Use the read, write, think, write, group talk plan Pens ready?
Remember -A VERB shows action. 1)Find the verb in each sentence. 2)Write the verb in your notebook. The baseball player hit the ball. Hit is the verb and tells you what the player did. 3)Think about another verb that could replace The verb hit. 4)Now share your verb with your group.
The lizard crawled on the rock. rocklizardcrawled
The grey cat watched the brown dog. watched catdog
Write!
Our house is haunted by a ghost! house ghosthaunted
Write
Fred danced all night at the party. Freddanced all
Write!
Our robot built a new computer by itself. itself built robot
Write!
The alligator brushes his teeth. teeth alligatorbrushes
Write!
Hit-___________________________ Crawled- _______________________ Watched-______________________ Is haunted-_____________________ Danced-________________________ Built-__________________________ brushes- ________________________ Vibrant verbs
1)Use a thesaurus or a dictionary 2) Ask one parent for a lifeline Verb group thesaurus parent hit crawled watched built brushes
REMEMBER: A VERB SHOW s ACTION! The star fell from the sky.