Teacher: Jessica Crisafulli
Grade Level: 2^nd Grade
Area: Language Arts
Unit: Verbs
Lesson Title: What is a verb?
Timeframe: 30 minutes

Standards
3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

Objectives/Goals
-Students will demonstrate the ability to recall the definition of a noun
-Students will demonstrate the ability to define a verb
-Students will demonstrate the ability to identify a verb
-Students will demonstrate the ability to write verbs

Materials
Smartboard
Craft paper
Pencils/Markers
Language Arts Workbooks

Lesson
The teacher will ask the students to recall the definition of a noun. The teacher will remind the students that identifying the noun in a sentence allows us to picture in our minds, the person, place, or thing we are talking about. The teacher will tell the students that we will be identifying the action of in many sentences.

The teacher will model a sentence on the smartboard and ask the students to identify the noun. Then, the teacher will act out the sentence. The teacher will ask the students what the noun is doing.  Once the students identify what the noun is doing, the teacher will explain that it is the action word of the sentence.
Then, the teacher will model another sentence and ask the students to identify the noun and find one word that describes the action. After a few more examples, the teacher will ask the students if they know what the action word is called. The teacher will introduce and define the word verb.

The teacher will show 5 sentence examples on the smarboard and ask for the students to work in teams to identify the verb. The teacher will ask one team at a time to volunteer their answer at the smartboard. During teamwork, the teacher will suggest that the students picture the sentences in their minds to visually see and identify the action verb.

The teacher will then explain the independent practice. The students will be asked to identify and write four different verbs on the given craft paper. Once the verb is written, the teacher will ask the students to draw a picture of the action. The teacher will model the example.
If time allows or for early finishers, the teacher will ask the students to work on workbook page 28 where they will write sentences and circle each verb.

Independent Practice
The students will be asked to write four different verbs on the given craft paper. Once the verb is written, the teacher will ask the students to draw a picture of the action. The teacher will model the example.
If time allows or for early finishers, the teacher will ask the students to work on workbook page 28 where they will write sentences and circle each verb.

Closure
The teacher will call the students attention back to the smartboard to review the definition of a verb. The teacher will ask for volunteers to share their written verbs with the class.

Assessments
The teacher will informally assess students through discussion of verbs throughout lesson, evaluating answers. The teacher will walk around and assess the student’s verb selections during the independent practice.

Differentiation
Students will work in teams to identify verbs. During independent practice, the teacher will provide sentences to those students having trouble identifying verbs on their own. During independent practice the teacher will act out different sentences to those having trouble identifying verbs on their own.

Looking Ahead
The students will be asked to identify verbs in their independent reading books and record them on a post-it throughout the period. The students will be asked to find the verbs in the morning messages for the week. The students will be learning about past and present verbs.