Verb Search Teacher: ​Johannah Murdock

School: ​Murdock Academy

Date: ​Monday, April 24th 2017

Class: KIN 355 Equipment Used:​ Worksheets for every student,

Grade Level: 2nd Grade pencil, document camera, dry erase marker
Time: 9:10 AM
Targeted NASPE Standard(s):
NAPSE Standard #2 - Demonstrate understanding of movement concepts,
principles and tactics of PA.

Specific Objective:​ ​Students will understand that a verb is an action that they can
do with their bodies.

Concomitant Objective:​ ​Students will combine physical activity with language arts
so that they are learning in multiple subject areas simultaneously.
Time Procedures Followed Materials
Warm Up: ​*clap clap clapclapclap* Everyone stand up
_​1​__ and push your chairs in. We’re going to warm-up for
Minutes
today’s lesson by doing 10 high knees. Ready go!
Transition: ​Now everyone find a pencil or pen in 10, 9, pencil
_​15​__ 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2,1.
Seconds

Set Induction: ​Now as you all remember, we have been

__​1​__ learning about the parts of speech. On friday, we learned
Minutes
about verbs. Who can tell me what a verb is?
Responses:
An action
Something you do
Right! Today we’re going to do an activity that has to do
with verbs.
Learnable Piece: ​Now as we just discussed, a verb is
__​30​__ an action. That means it is something you do. For
Seconds
example, if I say “Johannah waved her hand.” The verb
is waved and it looks like this *waves hand*.
Presentation of New Material/Directions: ​Today’s Document
__​3​__ game is one you are probably familiar with, it’s called a projector
Minutes
word search *place word search under projector*. The
point of this game is to find the word in an array of Dry erase
letters. But this word search is a little different. In order marker
to do this word search you must *writing on dry erase
board*
● first find the verb in the sentence.
● Then find the verb in the word search.
● And finally, you must do 5 of that verb while
standing in one spot. For example, if the verb was
“wave”, you must wave your hand 5 times.
 Once you have completed all 3 steps, you can move on
to the next word.
Transition:​ Now some safety precautions: Worksheet
__​45​_ ● Make sure you are an arm’s length away from the
Seconds
people next to you.
● Remember to place down you paper and pencil
before doing the action.
● And last, but not least: be careful as you do the
movements! We don’t want anyone to sprain an
ankle!
*Pass out word search by row*
Activity: ​Students will be standing behind their desks.
__​5-10​_ The teacher will circulate around the classroom to make
_
Minutes
sure that all students are participating.

“When you are finished with your word search, please

bring it to the front. Make sure your name is on it!”

Possible Modifications: ​If activity is too easy, use

__​0​___ different tenses of verbs. If activity is too hard, use only
Minutes
verbs and skip the part where they have to find the verb
in a sentence.
__​1​___ Lesson Review: ​Put your finger on your nose if you
Minutes found all of the verbs in the sentence. Put your finger on
your chin if you found all of the verbs in the word search.
Now all together, what is a verb?
Response:
An action!

Notes: