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Kid Heroes Verbs

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Title:

Kid Heroes Verbs

URL:

https://www.roomrecess.com/mobile/KidHeroesVerbs/play.html

Content Source:

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Room Recess
Type: Interactive/Game

Overview:

Kid Heroes Verbs is an online game that makes word usage fun and exciting. To succeed at this game, children must read each sentence carefully in order to determine the correct verb. For every correct answer, kids get to place a hero on the battlefield.

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2
45. Demonstrate understanding of standard English language conventions when writing.

a. Identify the role of a noun, verb, adjective, and adverb within a sentence and explain the type of the information it conveys.

b. Form regular nouns and verbs by adding -s or -es.

c. Form and use simple present and past verb tenses.

d. Form plurals by changing -y to -ies.

e. Form and use frequently-occurring irregular plural nouns and verbs.

f. Use plural possessives.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
45.
  • English Language conventions
45a.
  • Noun
  • Verb
  • Adjective
  • Adverb
  • Conveys
45b.
  • Regular nouns
  • Regular verbs
45c.
  • Verb tenses
  • Simple present
  • Simple past
45d.
  • Plurals
45e.
  • Irregular plural nouns
  • Irregular plural verbs
45f.
  • Plural possessives
Knowledge:
45. Students know:
  • The English language has grammatical conventions that must be followed when writing.
45a.
  • There are different types of words within a sentence, and each word provides a particular type of information.
  • The role of a noun, verb, adjective, and adverb within a sentence.
45b.
  • Regular nouns and verbs are formed by adding an -s or -es suffix.
45c.
  • Present tense verbs tell about something that is happening currently or continuously.
  • Past tense verbs tell about something that already happened.
  • Different suffixes must be added to the end of verbs to show when the action happened.
45d.
  • A plural shows there is more than one of something.
  • Base words that end in y must be changed before adding the plural suffix.
45e.
  • Some nouns and verbs do not follow the regular pattern when forming a plural.
45f.
  • A plural possessive is used when a plural noun has ownership, or possession, of something.
Skills:
45. Students are able to:
  • Correctly use standard English language conventions in writing.
45a.
  • Identify a noun, verb, adjective, and adverb in a sentence.
  • Explain the type of information nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs provide in a sentence.
45b.
  • Correctly form regular nouns and verbs by adding an -s or -es suffix.
45c.
  • Form and use simple present and past verb tenses in writing.
45d.
  • Form plurals by changing -y to -ies when the base word ends in y.
45e.
  • Form and use frequently-occurring irregular plural nouns, such as feet, children, mice, fish, teeth.
  • Form and use frequently-occurring irregular plural verbs.
45f.
  • Accurately use plural possessives in writing.
Understanding:
45. Students understand that:
  • To clearly communicate through writing, they must use standard English language conventions.
45a.
  • Each word in a sentence plays an important role in conveying meaning.
  • A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea and tells who or what the sentence is about.
  • A verb expresses an action or a state of being and tells what the noun is doing.
  • An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun and tells attributes of the noun.
  • An adverb describes a verb, adjective, or adverb, and provides more description about another word in the sentence.
45b.
  • An -s or -es suffix is added to the end of regular nouns and verbs for subject-verb agreement and to form plurals.
45c.
  • The simple present verb tense is used to describe things that are happening right now, and the suffix -s or -es is usually added to the end of the base word.
  • The simple past verb tense is used to describe things that have already happened, and the suffix -ed is usually added to the end of the base word.
45d.
  • To form a plural of a word that end in y, the y must be changed to -ies.
45e.
  • Some nouns and verbs are made plural by changing vowels, changing the entire word, or adding a different ending.
45f.
  • Plural possessive nouns show that a plural noun has ownership and that an apostrophe or -s apostrophe is added to the end of the word.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 3
36. Demonstrate knowledge of the rules of standard English grammar including punctuation, capitalization, sentence formation, and spelling appropriate for third grade.

a. Use articles a, an, and the correctly.

b. Identify the role of a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, and conjunction within a sentence and explain the type of the information it conveys.

c. Form plural nouns, verbs, and possessives, including irregular plural nouns and verbs.

