Building Skills
Word Work
Adjectives vs. Adverbs
Explain to children that adjectives are words that describe nouns, and adverbs are words that describe verbs. Point out that adverbs often end in the letters -ly. Write two columns on the board. Write the word Adjectives above one column and Adverbs above the other. Have children go through the book to look for describing words and write them near (but not in) the two columns. For example: intently, tiny, smart, quickly, definitely, fast, amazing, safely, wonderful. Once you have brainstormed to come up with a list, have children volunteer to write the words in the appropriate column.
Synonyms
Explain to children that synonyms are two or more words that share the same, or almost the same meaning. Give the example sets smart and intelligent, big and giant, empty and bare. Have children brainstorm some other synonyms. Explain that there are many words in the book they just read that have synonyms and that they are about to do an activity using these words. Have children complete the worksheet on synonyms.
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