Agreeable SentencesSubject Verb Agreement

Intermediate WritingCCS LA 3.L.1 Ensure subject-verb agreement.Understanding subject/verb agreement helps students read and write more fluently. Review the anchor charts with students and use Sentence Practice strips for whole group review of the concept before using this activity in stations. Add text of your own to reflect current literature or content being studied.

What’s included:□ Task Card in WORD (click on slide to open in WORD for editing OR open the separate TASK CARD DOC on the website)□ Anchor Charts□ Student Activity Cards for small group work and Practice strips for whole group□ Answer Key for self-checking □ Materials Needed: Comic strips, game board, die , and tokens. □ Technology Connection: http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L2?GradeLevel=-1:6&Subject=Language+Arts

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STATION TASK CARD Unit 1 2 3 4 _____________Station Activity Name: Choose a Verb Standard: Conventions of Standard English Skill/Objective: (COPY IN YOUR PASSPORT) Subject/Verb Agreement Directions: 1. Work with the students at your station. 2. Take turns reading the anchor charts provided. Be sure you understand each how subjects and verbs work together in a sentence. 3. Stack the Activity Cards and use a CHILD game board, die, and tokens. The tallest person starts by picking up one sentence card. Read it aloud and choose the correct verb tense that completes the sentence. 4. Have the student to the right check your work using the Answer Key. If correct, move forward on the game board. If incorrect, put the card on the bottom of the pile. It is now the next student’s turn. The winner is the one who gets to the END first.

Challenge: Choose a comic strip from those provided by the teacher. Highlight the subject and verb in each section of the comic.

WHEN COMPLETED □ check □ hand in

□ place in folder □ other _________________

Intermediate Writing

Singular Subject & Verb

If you use a singular subject, use a singular verb.

Example: Andy wants to go bowling.

(Andy and wants agree because they are both singular.)

Example: Cindy rides her bike to school each day.

(Cindy and rides agree because they are both singular.)

Plural Subject & Verb

If you use a plural subject, use a plural verb.

Example: Boys sometimes sing like squawking chickens.(Boys and sing agree because they are both plural.)

Example: My pets jump at the chance to go outside.(pets and jump agree because they are both plural.)

Whole Group Practice Sentences

The boy very fast.

My mom dinner every night.

Do you pancakes?

My dog over the fence.

Bears a lot of food before winter.

cookcookscooking

runranrunning

likelikesliked

jumpjumpedjumping

eatateeating

Choose the word that completes the sentence.

Susan could not ______her shoes anywhere.

a.findb.findsc.found 1 2 3

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The little puppy ______into my lap.

a.jumpb.jumpedc.jumping

Jill’s cat ______ atme when I sat down.

a.meowb.meowedc.will meow

The baby ______when he got hungry.

a.criesb.criedc.crying

I ______ the footballwith my brother later today.a.threwb.throwingc.will throw

John went ______last week.

a.fishb.fishedc.fishing

The airplane ______above the clouds.

a.flyb.flyingc.flew

My shoes ______ apartafter the long hike.

a.fallb.fallingc.fell

A huge eagle ______down from the nest to capture its prey.a.doveb.divec.diving

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Maria will ______a solo in the school play.a.singingb.sangc.sing

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The airplane ______smoothly on the runway.a.landingb.landc.landed

Santa’s elves ______ hard before the holiday.a.workingb.workc.works

My mother ______at least one pie each week for our family.a.bakeb.bakesc.baking

Clowns ______ balls high in the air at the circus.a.juggleb.jugglesc.juggling

A seagull ______the shore before landing.a.circleb.circledc.circling

Mr. Smith is ______in the New York Marathon this year.a.runb.ranc.running

Bears ______ fat in order to hibernate all winter.a.storeb.storesc.storing

The Internet ______people around the world.a.connectingb.connectedc.connects

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Add cards of your own that connect with text from literature or writing unit.

Number Answer

1  find

2  jumped

3  meowed

4  cried

5  flew

6  fishing

7  will throw

8  fell

9  dove

10  sing

11  landed

12  work

Number Answer

13  bakes

14  running

15  circled

16  juggled

17  store

18  connects

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Answer Key for Agreeable Sentences

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