.

4. 4

   Say, "Both times you walked. Slowly and quickly tell how to walk. A word that tells more about the verb is called an adverb."

5. 5

   Lay out another verb with two adverbs, such as "clap softly" and "clap loudly," for the child to read and act out.

6. 6

   Invite the child to pair an adverb with a verb card and give the command to you.

What catches the child’s eye

• The same action done two ways, fast and then slow
• Swapping one small card to change how the action looks

Extensions, easiest to hardest

1. Command cards with a full sentence ("Walk slowly to the door.")
2. Matching each adverb to the verbs it fits
3. Finding the adverb in a sentence strip
4. Adverbs that tell where or when (here, later) once the "how" words are secure