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Adjectives can Describe Anything
Fill the day with arts, crafts, science experiments and ways to say I Love You. Pour out your feelings of love throughout the day.
But it's not Valentine's Day you say? No Problem, these activities adapt to any other day or holiday.
You will find bulletin boards, games, word walls and math activities. Open up your heart and smile...
Adjectives Table of Contents
- Adjectives Make your Sentiments come alive
- Add You Favorite Adjectives
- Writing Workshop
- Counting Hearts
- Jello Heart Science
- Make a Touchy Feely Box
- Say I Love You around the world
- Cootie Catchers for Valentine's Day
- Adjective Saturated Picture Books
- Save Your Adjectives Literacy Bag
- Adjective Blocks
- Adjective Games
- Online Adjective Games
- Opposites on Ebay
- Describe the way you teach about adjectives.
- Please add your Adjective-Friendly Lenses
Brainstorm Adjectives
1. Cover a bulletin board with red paper and Valentine's Day trim.
2. Brainstorm words to describe Valentine's Day and explain that these words are called adjectives.
3. Write the words on heart shaped pink and white papers. Arrange the words on the bulletin board.
4. Use this word wall for many of the activities suggested below.
Adjectives Make your Sentiments come alive
AFFECTIONATE: adoring, caring, considerate, devoted, loving
BEAUTIFUL: attractive, fair, lovely, stunning
DIVINE: godly, heavenly, glorious, wonderful, wondrous
ENDLESS: continual, eternal, perpetual, unceasing, unending, timeless
FAITHFUL: constant, steady, steadfast, true
FOND: affectionate, dear, devoted, loving
HAPPY: cheerful, glad, joyful, joyous, merry, pleased
HOPEFUL: hoping, optimistic, promising
INFINITE: endless, limitless, unbounded, immeasurable
MARRIED: marital, matrimonial, nuptial, spousal, wedded, united
NOBLE: august, royal, ethical, moral, virtuous, honorable
OPTIMISTIC: bright, sunny, upbeat, promising
PEACEFUL: placid, quiet, serene, still, undisturbed
PRICELESS: precious, inestimable, invaluable, valuable
SINCERE: genuine, honest, real, heartfelt
TOTAL: complete, entire, whole, absolute, pure, sheer, utter
UNCOMMON: extraordinary, scarce, unusual, rare, unique
UNCORRUPTED: ethical, principled, untarnished
UNDENIABLE: certain, incontestible, sure, undisputable
UNDYING: deathless, immortal, eternal, everlasting
UNFADING: enduring, lasting, undying, unfailing
UNIVERSAL: omnipresent, cosmic, global, worldwide
UNSELFISH: selfless, self-sacrificing
VIBRANT: intense, strong, vivid, dynamic, energetic, vigorous
VIRTUOUS: ethical, moral, noble, principled, pure, righteous
WARM: compassionate, sympathetic, tender, enthusiastic
WORTHY: capable, deserving, desirable, suited, honorable, noble
From Pumpkin Time to Valentines: Sneaking Language Arts Strategies into Holiday Celebrations
Amazon Price: $23.00 (as of 05/17/2008)
Add You Favorite Adjectives
Silent Reading
Old Hat New Hat is a great book for introducing adjectives and most First Graders will be able to read it on their own my February. I have several copies in my classroom and allow children to read it in groups of 2 or 3 during Silent Reading time.
We also use this book as a Center Time activity by putting Highligher Tape (See Beginning to Read ) on each of the adjectives in the book.
I have a collection of hats in the Drama Center that the children like to wear when reading this book.
Old Hat New Hat (Bright & Early Books(R))
Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 05/17/2008)
Writing Workshop
Valentine's Day is all about writing. We read the poem :
Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Sugar is sweet
and so are you.
Some children choose to write variations of this poem and others make up their own verses. We always share our writing.
Listening Center
I read Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective? onto a Cd and then have it available for children to listen to in the listening center. Repetition is very important for young children.
Morning Meeting
During Morning Meeting we greet eachother by using the phrase I like you because your are ... Then I explain that the words we use to describe our friends are called adjectives.
Counting Hearts
In the Math Center I have a baggie of candy hearts for each child and a 2 cm square graph paper worksheet with sentences at the bottom to be filled in such as: There are ___ pink candies. There are ___ green candies. There are ___ pink and green candies all together.
