Learn to Read 30

Ages 4–6 · 11 minutes · English

Discover the world of adjectives!

In this lesson, students will build confidence in reading by practicing the following skills:

- Identify adjectives as describing words
- Play an adjective board game
- Read a short story with adjectives

Some prior reading experience may be helpful.

Part of

Learn to Read

Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
L.K.5 — With guidance and support from adults, explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
RF.1.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Alabama

ELA21.1.15 — Identify and explain adjectives as descriptive words and phrases in all forms of texts, including poems.
ELA21.1.32d — With prompting and support, identify the role or purpose of a noun, verb, and adjective within a sentence and describe the type of the information it conveys.
ELA21.K.15 — Orally read and reread grade-appropriate decodable texts smoothly, accurately, and expressively, at an appropriate rate to support comprehension.
ELA21.K.21a — Use previously-taught vocabulary words, including nouns, verbs, and adjectives, in speaking and writing.

Alaska

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
RF.K.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

Arizona

1.L.1.e — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
K.RF.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
K.L.5.c — Identify real‐life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
K.RF.3.b — Decode regularly spelled closed-syllable words.
1.RL.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

Arkansas

1.L.7.S — Use common adjectives.
1.RF.24.F — Orally read texts with accuracy, automaticity, and expression at an appropriate rate to support comprehension, self-correcting as necessary.
2.L.8.S — Recognize words adjectives modify.
1.FR.4.PD — Decode one-syllable words with consonant clusters and predictable vowel patterns (e.g., blast, spell, dry, flake, star, swerve).

California

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses. (See grade 1 Language standards 4–6 for additional expectations.)

Colorado

RWC20-GR.1-S.3-GLE.4-EO.a.vi — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
RWC20-GR.K-S.2-GLE.3-EO.b.vi — Read text consisting of short sentences comprised of learned sight words and consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
RWC20-GR.K-S.1-GLE.2-EO.f — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (for example: note places at school that are colorful).
RWC20-GR.K-S.2-GLE.3-EO.d — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RWC20-GR.K-S.1-GLE.2-EO.e — Demonstrate understanding of frequently occurring verbs and adjectives by relating them to their opposites (antonyms).

Connecticut

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

Delaware

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

Florida

ELA.K.R.3.1 — Identify and explain descriptive words in text(s).
ELA.K.F.1.3 — Use knowledge of grade-appropriate phonics and word-analysis skills to decode words accurately. • Demonstrate knowledge of the most frequent sound for each consonant. • Demonstrate knowledge of the short and long sounds for the five major vowels. • Decode consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words. • Encode consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
ELA.K.F.1.4 — Recognize and read with automaticity grade-level high frequency words.

Georgia

ELAGSEKRF4 — Read common high-frequency words by sight. (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does); read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
ELAGSEKSL4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
ELAGSEKL5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
ELAGSEKL6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.

Hawaii

1.L.1f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
K.RF.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
K.L.5c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
1.RL.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

Idaho

1.GC.GU.1e — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
1.FR.PH.3b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.
K.VD.WB.2d — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).
1.VD.WB.2d — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

Illinois

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

Indiana

K.RF.9 — Orally read decodable texts with appropriate accuracy and automaticity.
K.CC.4 — Audibly recite poems, rhymes, and songs, and use complete sentences to describe familiar people, places, things, and events. With support, provide additional details on these topics.
K.RC.7 — Identify and sort pictures of objects into categories (e.g., colors, shapes, opposites) through oral discussions. (E)

Iowa

L.1.1.e — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
L.K.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
RF.K.4 — Orally read grade-appropriate text with purpose and understanding.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

Kansas

RF.1.3.g — Recognize and read grade-appropriate words.
RF.1.4.a — Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
SL.K.8 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, and through being read to.

Kentucky

L.1.1.e — frequently occurring adjectives in a sentence.
RF.K.4.a — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
L.K.4.c — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.

Louisiana

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.

Maine

L.1.1.e — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
R.12.K.a — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
L.5.K.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
R.7.1.a — Identify words and phrases in a text that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

Maryland

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
SL.PK 4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events with modeling and support.

Massachusetts

RF.K.4 — Read early-emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
L.K.1.a — Demonstrate the ability to produce and expand complete sentences using frequently occurring nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, question words, and prepositions; name and use in context numbers 0–100 (see kindergarten mathematics standards for Counting and Cardinality).
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
L.K.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, activities in the kindergarten curriculum, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.

Michigan

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
RF.1.4.a — Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

Minnesota

0.1.1.3 — Read decodable texts accurately, with guidance and support. (Decodable texts are those that include words taught in phonics lesson.)
0.1.2.1 — With guidance and support, read and monitor understanding of grade-level text, self-correcting as needed, using strategies including, but not limited to, decoding, asking questions and making connections.

Mississippi

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

Missouri

K.RF.4.A — Read, with support, appropriate texts with purpose and understanding
1.L.1.A.b — use adjectives/adverbs in sentences
1.RF.3.A.a — decoding words in context by using letter-sound knowledge

Montana

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

Nebraska

LA.K.V.2.d — With prompting and support, identify and explain descriptive words and phrases that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
LA.1.W.1.c — Identify and use nouns (e.g., common, proper), pronouns (e.g., personal and possessive), verbs (e.g., past, present), and descriptive adjectives.
LA.K.F.4 — Develop accuracy, phrasing, and expression/prosody while reading a variety of grade-level texts to support comprehension.

