Building Confidence in Young Writers
Building Confidence in Young Writers
This game focuses on nouns, adjectives and verbs. I have many campers who genuinely forget what a noun, adjective or verb is. This is a great game to review and practice them! Common Core State Standards Note: This game can …
Spin a noun and write adjectives! This is a great game to help students learn, practice and solidify their knowledge of nouns and adjectives. Common Core State Standards This game goes well with descriptive writing prompts and can address the following …
Spin Adjectives Nouns and Verbs is an advanced version of Silly Sentences and works best with older or more advanced writers. It’s more challenging because it involves combining three words to make a sentence instead of two. *This post contains …
This is a great game to stimulate “SHOW DON’T TELL” thinking and also gives listeners an opportunity to make inferences. Making inferences is a difficult skill for many students. This game teaches students how to write their own descriptive actions. …
I’ve posted many games that focus on nouns and adjectives. This is a speaking game and probably the most challenging. However, it’s still fun for the kids and works best if played after the following games Word Scramblers using adjectives One …
In this game, I say an adjective or write one on a whiteboard at the front of the class. (chalkboards and Smart Boards work just as well). The campers have 2 minutes to write nouns that the adjective describes. Common …
Choose a student to describe a word. The others guess. That’s it! This is an extremely simple game that has engaged my groups of kids every time we play it! Common Core State Standards NOTE: This lesson can address the …
