Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

140 Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide 7B | Hickory, Dickory, Dock & Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling

Syntactic Awareness Activity

Simple Sentence Builder: Nouns and Verbs

[This activity utilizes the Noun Card and Verb Card from Instructional

Master 3B-1.]

Directions: We will use the pictures from the two poems we learned

today and make short sentences. I will ask you to say one thing at a time

about the picture.

1. If you say a word that is a noun, I will hold up the Noun Card.
   
   
   • If necessary, review what nouns are.
   
   
   
   


2. If you say a word that is a verb, I will hold up the Verb Card.
   
   
   • If necessary, review what verbs are.
     Note: There may be variations in the sentences created by your class.
     Allow for these variations and restate students’ sentences so that they
     are grammatical. Repeat each sentence for the students. If necessary,
     ask students to repeat your sentence.
   
   
   • After building the short sentence, say the sentence again and have
     students hold up the Noun Card when a noun has been said and
     the Verb Card when a verb has been said. Model holding up the
     Noun and Verb Cards for the first few sentences.
      Show image 7A-1: Mouse running down clock
     Possible sentences:
     The mouse runs.
     The mouse runs down the clock.
     The mouse is frightened.
     The clock struck one.
     The clock is brown.
      Show image 7B-1: John in bed, wearing one shoe
     Possible sentences:
     John sleeps.
     John sleeps in his bed.
     John wears stockings.