Nevada

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
L.K.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

New Hampshire

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

New Jersey

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
RF.K.4.a — Read emergent-readers with purpose and understanding.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

New Mexico

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
RF.1.4.a — Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

New York

KL5c — Use words to identify and describe the world, making connections between words and their use (e.g., places at home that are colorful).
KR4 — Identify specific words that express feelings and senses. (RI&RL)
KRF4 — Will engage with emergent level texts and read-alouds to demonstrate comprehension.
PKL5c — Use words to identify and describe the world around them.

North Carolina

RF.K.5 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
L.K.6 — Use words and phrases learned through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
RL.K.4 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about words in a text that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

North Dakota

2.C.3 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe.
K.F.11 — Orally use new academic, content-specific, grade-level vocabulary, and relate new words to prior knowledge.
1.F.12b — Read accurately and automatically at the sentence level

Ohio

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

Oklahoma

K.5.R.2 — Students will recognize parts of speech in sentences with prompting: • concrete objects as persons, places, or things (i.e., nouns) • words as actions (i.e., verbs) • color and size adjectives • the pronoun I • spatial and time relationships such as up, down, before, and after
K.2.F.3 — Students will begin to develop a sight word vocabulary by decoding and reading regularly- and irregularly-spelled words in isolation and context with increasing automaticity.
PK.5.R.2 — Students will hear different parts of speech through conversations, read-alouds, and interactive reading: • concrete objects as persons, places, or things (i.e., nouns) • words as actions (i.e., verbs) • color adjectives • spatial and time relationships such as up, down, before, and after
K.4.R.3 — Students will begin to acquire new vocabulary and relate new words to prior knowledge.

Oregon

1.L.1f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
K.RF.4 — Read emergent texts to develop fluency and comprehension skills.
K.RF.4a — Read emergent texts with one-to-one correspondence with purpose and understanding.

Pennsylvania

CC.1.1.K.E — Read emergent-reader text with purpose and understanding.
CC.1.3.K.J — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, and being read to, and responding to texts.
CC.1.3.PK.G — Describe pictures in books using details.
CC.1.3.1.F — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

Rhode Island

RF.K.4 — Read early-emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
L.K.1.a — Demonstrate the ability to produce and expand complete sentences using frequently occurring nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, question words, and prepositions; name and use in context numbers 0–100 (see kindergarten mathematics standards for Counting and Cardinality).
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
RL.1.4 — Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses. (See grade 1 Language standards 4–6 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading.)

South Carolina

ELA.K.AOR.8.1 — Determine the effectiveness of an author’s use of words and phrases in literary, informational, and multimedia texts: a. sort words and phrases into categories (e.g., apple, fruit and carrot, vegetable) to develop an understanding of word relationships; b. deepen understanding of words by relating words to their opposites; and c. identify and explain descriptive words and phrases that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
ELA.K.F.4 — Read and reread grade-appropriate texts with accuracy and expression at an appropriate rate to support comprehension. (FK -1.3-2.18 LF BR-430)
ELA.K.F.4.3 — Read texts by: a. using letter-sound knowledge to segment and blend sounds together; b. decoding the word by analogy; and c. using visuals from the text to support decoding and confirm recognition.

South Dakota

1.L.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
K.RF.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension
K.RF.4.a — Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
1.RF.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

Tennessee

1.FL.SC.6.e — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
K.FL.F.5.a — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
1.FL.PWR.3.h — Read grade-level decodable text with purpose and understanding.

Texas

K.3C — identify and use words that name actions; directions; positions; sequences; categories such as colors, shapes, and textures; and locations.
K.2B.ii — using letter-sound relationships to decode, including VC, CVC, CCVC, and CVCC words;
K.3B — use illustrations and texts the student is able to read or hear to learn or clarify word meanings; and
K.9D — discuss with adult assistance how the author uses words that help the reader visualize; and

Utah

K.R.3 — Demonstrate mastery of age-appropriate phonics skills.

Vermont

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
L.K.5 — With guidance and support from adults, explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
RF.1.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Virginia

K.LU.1.D — Use adjectives to describe specific objects (quantity, size, age, shape, color, or location).
1.LU.1.D — Use frequently occurring adjectives to describe specific objects (quantity, size, age, shape, color, or location).
K.DSR.1.A — Use knowledge of letter-sound correspondences to read and reread controlled decodable sentences and texts that include phonic elements and irregular words (Reading Fluency, K-12).
K.LU.1.B — Use nouns to identify and name people, places, and things.

Washington

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.

Washington, D.C.

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
L.1.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).
RF.1.4.a — Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.

West Virginia

ELA.1.36.e — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
ELA.K.I — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
ELA.1.7 — In literary texts, identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
ELA.1.II.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

Wisconsin

ELA.K.R.4 — With prompting and support, identify specific words that express feelings or content- specific words within a text. (RI&RL)
ELA.K.RF.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
ELA.K.L.3.d — Connect common words to real life (e.g., colorful).
ELA.K.SL.4 — With guidance and support, describe familiar people, places, things, and events.

Wyoming

L.1.1.f — Use frequently occurring adjectives.
RF.K.4 — Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
RF.1.3.b — Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.