The document provides instruction and content for students to learn about verbs, verb tenses, signal words, subject-verb agreement, and reading comprehension. It includes topics on present, past and future verbs, exercises to identify verb tenses, matching causes and effects, and practice with transition words and reading tests with multiple choice questions. The document aims to teach foundational grammar and language arts concepts through explanations, examples, and assessment activities.

4. What did you do to learn
new things in ELA?
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5. Why is it good to continue
learning new things?
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9. Why do we have to arrange our thoughts
in order?
Why do we have to know what and when
things happened?

10. 1.Charades: Guess the action words.
2.List the action words.
3.When was the last time you ________?

11. Pretest
Instructions:WritePAiftheunderlinedword
1. He walks away.
2. She bakes bread.
3. They pick the trash.
4. They will deliver the fruits.
5. She cleaned the house.
happenedinthepast.WritePRiftheunderlined
wordhappensinthepresent.WriteFifthe
underlinedwordwillhappeninthefuture.

12. Topic 1: Verbs
Verbs are action words.
Some words express actions.
Verbs are not names.
Verbs do not describe anything.
Verbs only express movements and
actions.

13. Topic 1: Verbs
He will buy a book He drives the car

14. Topic 1: Verbs
She writes her She walks very fast
answer.

15. Topic 1: Verbs
“What other words verbs or action
words can you think of?”

16. Topic 2: Signal Words
Signal Words help writers organize
thoughts.
Signal words help writers organize
thoughts from beginning to end.

17. Topic 2: Signal Words
We use first to begin the idea.

18. Topic 2: Signal Words
We use then, next, and after that to add
more ideas.

19. Topic 2: Signal Words
We use lastly or in the end to finish the
idea.

20. •It was hot and humid •It was hard for Ben to focus.
•Because she has field-day activities today, •We put on our costumes.
•The spaghetti was cooked •So, he turned on the air conditioner.
•As it was Halloween, •Daisy is excited to go to school.
•Since the noise was disturbing •And therefore, she turned the stove off.
Topic 2: Signal Words
Instructions:Matcheachcausetoitslogicaleffect.

21. Topic 2: Signal Words
•It was hot and humid •It was hard for Ben to focus.
•Because she has field-day activities today, •We put on our costumes.
•The spaghetti was cooked •So, he turned on the air conditioner.
•As it was Halloween, •Daisy is excited to go to school.
•Since the noise was disturbing •And therefore, she turned the stove off.
Instructions:Matcheachcausetoitslogicaleffect.

22. Transition word practice
Instructions:Choosethetransitionwordthatbestconnecteachidea.
1. Gina bought a new dress last year. She didn’t wear it.
2. Bob likes jazz music. Michael likes jazz music,
3. Cheetahs, zebras are herbivore animals.
4. New York is a huge city. Los Angeles city is enormous.
5. To Guanacaste, the Atlantic coast in Costa Rica has beautiful beaches.
have a lot of population.
6. My friends were skiing in Aspen during their vacations my family
and I were enjoying the attractions at Disney parks.
while unlike However Both too also
Similar

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25. Topic 3: Present Tense
Some actions happen in the present or
every day.
The verbs are is in the present tense. If
the verb is in the present tense, the word
stays the same or we add -s or -es at the
end of the word.

26. Topic 3: Present Tense
We add -s or -es if the doer of the verb
is singular or only one. We add -s to most
verbs. We add -es if the verb ends with
ch, sh, x, z, s, or ss.

27. Topic 3: Present Tense
1. He bakes a cake.
2. She cleans the room.
3. She checks her answer.
4. She sells seashells.
5. Bob talks very fast.

28. Topic 3: Present Tense
1. Ben goes to school.
2. He misses his cat.
3. He washes the dishes.
4. She watches television.
5. She does her homework.

29. Topic 4: Past Tense
Some actions happened in the past.
The verbs are in the past tense.
For some verbs in the past tense, we add
-d or -ed.

30. Topic 4: Past Tense
If some verbs in the past tense end with
e, we add d. If some verbs in the past
tense end with any other letter, we add
-ed.

31. Topic 4: Past Tense
1. Ben walked to the store.
2. My mom baked a cake.
3. They just fixed the car.
4. They watched a movie yesterday.
5. I played football yesterday.

32. Topic 5: Future Tense
Some verbs are yet to happen in the
future. If the verbs are yet to happen,
we add will before the verb. If the verbs
are in the future tense, we do not add
anything at the end of the word.

33. Topic 6: Past, Present, Future Table
Sentences Past Present Future
He misses his cat.
Ben walked to the store.
We will buy a book tomorrow.
My mom baked a cake
I will call my mom later.
They watched a movie yesterday.
They just fixed the car.
She sells seashells
I played football yesterday.
The show will start soon.

34. Post Test
Instructions:WritePAiftheverbhappenedin
1. He walks away.
2. She bakes bread.
3. They pick the trash.
4. They will deliver the fruits.
5. She cleaned the house.
thepast.WritePRiftheverbhappensinthe
present.WriteFiftheverbwillhappeninthe
future.

