Vocabulary
Word Knowledge
V.007
Choose and Chat
Objective
The student will use adjectives to describe.
Materials
Classroom objects
Choose eight familiar classroom objects and label (e.g., eraser, chalk, block, crayon, cube, small
book, scissors, ball, and watch).
Two bags
Place four objects in each bag.
Label bags: “Student One” and “Student Two”
Student sheet (Activity Master V.007.SS)
Pencils
Activity
Students use descriptive word clues to identify objects.
1. Place the bags of objects at the center. Provide each student with a student sheet.
2. Working in pairs, student one selects one of the objects in the “Student One” bag, and uses
descriptive words to describe it to student two (e.g., “It is a rectangle and is black and soft”).
3. Using the clues, student two attempts to name the object.
4. If the object is named, student two removes it from the bag and writes the name of the
object and the adjectives describing it on student sheet. If not named, the object remains in
the bag.
5. Reverse roles and continue until all objects are identified and recorded.
6. Teacher evaluation
“It is a rectangle and
black and soft.”
Name
Choose and Chat
V.007.SS
eraser
object
object
Describing Words
1.
2.
3.
Describing Words
rectangle
black
soft
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2.
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4.
Student
One
Student
Two
4.
object
object
Describing Words
1.
Describing Words
1.
2.
2.
3.
3.
4.
4.
©2005 The Florida
Center for Reading
Research (Revised,
2008)
K-1 Student Center
Activities:
Vocabulary
Extensions and Adaptations
Use other objects.
Make a mobile by drawing the object and stringing the descriptive words below it.
K-1 Student Center Activities: Vocabulary
©2005 The Florida Center for Reading Research (Revised, 2008)
Name
V.007.SS
Choose and Chat
object
object
Describing Words
Describing Words
1.
1.
2.
2.
3.
3.
4.
4.
object
object
Describing Words
Describing Words
1.
1.
2.
2.
3.
3.
4.
4.
©2005 The Florida Center for Reading Research (Revised, 2008)
K-1 Student Center Activities: Vocabulary