1. Sort the hearts by color.
2. Arrange the hearts on the graph.
3. Color each square under the heart.
4. Fill in the blanks at the bottom of the graph.
5. Check your answers with your partner.
6. Eat your candies.
7. Put your graph in the 3 ring notebook that will become a class book.
Remind the children that both numbers and colors are adjectives because they are words that describe something.
Baby Talk Conversation Hearts Candy
Amazon Price: (as of 05/17/2008)
Jello Heart Science
Observing and describing the states of matter
This is a good project to do with a parent volunteer.
Several packages of strawberry jello, hotplate and pan, spoons for mixing, bowl, ice cubes, refrigerator, heart shaped cookie cutters.
1. Notice how the jello powder is a solid.
2. Notice how the water is a liquid.
3. Heat the water and notice the steam.
4. Mix the powder into the hot water. The solid powder has become a liquid.
5. Add icecubes (solid) unitl they form a liquid.
6. Let cool in the refrigerator until afternoon.
7. Cut the jello with heart shaped cookie cutters.
Describe the jello as you eat it. These words are adjectives.
Make a Touchy Feely Box
Use Adjectives to discribe what you feel!
- Touchy Feely Box
- Choose touch words: hard-soft, warm-cold, smooth-rough. Make up many mystery boxes and have the children match boxes containing like objects.
Pink, Purple, Squishy....Adjectives for Valentine's Day Paintings
1. At the Art Center, let the children mix white and red tempra paint to make pink. Add a little blue to make purple.
2. Shape your hands as in the picture above and press them into the paint.
3. Press your hands onto paper.
Now use adjectives to describe the heart you made.
Say I Love You around the world
Social Studies for Valentine's Day
Read the book: What is You Language?
What is You Language?
Please tell me now.
My language is ___.
This is the way it sounds.
_____ (Yes in many languages)
I have tried to find this book on Amazon but no luck so far. If anyone knows the details please let me know. After reading it several times we change the words of yes to I Love You in as many languages as possible.
Ask children if they know any ways of saying I Love You in other languages. Write these words or gestures on heart shaped Post-its. Allow the children to stick them to the world map on the countries that speak those languages.
Cootie Catchers for Valentine's Day
Do you remember making cootie catchers? Did your teacher take them away from you and tell you to stop fooling around when you should be learning something?
Cootie catchers are the best way to get children to write down lots of adjective and use those adjectives over and over again.
I like to invite a class of older kids to come in and help the children make them until they get the hang of it. Soon this will be one of the most sought after centers in the classroom.
The Cootie Catcher Book (Klutz)
Amazon Price: $9.95 (as of 05/17/2008)
What kind of Dress did Mary wear on Valentine's Day
Adjectives in Music Class
Sing the song Mary Wore a Red Dress several times until the children know it well. Then start changing the word red. She could wear a blue dress, wrinkled dress, spotted dress, clean dress or a ripped dress. These new words are adjectives.
1. Pass out a coloring sheet with a girl in a dress.
2. Have the children color her dress.
3. Fill in the adjective that describes her dress.
4. Share your picture and sing the verse that goes with it.
5. Assemble the pages into a class book.
We love to sing this song with Pete Seeger or Raffi. Having a copy of the book in big book form is helpful for reading with the whole class. We just descovered the version with Henry's green sneakers and now have found it in spanish as well.
Hugging is Physical Education and Mathematics rolled into One
Did you know that numbers are adjectives?
Take the kids out on the playround. Tell them that they will be running around the playgound until they hear the whistle. When they hear the whistle they must immediately stop and listen for the directions.
ie:
Get into groups of 3.
Run
Get into groups of 2.
Run
Notice that some times there will be children left over. Whenever possible I join these children to make the groups even. If it is not possible we learn about remainders in division and they get to hug me until it's time to run again.
Games for Math
Amazon Price: $10.85 (as of 05/17/2008)
Adjective Saturated Picture Books
Reading to children everyday, all day is very important. These are books that just happen to have lots of adjectives. We read these books first of all because they are fun to read. After the children know the books well we talk about the adjective. Some children even begin to try to add adjectives the way it has been done in these books. Please add your own suggestions to the list.
After reading these books to the children I like to make them available to take home in Take Home Literacy Bags.
