Learning Activity

Subject-Verb Agreement Exit Slip

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

5

Overview

This After Activity is designed to come at the end of a class period when all activities have been focused on the same topic: subject-verb agreement. Teachers may use this exit slip as a daily grade and/or a formative assessment to judge the level of students’ understanding of this topic. Students must read the sentence and determine which verb agrees with the subject of the sentence. The student must then create a variety of sentences with tricky subjects such as compound subjects and collective subjects and demonstrate that he or she can make the verb agree with the subject. 

This learning activity was created as a result of the Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) Resource Development Summit.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.39

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage in writing.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.5.39

Vocabulary

  • Demonstrate
  • Command
  • Conventions
  • Standard English grammar
  • Standard English usage

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Standard English grammar and usage conventions.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate correct standard English grammar and word usage in writing.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Demonstrating command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing is necessary to convey meaning.
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.39d

Use subject-verb agreement correctly when composing and revising writing.

Unpacked Content

UP:ELA21.5.39d

Vocabulary

  • Subject-verb agreement
  • Composing
  • Writing

Knowledge

  • A subject and its verb must both be singular or both plural.

Skills

  • Write sentences with correct subject-verb agreement.
  • Revise writing to ensure all sentences have correct subject-verb agreement.

Understanding

  • To clearly communicate in writing, subjects and verbs must agree in number within each sentence.
  • Revising their writing can ensure it follows standard English grammar conventions.

Phase

After/Explain/Elaborate
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

 

The student will identify the verb that agrees with the subject of the sentence.

The student will create sentences in which the verb agrees with the subjects using a variety of subjects. 

 

Activity Details

On the exit slip, the student will identify the correct verb to agree with the subject given in each sentence. The student will create sentences in which the verb agrees with the subject using a variety of tricky subjects.

Assessment Strategies

Assessment Strategies

This activity may be used as a formative assessment for the teacher to determine that students identified correct verbs in writing and composed sentences with correct subject-verb agreement.

Acceleration

If students need accelerated content related to subject-verb agreement, they should read the article linked below and complete the paragraph assignment at the bottom titled "Teacher Wanted-1881."

https://discovery.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=2643cd33-40a7-386e-b505-25cd72b9a2e4

Jenkins, D. R. (2002). Subjects Verbs: Can’t They Be Agreeable? Writing, 25(1), 20.

If the link does not work, please visit the Alabama Virtual Library Website.

https://www.avl.lib.al.us/ Click on the top left Elementary School tab. In the search bar at the top, type in "Subjects Verbs: Can't They Be Agreeable?." 

Intervention

In order to scaffold this activity for students who may need extra help, the teacher may choose to allow students to use notes, such as the Subject-Verb Agreement Guided Notes, on the formative assessment.

Subject-Verb Agreement Guided Notes:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LGee87-6Q9iGxKSYumt3oU8sJqopV6r1_pXy0Z522bE/edit?usp=sharing

Subject-Verb Agreement Guided Notes Answer Key:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I_x8OXUE2zZ6CwmgBg5_qrrrL7RzQQxMjOgVe7kKlPg/edit?usp=sharing

 

Approximate Duration

Total Duration

0 to 15 Minutes

Related Learning Activities

Learning Activity (Before)

Subject-Verb Agreement Response Cards

Learning Activity (During)

Subject-Verb Agreement Guided Notes

Learning Activity (After)

Subject-Verb Agreement Exit Slip

Background and Preparation

Background / Preparation

Teacher: The teacher will use the following AVL Resource to guide this lesson:

Grammar Cop’s Winning Olympic Facts: Learn about the Olympic Games as you practice subject/verb agreement. (2020). Storyworks, 27(6), 27.

https://discovery.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=fff4728b-55cb-3720-89ee-4a5568f2f174

If the link does not work, please visit the Alabama Virtual Library Website.

https://www.avl.lib.al.us/ Click on the top left Middle School tab. In the search bar at the top, type in "Grammar Cop's Winning Olympic Games." 

Student: Students should be familiar with subject-verb agreement according to the previous grade's content standards and course of study. 

This activity addresses substandard "d" of Content Standard 39:

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage in writing.

d. Use subject-verb agreement correctly when composing and revising writing.

 

Materials and Resources

Materials and Resources

Teacher:

* Copies of Subject-Verb Agreement Exit Slip (either copied and given out on paper or assigned electronically on the school's online learning platform) https://docs.google.com/document/d/19cJCPx-wrypockYHUsUJqvGeOC3XZh5DMJQa2JxYwPQ/edit?usp=sharing

* Subject-Verb Agreement Answer Key

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ejunntWgi8ocSSKAb0yJA9G0qxUWS3D5gejxSUSRfAk/edit?usp=sharing

Student:

* Copy of Subject-Verb Agreement Exit Slip (provided by teacher)

* Pencil

* Highlighter

Digital Tools / Resources

Subject-Verb Agreement Exit Slip
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19cJCPx-wrypockYHUsUJqvGeOC3XZh5DMJQa2JxYwPQ…

Approved Date

Owner (Author)

Kelly Hamric
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