-ing Verbs

Description

This resource is aimed at pupils in junior classes or those pupils with speech and language difficulties. It focuses on verbs ending in -ing and contains 15 individual cards. On the left hand side of each card is an image and on the right are given three possible options for what is happening in the image.

Pupils should look at the image on the left side of each card and, if they are able to read, to match it to the words on the right of the card by using a clothes peg. Alternatively, the teacher/SNA/supporting adult could read the words to the pupil and ask them which words matches the image on the card. The pupil should then place a clothes peg on the correct answer on the right side of the card.

This activity is especially suitable for pupils who may not be able to write answers but who can read and comprehend, therefore it is a way for them to demonstrate this understanding. It is also good for fine motor skills in the manipulation of the pegs onto the cards.

Cut up the sheets into 15 separate cards and laminate the cards individually. This pack could be an ideal activity for literacy Station Teaching. A pack of six sets could be put together, one for each pupil in the group, to be completed at one of the stations.

Follow-up work could be done by getting a pupil to put each verb into a sentence, either orally or in written form, if they are able. An Assessment could be carried out with the pupil after working on these verbs for a period of time.

We frequently gave activities such as this for homework to our SEN pupils. It gave them the sense that they had homework like everyone else and it also allowed the parents to see what language topic we were currently working on.