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Objective

Students will add the inflectional endings -ing to verbs to form the present progressive tense and choose the right helping verb to practice subject-verb agreement.

Kim is going into a wetland.
The frog is hiding in the mud.
The frog is catching a bug.
The frog is swimming in a pond.

Teacher Tips
Have students suggest a word to complete the sentence. Have them read the completed sentences for extra reading and oral language practice. It also reinforces simple connections between text and illustrations.
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Parts of Speech & Grammar

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  1. Point to each word and blank as you Read
    Kim __  ______ into a wetland.
  2. Point to the blanks and Say
    The verb is missing from this sentence. There are two blanks because the verb is the present progressive: a helping verb and the main verb that tells what Kim is doing right now.
  3. Give students time to guess a verb to complete the sentence and then Say
    Let’s look at the picture together and figure out what verb is missing.
  4. Ask
    What is Kim doing right now?
    (She is going into a wetland.)
  5. Ask
    Kim is only one person. So do we say:
    Kim is going
    OR
    Kim are going?
    (Kim is going.)
  6. Push next to show the missing words

 

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  1. Point to each word as you Read
    Kim is going into a wetland.
  2. Read the sentence together
    Kim is going into a wetland.

 

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  1. Point to each word and blank as you Read
    The frog __  ______ in the mud.
  2. Point to the blanks and Say
    The verb is missing from this sentence. There are two blanks because the verb is the present progressive: a helping verb and the main verb that tells what the frog is doing right now.
  3. Give students time to guess a verb to complete the sentence and then Say
    Let’s look at the picture together and figure out what verb is missing.
  4. Ask
    What is the frog doing right now in the mud?
    (It is hiding in the mud.)
  5. Ask
    There is only one frog. So do we say:
    The frog is hiding
    OR
    The frog are hiding?
    (The frog is hiding.)
  6. Push next to show the missing words

 

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  1. Point to each word as you Read
    The frog is hiding in the mud.
  2. Read the sentence together
    The frog is hiding in the mud.

 

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  1. Point to each word and blank as you Read
    The frog __  ______ a bug.
  2. Point to the blanks and Say
    The verb is missing from this sentence. There are two blanks because the verb is the present progressive: a helping verb and the main verb that tells what the frog is doing right now.
  3. Give students time to guess a verb to complete the sentence and then Say
    Let’s look at the picture together and figure out what verb is missing.
  4. Ask
    What is the frog doing right now?
    (It is catching a bug.)
  5. Ask
    There is only one frog. So do we say:
    The frog is catching
    OR
    The frog are catching?
    (The frog is catching.)
  6. Push next to show the missing words

 

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  1. Point to each word as you Read
    The frog is catching a bug.
  2. Read the sentence together
    The frog is catching a bug.

 

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  1. Point to each word and blank as you Read|
    The frog __  ______ in a pond.
  2. Point to the blanks and Say
    The verb is missing from this sentence. There are two blanks because the verb is the present progressive: a helping verb and the main verb that tells what the frog is doing right now.
  3. Give students time to guess a verb to complete the sentence and then Say
    Let’s look at the picture together and figure out what verb is missing.
  4. Ask
    What is the frog doing right now in a pond?
    (It is swimming in a pond.)
  5. Ask
    There is only one frog. So do we say:
    The frog is swimming
    OR
    The frog are swimming?
    (The frog is swimming.)
  6. Push next to show the missing words

 

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  1. Point to each word as you Read
    The frog is swimming in a pond.
  2. Read the sentence together
    The frog is swimming in a pond.

 

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