--- title: Word Relationships description: Students will describe an animal's key attributes using adjectives. image: https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/word_relationships-001-2.png --- **Subject: ELA (English Language Arts)** **Lesson Length: 1 - 2 class sessions** **Topic: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use** **Grade Level: 1, 2, 3** **Standards / Framework: ** - [CC.1.L.5.b](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf) - [CC.2.L.5.b](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf) - [CC.3.L.5.b](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf) **Brief Description:** Students will describe an animal's key attributes using adjectives. **Know Before You Start:** Students should be familiar with the words **describe** and **characteristics**. **Hook:** - Ask students: - “How can we describe something or someone?” - “What is an adjective?” - “What are the characteristics of a _______?” **Activity:** - Show a picture of an animal to the class and have students describe the animal. - Prompt students to share responses that fit into three categories that will help the students describe the animal’s attributes. The anchor chart has three sections: *“can”, “have”*, and *“are”* to help students generate answers. For example, you can show a picture of a dog and students might write “run, eat dog food, bark, and be different sizes” under the *“can”* section. Students might say dogs have “fur, a tail, and paws.” Students may share that dogs are “mammals, pets, and sometimes adopted by people.” Complete this activity 2-3 times.  - Share with students some of the words they are using to describe animals using adjectives. Explain that adjectives describe a noun. Adjectives can explain an amount, a color, the size, how something looks, feels, or sounds, and how it behaves. Highlight the adjectives your class recorded.  - Have students turn and talk with a partner about additional adjectives to add to the chart. - Have students read non-fiction texts independently about the animal of their choice.  - As students read, have them record facts by writing or drawing on a graphic organizer that has three sections labeled “can”, “have”, and “are” like the anchor chart activity. - Provide students additional time to read and complete their graphic organizer. - Have students select three attributes they would like to illustrate and write about in a comic. **Closure:** - Have students share their comics with the class or with a partner. - Share with students that today they made comics that give readers facts about the animal they selected. When readers read non-fiction texts, they learn more about the world around them! - Share with students how adjectives help us to understand the animal even better. **Differentiation:** - Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature. - Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed. - Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud. - Provide students with a word bank of adjectives and verbs that can be used to describe their animals. - Provide pre-selected texts for students to match their reading level. - Provide students with a graphic organizer, such as the Main Idea Web as an alternative way to record their facts. - Consider completing the research and note-taking in a small teacher-led group. - When completing this lesson with Grade 2 students, consider including conversation about verbs to ensure students are fully addressing the standard CC.2.L.5.b. **Resources:** - Comic to print or display: [Comic](https://share.pixton.com/q13t4pe). - Videos: - [Mammals for Kids](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqsK0VhcL8o) by Learn Bright - [Physical Characteristics of Animals](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmiGVh7fnZ4) by Bethany Peterson - [Adjectives for Kids](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f3H12YNlxo) by Learn Bright - [Verbs for Kids ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEC0YpLKU_o)by Learn Bright - Books: - National Geographic Kids Readers 6 Book Set (National Geographic Kids Readers, Levels : 1 & 2) by Anne Schreiber - Junior Learning Science Decodables* *by Anna Kirschburg - [Main Idea Web](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/Printables/Graphic%20Organizers_03.pdf) **Suggested Content:** - [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1652034891862478848/thumbnail.png) Prehistoric ](https://content.pixton.com/prehistoric) - [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1792949466542800896/thumbnail.png) Ocean ](https://content.pixton.com/ocean) - [![](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/thumbnail-rainforest.png) Rainforest ](https://content.pixton.com/rainforest) - [![](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/thumbnail-farm-1.png) Farm ](https://content.pixton.com/farm) - [![](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/thumbnail-mandarinducks.png) The Tale Of The Mandarin Ducks ](https://content.pixton.com/the-tale-of-the-mandarin-ducks) **Suggested Story Starters:** - [ Caption This! Three-Headed Beast ](https://story-starters.pixton.com/caption-this-three-headed-beast) - [ Lost in the Woods ](https://story-starters.pixton.com/lost-in-the-woods) Assign Activity ## Related Ideas [![](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/animal_habitats-001-1.png)](https://ideas.pixton.com/animal-habitats) ### [Animal Habitats](https://ideas.pixton.com/animal-habitats) Frogs, monkeys, polar bears and more! Learn about the different habitats animals live in. [![](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/life_cycles-001.png)](https://ideas.pixton.com/life-cycles) ### [Life Cycles](https://ideas.pixton.com/life-cycles) Students will be able to explain the life cycle of one animal or organism. [![](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/community_well_being-001-1.png)](https://ideas.pixton.com/community-well-being) ### [Community Well-Being](https://ideas.pixton.com/community-well-being) Students will create a comic to illustrate a task that has a positive impact on a community.