Subjects And Verbs Lesson Plan for 3rd Grade Students

Topic: Subjects and Verbs

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to identify the subject and verb in a sentence.

Materials

• Sentence strips with sentences containing a subject and verb
• Whiteboard and markers

Warm-up

• Ask students to give examples of people, places, and things.
• Have students share their examples and add any that they can think of.
• Ask students if they can think of any ways to tell if something is a person, place, or thing.
• Have a few students share their ideas and add any that they can think of.
• Introduce the concept of subjects and verbs and explain that subjects are what do the action in a sentence, while verbs are the action.

Direct Instruction

• Review the warm-up examples and discuss the subjects and verbs in each sentence.
• Demonstrate how to identify the subject by asking questions that can only be answered by the subject. For example, if the subject is "I," then ask questions like "who?" or "what?"
• Demonstrate how to identify the verb by asking questions that can only be answered by the verb. For example, if the verb is "ran," then ask questions like "ran what?" or "ran where?"
• Review the concept of subjects and verbs with a few more examples.

Guided Practice

• Divide the students into pairs or small groups.
• Give each group a set of sentence strips or cut-out sentences.
• Have the students work together to identify the subjects and verbs in each sentence.
• Encourage the students to ask each other questions to help them identify the subjects and verbs.
• Have the students present their findings to the class, using the identified subjects and verbs to re-create the sentences.

Independent Practice

• Give each student a sheet of paper with several cut-out sentences.
• Have the students paste the sentences onto their sheets of paper and label the subjects and verbs.
• Have the students work independently to identify the subjects and verbs in each sentence.
• Encourage the students to use their scissors and glue to check their work.

Closure

• Have the students share their sentences with the class and explain their subject and verb choices.
• Review the different types of subjects and verbs and give examples.
• Ask the students to share any challenges they faced identifying the subjects and verbs in their sentences.

Assessment

• Observe the students during the independent practice and note any struggles they may be having.
• Collect the students' independent practice sentences and review them to assess their understanding of identifying subjects and verbs.