The B Book (Bright & Early Books)
Big Brown Bear. Big brown bear. Blue balloon.. Lot more...2 points
Old Hat New Hat (Bright & Early Board Books(TM)) by Stan Berenstain
Adjectives describe all the kinds of hats.2 points
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective? (Words Are Categorical) by Brian P. Cleary
A book about adjectives.2 points
Many Luscious Lollipops (World of Language) by Ruth Heller
An adjective book with incredible illustrations.2 points
Save Your Adjectives Literacy Bag
Read the story The Boy Who Loved Words to the children in class. Then invite them to take home this literacy bag and fill the pink rubber piggy bank with adjectives that they find when reading the B Book or anywhere else at home. They write the adjectives they find on pink heart shaped papers that fit into the piggy bank. Kids will love the magnet words and blocks which also have adjectives. When back in school we look for new adjectives that and add them to the Adjective Word Wall.
Stick an Adjective in your Pocket
Make Books with Pockets for Valentine's Day
We all know kids love to stuff their pockets with neat things. Each volume contains complete instructions and materials to make three different books with pockets, based on a topic pertinent to the month, and utilizing items and information you have readily available.
Theme Pockets: February
Amazon Price: $11.54 (as of 05/17/2008)
Adjective Blocks
Pick out a letter to have your child find, such as the letter 'a'. Have them stack up all the 'a's' they can find as high as they can until the blocks tumble. Or, instead of stacking the found letters have the child place them side-by-side, or build some other structure. Have them build something that begins with the letter the child is looking for. For example ask, "Can you build a bridge with all the 'b's'?" Or let the child direct the building.
Related activity: Have the child count the number of letters they have found.
I Spy - beginner
"I Spy with my little eye, all words beginning with the sound 's'." Child finds all words beginning with the letter 's'. ('sat', 'sleeps', 'silly', sticky', 'sister', 'shoe', and 'school') Repeat with other sounds.
What If - beginner
Ask child to pick a block and then ask, "What if the first letter was taken away? What word would we have?" Example 'Cat..at', 'ran...an', 'sister...ister'. Some words will be real words, others will be nonsense words, but it is important to explore with both types.
What If - advanced
Ask child to pick a block and then ask, "What if the first letter was switched to a different sound, such as the sound "t". (recommended substitution sounds include 'p', 'd', 'l', 'g', 'n', and 'm'.) Example: original word is 'cat'; new word is 'tat'.
Find-A-Word
Have your child pick out specific words. "Can you find 'cat'?" Make the task easier by limiting the number of blocks to choose from or more challenging by including more. Or, have the child find certain words by providing descriptive cues, for example, "find me something you might wear on you foot." Expand number of blocks provided as child's sight-reading skills improve.
Related activity: Set out one or all of the adjective blocks. Pick out a word like 'house', and have the child find adjectives that describes theirs, such as 'big', 'white', 'new', etc.
Sing-A-Long
Create your own sentence and ask child to tap/beat drum/clap to the sillables in each word as you would for the song "Happy Birthday to You".
Opposites
Choose a word from the following list; 'girl', 'boy', 'brother', 'sister', 'old', 'new', 'white', 'black', 'big', 'little'. Have the child create a sentence using one of these words. Lastly, ask the child what is the opposite of the word they were given.
101 Word Games
These games are great for Beginning Readers, Foreign Language Learners and even for learning Math or Science vocabulary.
Games include:
1. I Packed my Bag for Alaska
2. Animal Squares
3. In the Dark
4. Take a Number
There are Vocabulary Games. Number Games, Structure Games, Spelling Games, Conversation Games, Writing Games, Role Play and Dramatics.
101 Word Games (Resource Books for Teachers of Young Students)
Amazon Price: $13.05 (as of 05/17/2008)
Adjective Games
Online Adjective Games
- Online Adjectives Games
- Lots of Online Word Games
- Grammar Blast
- Online adjective game by Houghton Mifflin
- WritingFix for Kids...The Adjective Game
- Click on ideas and adjectives for writing a story.
Opposites on Ebay
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Adjectives are in the Directory
- The Four Wheelers Unit Study Directory
- The Four Wheelers Internet Directory of Unit Studies contains a list, roughly arranged by subject, of links to unit studies that are published on the Internet.
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