Parts of Speech: Breaking Down
Sentences
Third Grade Reading
by Sanayya Sohail September 12, 2015
Let your students find out that the sentences they speak so easily are formed of many different parts. Have
them break down sentences to learn the various parts that form a sentence!
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, and pronouns in a sentence. Students will be able to
write sentences that consist of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and pronouns.
Materials and preparation Key terms
Board markers noun
Paper verb
Action Verbs worksheet adjective
Say it Another Way worksheet pronoun
Nouns and Adjectives worksheet
Adjective Jumble Draw worksheet
Index cards (5 per student)
Timer
Attachments
Action Verbs (PDF)
Adjective Jumble Draw (PDF)
Nouns and Adjectives (PDF)
Say it Another Way (PDF)
Introduction (10 minutes)
Ask your students the meaning of the following parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective, and pronoun.
Explain to your students that a noun is a person, place, animal, or thing. Tell your students that a verb is
an action. Remind them that a pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun. Define an adjective as a
word that describes a noun.
Ask your students to come up with an example for each part of speech. Write down the examples that
your students come up with on the board.
Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling (20 minutes)
Ask your students to come up with an example for each part of speech. Write down the examples that
your students come up with on the board.
Write a sentence on the board. Invite your students to come to the board to label the different parts of
speech. Ask your students to put an N if it's a noun, V if it's a verb, A if it's an adjective, and P if it's a
pronoun.
Repeat with many different sentences. For example: Sam was reading a story book to his younger sister,
Sarah. Ella was playing with a beautiful, soft pony. We are going to play basketball after school. Sarah
and Tom will throw a party for Ben. They are going to play tag during PE class.
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Guided Practice (20 minutes)
Write the beginning of 5 sentences on the board.
Ask your students to complete the sentences in their reading notebooks using at least 3 parts of speech.
The beginning of the sentences could include: Sam is... We are... The tall... My dear....
Ask your students to label the parts of speech that they used in each sentence.
Set the timer to 10 minutes.
Have your students share any sentences that they wrote, and ask them to identify the parts of speech
that they used in their sentences.
Independent working time (20 minutes)
Ask your students to write 5 sentences that contain at least 3 parts of speech in each sentence.
Instruct your students to use each part of speech in at least 2 sentences.
Differentiation
Enrichment: Instruct your students to write a short story in their notebooks. Have them re-write the
story, making at least ten additions. Direct your students to make at least one change for each part of
speech. Ask your students to circle the changes they made and label the part of speech next to the
change. Tell your students that the changes they make should be related to parts of speech that they've
learned. Demonstrate an example on the board. For example: The horse was white could change to The
horse was white and soft.
Support: Show your students examples of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and pronouns around the class.
Instruct your students to complete the Action Verbs, Adjective Jumble Draw, and Say it Another Way
worksheets for practice. Go over the worksheets with them.
Assessment (10 minutes)
Ask your students to complete the Nouns and Adjectives worksheet.
Ask your students to label the 4 parts of speech that they've learned in each sentence on the worksheet.
Review and closing (15 minutes)
Ask your students to get into groups of 5.
Give each group member 5 index cards and assign each person a part of speech.
Have your students write 10 examples for their parts of speech on the 5 index cards. Ask your students to
write one word on the front and one word on the back of the card.
Set the timer to 5 minutes.
After the timer goes off, ask each group to create as many sentences as they can using the cards. Ask
students to write down the sentences they created on a sheet of paper.
Set the timer to 5 minutes.
After the timer goes off, have members from each group read the sentences they wrote out loud.
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Action Ver
An action verb is a word that shows a
it tells what someone or something is
Circle the action verb in each sentence.
Walter walked to the store.
He searched for the sports aisle.
Sue saw him there.
She walked over to him.
They chatted for a while.
Then, Walter looked at his watch.
He shouted goodbye.
Finish this story using action verbs.
Walter to the b
He his frien
They to h
The boys off the bus at the pa
They ball for the rest of the afterno
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Action Ver
An action verb is a word that shows a
it tells what someone or something is
Circle the action verb in each sentence.
Walter walked to the store.
He searched for the sports aisle.
Sue saw him there.
She walked over to him.
They chatted for a while.
Then, Walter looked at his watch.
He shouted goodbye.
Finish this story using action verbs.
Walter to the b
He his frien
They to h
The boys off the bus at the pa
They ball for the rest of the afterno
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Adjective Jumble Draw
Cut out each word below. Mix and match the adjectives with the nouns to create funny
phrases! Use page 2 to draw a funny picture to go with your descriptive phrases.
Example: jolly octopus
Adjectives Nouns
crooked cat
noisy hotel
massive table
jolly teacher
freezing mom
hairy octopus
smart chair
red shoe
smelly television
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Adjective Jumble Draw
Glue your favorite adjective/noun phrases,
and draw a picture to go with each one!
adjective noun
adjective noun
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SAY IT ANOTHER WAY
A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun. Instead of saying The girl picks
flowers, you can say She picks flowers. The girl is replaced by she.
DIRECTIONS: Draw a line to match the noun or group of nouns with the
pronoun. The first one has been done for you.
Sam and I they
Jane we
Mom and
it
Dad
Bob she
the small
frog he
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