Virginia SOL K.LU.1.E

ELAKindergartenLanguage Usage

The Standard

Use verbs to locate specific actions

Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Grammar

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students identify words that tell what a person, animal, or object is doing. They choose a specific action word to describe a picture or movement.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given a picture, the student says or writes a sentence with a matching action word. The student can point to the action word in a short sentence.
Common Misconceptions: Students may name the person or object instead of what it does. They may use “go” or “do” for every action, or choose a word that does not match the action.
How to Assess It: Show pictures of a dog running, a child drawing, and a bird flying. Ask students to describe each picture, then point to the action word they used.

Lesson moves

Give students action cards such as hop, clap, and crawl, then have them act out each word while classmates name it.
Show a playground picture and ask, “What is each person doing?” Record student sentences and circle the action words.
Play Action Word Bingo using picture cards, calling out verbs such as run, sleep, throw, and eat.
During classroom jobs, make a chart with sentences such as “Lena stacks books” and “Omar wipes tables.”

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