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One Word, Two Jobs: A Sled Dog Race

At a sled dog race, students see how one word can be a noun or a verb and explain what nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs do.

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Aligned toL.3.1.a

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students tell whether the same word is used as a noun or a verb in different sentences.
Students explain the job of a noun, pronoun, verb, adjective or adverb in a particular sentence.
Students find the word an adjective describes and the noun a pronoun stands for.

How to use

Start with the word race: act out "the dogs race" and point to "the race" on a poster. Then let students work through the sheet and share their own sentences from the last question.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.3.1.a

Explain what nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs do in general and in particular sentences.

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One Word, Two Jobs: A Sled Dog Race

The same word can do different jobs in different sentences.

One word, two jobs

Some words can do different jobs. Read each sentence to see what the word does there.

Kaya's aunt Lena is a musher. A musher drives a sled that is pulled by a team of dogs. Today Kaya is helping her aunt at a sled dog race.

Read the two sentences.
1. The dogs race across the snow.
2. The race starts at noon.
What job does the word race do in each sentence?

A. It is a verb in sentence 1 and a noun in sentence 2.
B. It is a noun in sentence 1 and a verb in sentence 2.
C. It is a verb in both sentences.
D. It is a noun in both sentences.

Look at the bold word in each sentence. Is it used as a noun or as a verb? Sort the sentences.

Kaya hears a happy bark from the dog yard.The fans wave red flags at the finish line.The dogs bark when the sled is ready to go.After the big hill, the team takes a short rest.A loud cheer fills the cold air.We cheer for every team that passes.Kaya gives her aunt a big wave.The tired dogs rest on soft straw.

Noun	Verb

Read the two sentences.
1. Miko is a fast dog.
2. Miko runs fast up the hill.
In which sentence is fast an adverb that tells how Miko runs?

A. Sentence 1
B. Sentence 2
C. Both sentences
D. Neither sentence

Words at the race

Think about what each word does in its sentence.

Match each bold word to the job it does in its sentence.

Aunt Lena gently pats each dog.
She hooks the dogs to the sled.
The sled has long wooden runners.
The dogs dash down the trail.
Kaya wears a warm hat.

A. shows an action
B. describes a noun
C. takes the place of a noun
D. names a thing
E. tells how an action happens

Underline the adverb that tells when the race begins.

Soontheracebeginsnearthefrozenlake.

Underline the pronoun that takes the place of the dogs.

Aunt Lenafeedsthedogs,andthenshebrushesthem.

Read the sentence. Write the noun that the adjective sleepy describes.

The sleepy puppy curls up next to Kaya's boots.
The adjective sleepy describes the noun .

Read the sentence.
The last team finally crosses the finish line.
Which word in this sentence is an adverb?

A. last
B. crosses
C. finally
D. line

Read the sentence.
The mushers shake hands because they all raced well.
What job does the word they do in this sentence?

A. It shows the action of shaking hands.
B. It takes the place of the dogs.
C. It tells how well the mushers raced.
D. It takes the place of the mushers.

Your turn

10.

Choose one of these words: rest, cheer or wave. Write two sentences about the race. Use the word as a noun in one sentence and as a verb in the other. Write N after your noun sentence and V after your verb sentence.