d. Use simple abbreviations, including days of the week, months of the year, titles, units of metric and customary measurement, street names, and state names.
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Teacher Vocabulary:
36.
  • Demonstrate
  • Knowledge
  • Rules of standard English grammar
  • Punctuation
  • Capitalization
  • Sentence formation
  • Spelling
36a.
  • Articles
36b.
  • Identify
  • Role
  • Noun
  • Verb
  • Adjective
  • Adverb
  • Pronoun
  • Preposition
  • Conjunction
  • Information
  • Conveys
36c.
  • Form
  • Plural noun
  • Plural verb
  • Plural possessives
  • Irregular plural nouns
  • Irregular plural verbs
36d.
  • Simple abbreviations
Knowledge:
36. Students know:
  • Standard English grammar and spelling conventions.
  • Punctuation marks and their appropriate usage.
  • Capitalization rules for standard English.
  • Complete sentences have a subject and predicate and end with an ending punctuation mark.
36a.
  • The articles a, an, and the come before a noun to show if it's specific or general.
  • The is used to refer to specific or particular nouns.
  • A and an are used to refer to a non-specific, general noun.
  • A is generally used before nouns that start with a consonant sound.
  • An is generally used before nouns that start with a vowel sound.
36b.
  • There are different types of words within a sentence, and each word provides a particular type of information.
  • The role of a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, and conjunction within a sentence.
36c.
  • A plural shows there is more than one of something.
  • An -s or -es suffix is added to the end of regular nouns and verbs for subject-verb agreement and to form plurals.
  • Possessives show ownership and an apostrophe is used in the formation of possessives.
  • A plural possessive is used when a plural noun has ownership, or possession, of something.
  • Some nouns and verbs do not follow the regular pattern when forming a plural.
36d.
  • An abbreviation is a shortened version of a whole word and it will usually have a period at the end of the shortened version.
Skills:
36. Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the rules of standard English grammar.
  • Use appropriate punctuation.
  • Use correct capitalization.
  • Form sentences correctly.
  • Spell third grade level words correctly.
36a.
  • Correctly use the articles a, an, and the in writing.
36b.
  • Identify a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, and conjunction in a sentence.
  • Explain the type of information nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, and conjunctions provides in a sentence.
36c.
  • Form plural nouns, verbs, and possessives in writing.
  • Form irregular nouns and verbs in writing.
36d.
  • Form correct abbreviations for days of the week, months of the year, titles, units of metric and customary measurement, street names, and state names in writing.
Understanding:
36. Students understand that:
  • There are rules to forming grammatically correct sentences in standard English.
  • When writing, they must use punctuation correctly, capitalize appropriate words, form complete sentences with subject-verb agreement, and spell the words that are appropriate for third graders.
36a.
  • Articles are a part of speech that can come before a noun to indicate if the noun is specific (Bring me the book) or general (Bring me a book.)
  • A is usually used before nouns that start with a consonant sound, while an is usually used before words that start with a vowel sound.
36b.
  • Each word in a sentence plays an important role in conveying meaning.
  • A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea and tells who or what the sentence is about.
  • A verb expresses an action or a state of being and tells what the noun is doing.
  • An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun and tells attributes of the noun.
  • An adverb describes a verb, adjective, or adverb, and provides more description about another word in the sentence.
  • A pronoun can be used in place of a noun.
  • A preposition is placed before a noun or pronoun to create a prepositional phrase that modifies (changes the meaning of) another word in the sentence.
  • A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses and indicates the relationship between the joined units; there are coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions.
36c.
  • There are standard English grammar conventions to make nouns, verbs, and possessives plural, and following these conventions helps make their writing clear.
  • Some nouns and verbs do not form plurals in a regular way.
36d.
  • Abbreviations can be used in place of whole words when writing.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 4
39. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage.

a. Use relative pronouns who, whose, which, and that, relative adverbs where, when, and how, and irregular possessive nouns.

b. Form and use the progressive verb tenses.

Examples: I was walking, I am walking

c. Use modal auxiliaries to convey various conditions.

Examples: can, may, must
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Teacher Vocabulary:
39.
  • Demonstrate
  • Command
  • Conventions
  • Standard English grammar
  • Standard English usage
39a.
  • Relative pronouns
  • Relative adverbs
  • Irregular possessive nouns
39b.
  • Progressive verb tenses
39c.
  • Modal auxiliaries
  • Convey
  • Various conditions
Knowledge:
39. Students know:
  • Standard English grammar and usage conventions.
39a.
  • A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb that have a relationship.
  • A relative pronoun is used to connect a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun in which the clause modifies or describes the noun.
  • A relative adverb is an adverb that introduces an adjective clause.
  • Common irregular nouns and conventions to form possessive nouns.
39b.
  • The progressive verb tense describes ongoing actions, and it tells about something that is, was, or will be happening.
39c.
  • Modal auxiliaries are verbs that never change forms the way most other verbs do.
  • Modal auxiliary verbs indicate possibility, capability, necessity, or willingness.
Skills:
39. Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate correct standard English grammar and word usage in writing.
39a.
  • Use relative pronouns correctly in writing.
  • Use relative adverbs correctly in writing.
  • Form and use irregular possessive nouns correctly in writing.
39b.
  • Form and use the progressive verb tenses; for example, I was walking, I am walking.
39c.
  • Use modal auxiliaries to convey various conditions; for example, can, may, must.
Understanding:
39. Students understand that:
  • Demonstrating command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing is necessary to convey meaning.
39a.
  • There are some special parts of speech that can be used to add more details to sentences, like relative pronouns and relative adverbs, that must be used correctly to clearly convey meaning.
  • There are some nouns that create their plural and possessive forms in an irregular way.
39b.
  • The tense of a verb indicates when the action occurred.
  • To form the progressive tenses, they will use a form of the helping verb to be with a main verb ending in -ing.
39c.
  • Modal auxiliaries are a type of helping verb that must be used together with the main verb of the sentence.
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Author: YVETTE AKRIDGE
Alabama State Department of Education