Download Action Verbs - Galena Park ISD Moodle

VERBS
Brainstorm!
 Working in groups, have students look through old
newspapers and magazines to find five examples of action
verbs. Have them cut out the verbs and glue them to
chart paper. Once each group has contributed five
verbs, review the words with the group and let students
pantomime each action.
Verb Detective
 Explain to students that you will read them a story. Tell
them to listen for action verbs in the story. When they
hear an action verb, they should raise their hands.
Let’s Play Charades
 Distribute one card to each student. Have each student
write an action verb on the card. Place the cards in a hat
or box. Have students form two teams. The first player
draws a card from the hat and must act the word out
without speaking. The player’s teammates must guess the
verb within a two-minute time period. If the team
guesses the correct word, they receive a point. Play
continues with a player from the second team. Each team
in turn acts out a word until all word cards have been
used. The team with the most points wins.
Don’t Say It/ Say It
 One student is chosen to be the Don’t Say It/Say It
tester. He or she goes around the room asking questions
that try to trick the other players into saying a verb.
Any player who uses a verb is eliminated. The game
continues until one player is left. That player then gets
to be the tester. For example, the tester asks, “What
are you doing? How did you get to school? What do you
like to do at recess?” Play the game again, only this time
players must respond to a question with a verb. If they
say a noun, they are eliminated.
Class Chart
 Build a class chart on which children paste an action
picture. The teacher or student can write the verb it
portrays under the picture.
Variation: photograph students at recess and add their
pictures to the chart, then ask students to label their
picture with their verb.
Verb Book
 Take pics of students acting out verbs. Then turn it into
a PowerPoint Book with the words I’m going on a verb
hunt and what do I see? I see Ann jumping. That’s what
I see. Then have students use a highlighter to highlight
the verb in the sentence.