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-Topic: Teaching my students on the importance of adverbs. Going through the
lesson plan and explaining what they are and how we use them. Students will
also be given activities to follow along with. We will be reading a book that uses
adverbs and then worksheets and a interactive activity. Students will first
begin the class with a bell ringer, on a sheet of paper they will try to write a
story with as many adverbs they can come up with.
- Grade level: 1st and 2nd grade would be the main grade level focuses.
- Subject: The subject of this lesson plan is to focus students on adverbs,
spelling, grammar.
- State Standard Addressed: 2.RL.1 Read and comprehend a variety of
literature within a range of complexity appropriate for grades 2-3. By the end of
grade 2, students interact with texts proficiently and independently at the low
end of the range and with scaffolding as needed at the high end.
- Instructional Objectives:
1. Students will be able to summarize all the adverbs in their story
2. Students will be able to analyze the game in a better understanding of
the adverbs.
3. Students will then have no problem using adverbs to write different
words in place of others.
- Length of lesson: 60 minutes
-Action plan:
When students First walk in give them instructions on the Bell ringer (10
minutes).
- Give them a sheet of paper
- A list of Adverbs
Instruct Students within this 10 minutes write a short story and try to use at
least 3 different adverbs and have them highlight the words they use. Then pick
on 2-3 different students to share their stories.
 - Lesson Introduction
Walk around a student's desk slowly.
Write on the board: "The teacher walked."
Have students tell you when, where, or how you walked.
Record students' responses on the board.
Underline and identify the words that tell more about the verb as adverbs.
- Explicit Instruction/Teacher Modeling (10 minutes)
Explain to students that an adverb tells more about a verb. Adverbs usually tell
where, when, or how.
Write the following sentence on the board: "The school bus left early."
Ask students when the bus left.
Discuss with students how asking yourself when, where, or how after reading a
sentence can help with identifying adverbs.
Write the following sentences on the board, leaving a blank for adverbs:
1. I run _____________.
2. They look _________.
3. A woman screams __________. 4. We talk ___________.
Ask students to complete the sentences using words that tell more about the
verbs. Have students describe each adverb using how, when, or where.
- Worksheet (10 minutes)
: Hand out” fill in adverbs” worksheet to students. Explain instructions
and give them some time to work on it.
Assessment: (25 minutes)
Candy lane game: Students will be playing an interactive version of
candy land but with adverbs.
-Students will be teamed up with 4 players in each
 - Give each team a candy land sheet and explain how to play and the
rules of the game
- Review and Closing: we will then review with students about what
adverbs are and asking for examples of what they are. This last 5
minutes allow time for clean up and turning in work.
Things that will be needed:
1. Notebook paper for students
2. List of adverbs
3. Group candy lane game
4. Adverb worksheet
5. Book about adverbs