35. Post Test
Instructions:WritePAiftheverbhappenedin
1. He walks away.
2. She bakes bread.
3. They pick the trash.
4. They will deliver the fruits.
5. She cleaned the house.
thepast.WritePRiftheverbhappensinthe
present.WriteFiftheverbwillhappeninthe
future.

36. Transfer Task:
Instructions:Completethetableofverbtenses.
Past Present Future
fixed fixes
picked Will pick
walks Will walk
planted plants
cleans Will clean
delivered Will deliver
baked Will bake
talks Will talk
called Will call
gathered gathers

37. Standard(s) 1 2 3 4 0
Verbs (tenses)
CCSS.ELA-
LITERACY.L.1.1.E
CCSS.ELA-
LITERACY.RF.1.3.F
All the
tenses used
in each
sentence
were
correctly
identified.
8/8
One to two
answers
were
incorrect.
6 to 7
answers are
correct
4 to 5
answers are
correct
1 to 3
answers are
correct
No answers
or all are
incorrect
Verbs Rubric
QA

38. Standard(s) 1 2 3 4 0
Subject-Verb
Agreement
CCSS.ELA-
LITERACY.L.1.1.C
All answers
are correct
6/6
4 to 5
answers are
correct
3 answers
are correct
1 to 2
answers are
correct
No answers
or all are
incorrect
Subject Verb Agreement Rubric
QA

39. Standard(s) 1 2 3 4 0
Reading
informative
text (key ideas
and meaning of
words and
phrases)
CCSS.ELA-
LITERACY.RI.1.7
CCSS.ELA-
LITERACY.RI.1.4
All are
correctly
answered.
(10/10)
100% of all
answers are
8 to 9
answers are
correctly
given.
80% to 99%
of the
answers are
correct.
5 to 7
answers are
correctly
given.
50% to 70%
of the
answers are
correct.
1-4 answers
are
correctly
given.
1 to 40% of
correct
answers
No answers
are
correctly
provided.
0 no correct
answers.
Reading Informative Text Rubric
QA

40. Standard(s) 1 2 3 4 0
Consonant
Blends and
Digraphs
Standards:
CCSS.ELA-
LITERACY.RF.1.2.
B-Orally
produce single-
syllable words
by blending
sounds
(phonemes),
including
consonant
blends.
CCSS.ELA-
LITERACY.RF.1.3.
A-Know the
spelling-sound
correspondenc
es for common
consonant
digraphs.
All are
correctly
answered.
(10/10)
100% of all
answers are
8 to 9
answers are
correctly
given.
80% to 99%
of the
answers are
correct.
5 to 7
answers are
correctly
given.
50% to 70%
of the
answers are
correct.
1-4 answers
are
correctly
given.
1 to 40% of
correct
answers
No answers
are
correctly
provided.
0 no correct
answers.
Consonant Blends and Digraphs Rubric
QB

41. Standard(s) 1 2 3 4 0
Reading a
Poem and
Comparing
Characters
Standards:
CCSS.ELA-
LITERATURE.RL.1.1
0-With
prompting and
support, read
prose and
poetry of
appropriate
complexity for
grade 1.
CCSS.ELA-
LITERATURE.RL.1.
9-Compare and
contrast the
adventures and
experiences of
characters in
stories.
All are
correctly
answered.
(5/5)
100% of all
answers are
correct.
4 answers
are
correctly
given.
80% of the
answers are
correct.
3 answers
are
correctly
given
60% of the
answers are
correct.
2-1 answer is
correctly
given
20% to 40%
of the
answers are
correct.
No answers
are
correctly
provided.
0 no correct
answers.
Reading a Poem and Comparing Characters Rubric
QB

42. Standard(s) 1 2 3 4 0
Irregularly
spelled words
and syllables
Standards:
CCSS.ELA-
LITERACY.RF.1.3.
G- Recognize
and read
grade-
appropriate
irregularly
spelled words.
CCSS.ELA-
LITERACY.RF.1.3.
D-Use
knowledge that
every syllable
must have a
vowel sound to
determine the
number of
syllables in a
printed word.
All are
correctly
answered.
(8/8)
100% of all
answers are
correct.
6 to 7
answers are
correctly
given.
75% to 99%
of the
answers are
correct.
4 to 5
answers are
correctly
given.
50% to 74%
of the
answers are
correct.
3 and below
are
correctly
answered.
1 to 42% of
correct
answers
No answers
are
correctly
provided.
0 no correct
answers.
Irregularly Spelled Words and Syllables Rubric
QB

43. Easy Average Hard
❑ The activity
is very easy.
❑ I finished all
activities.
❑ I want to do
something
challenging.
❑ The activity
is a bit easy.
❑ I finish some
activities.
❑ I want to do
something
similar.
❑ The activity
is not easy.
❑ I did not finish
my work.
❑ I want to do
something
easier.
Self Check

44. Yellow Blue Red
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