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Features

  • Animals doing things: dig, run, swim, hop, fly, and more
  • Circle the naming word or the action word for a picture
  • Read an action word and circle the picture that shows it
  • Draw a line from each action word to its picture
  • Cut and glue word cards under naming words or action words
  • Words in the ball-and-stick print children learn
  • Answer keys included

Skills Covered

  • Tell a naming word from an action word
  • Name what an animal is doing
  • Match an action word to a picture
  • Sort words into naming and action words

How to Use This Pack

Six pages about naming words (nouns) and action words (verbs), with pictures of animals doing things. Children look at a picture, such as a dog digging, and circle the naming word, dog, or the action word, dig. They read an action word and circle the picture that shows it, draw lines from action words to pictures, and cut out word cards to glue under naming words or action words.

In the Classroom

Act it out first: say an action word and let everyone do it (hop, swim, or dig), then point to a child and say their name, a naming word. Read each row aloud and ask "Who is it?" for the naming word and "What is it doing?" for the action word before children circle.

At Home

Play a quick game around the house: one of you names a thing (a cup, a dog, or a bed) and the other says something it can do or you can do with it. Then switch: say an action word and find a thing or an animal that does it.

Tips for Success

  • Ask "Who is it?" for the naming word
  • Ask "What is it doing?" for the action word
  • Act out each action word
  • The same animal can do many things
  • Check the answer key

Naming and Action Words

Kindergarten

Picture pages about nouns and verbs, with animals doing things: a dog digs, a frog hops, a bird sings. Children circle the naming word or the action word for each picture, find the picture an action word shows, match words to pictures, and sort word cards.

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What’s Included

  • 2 circle the word pages
  • 2 circle the picture pages
  • 1 match the words page
  • 1 cut and glue sort
  • 6 answer key pages
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