Many people have been requesting activities targeting adverbs. Well, I made just that! It, like many of my activities, gives a variety of levels. Also, the arcade theme is appropriate for a variety of ages.
There are 4 posters/anchor charts/visuals that explain: what an adverb is, how an adverb differs from an adjective, examples of adverbs (broken up into type), and examples of difference types of adverbs in sentences.
Here is a picture of one of the visuals:
There is also a game board:
Then come the task cards. There are 4 different levels/types of responses, with 17 of each. Here’s a glimpse:
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| Receptive: identifying the adverb. |
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| Expressive: multiple choice, fill in the blank. |
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| Expressive: correct the sentence. |
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| Expressive: Finish the sentence, open-ended |
While using this download, the SLP/teacher can discuss what word is being modified (described), what type of adverb it is, and what question it is answering. I hope this is something you can use! Check it out here. Leave a comment below for a chance to win this download! I’ll pick my favorite comment on Monday (3/18/13) and announce it on my Facebook page!
Now onto my regular Wednesday post for those minimally/non verbal students on your caseload! Much like my Valentine’s craft, for St. Patrick’s day we again used Jell-o. I actually found Jolly Rancher brand gelatin!!!! For 50 cents at Wal-mart! Could it get any better?! (Maybe if I had actually made it and eaten it…)
We cut out shamrocks (forgot the green paper, whoops) using the Ellison press. When I opened the bag of jell-o, the sour apple flavored powder looked VERY pale. I was afraid it wasn’t going to look green on the white paper.
This time, we went a little different route than we did with the Valentine’s hearts. We poured liquid glue in a big bowl. The students took turns squeezing the glue bottle. When that got tiresome (for me, more than anyone) we got the HUGE bottle of glue refill and had the students take turns pouring it into a measuring cup, then dumping that into the large bowl. More OT skills targeted, that way! Then the students all took turns dumping the jello powder into the bowl. We then passed around the bowl and mixed it! (It did turn out much more green than I originally anticipated – thankfully!) Then we put each student’s shamrock into the lid of a cardboard box and had them “paint” the jello-glue mixture onto them. Here are some pictures:
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| mixing the glue and jello |
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| the box lid helped avoid a mess! |
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| painting it on! |
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| our finished products! |
These are to be used as “air fresheners”. Once dry, their teacher is going to punch a hole in them and string green yarn through it so it can be hung.
The smell on these were not as strong and long-lasting as our Valentine’s hearts. I’m not sure if it was our method or the brand of jell-o. If you’re going to do this, use jell-o brand jello- (buy the jolly rancher for yourself – let me know how it is!) and shake the powder onto the glue rather than premixing it, to ensure yours are better than mine were.
Either way, the students loved it and it was language rich!
Enjoy! ~Denise
Adverbs! What a nice new unique activity. I know I don't have anything targeting adverbs right now. I also love that you have decided to include anchor charts. I love having them to teach or review a skill. When time is limited (and let's face it we never get to see our students as much as we want or need)they help out a lot. Also, I love the boarders on this packet! Very kid friendly!
Love this adverb idea! How can we get it even if we don't win??
this is a great activity with cute clip art. I do not have an activity that targets adverbs specifically.
It's great to have an activity for targeting adverbs instead of just doing worksheets…Which the kids get very tired of! Great idea!
Here's the link: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Adverb-Arcade
It is also in the text above.
This is probably the first activity I've seen targeting adverbs. I'd love to have it!
What a terrific activity aimed at teaching kids identify parts of speech in a fun and engaging way! Nicely done!
I do not have anything like this to target adverbs. The arcade theme will engage the students and definitely keep them interested!
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