Kindergarten · Week 11verbs
We Clean Up
Students read a short passage about a kindergarten class cleaning up, then answer five questions to find action verbs, with teacher and homeschool guidance included.
On screen - your kid, alone
- 1Day 1 - Meet the story
- 2Day 2 - Word work
- 3Day 3 - What it means
- 4Day 4 - Fix & re-read
- 5Day 5 - Show what you know
Offline - with you
Print the pages for offline work together; the answer key is for you.
Read the story together and tell your child that today you are hunting for "doing words" — words that show an action someone can do, like stack, push, or wipe. After each sentence, ask, "What is the person doing?" and have your child act it out with you. Good answers will be single action words such as stack, push, wipe, put, sweep, pick, clap, and sing — if your child says "the blocks" or "the table," gently remind them you want the word that shows the doing. If your child struggles, reread the sentence slowly and pause before the verb, then act it out yourself and ask, "What did I just do?" You can stretch the lesson by walking around your home and naming actions your child does, like "You walk," "You jump," or "You wipe." Keep it short, playful, and full of movement so the idea of an action verb sticks.
We Clean Up
It is cleanup time! We stack the blocks. I push in my chair. She wipes the table. He puts away the crayons. We sweep the rug. We pick up toys. We clap and sing!
What this lesson checks
- Grammar usage: Pick the action word to fill the blank: "We ___ the blocks."
- Grammar usage: This sentence is missing an action word: "We ___ the rug." Write the sentence with the right action word from the story.
- Grammar usage: Which sentence has an action word (verb)?
- Grammar usage: Pick the action word to fill the blank: "He ___ away the crayons."
- Grammar usage: This sentence is missing an action word: "She ___ the table." Write the sentence with the right action word from the story.