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Nibble, Gobble, Sip and Slurp

Kindergarten shades of meaning: act out nibble, gobble, sip, gulp and slurp, then pick the eating or drinking word that fits each sentence.

KindergartenELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.K.5.d

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1 Common Core standard
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10 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Kindergarten
Subject: ELA
Question types: Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students act out verbs for eating, such as nibble, gobble and munch, to show how they are different.
Students act out verbs for drinking, such as sip, gulp and slurp, and tell them apart.
Students choose the eating or drinking verb that best fits a sentence.

How to use

Read the story aloud. Have the class act out each eating and drinking word with you before they answer, then talk about which way is fast, slow or noisy.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.K.5.d

Tell apart shades of meaning among verbs for the same general action, such as walk, march, strut, and prance, by acting them out.

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Nibble, Gobble, Sip and Slurp

Act out different ways to eat and drink.

Watermelon time

Listen to your teacher read the story. Act out each eating and drinking word. Then answer.

Watermelon Time

It is a hot day. Grandma cuts a big, juicy watermelon.

Baby June nibbles her slice. She takes tiny, tiny bites.

Ravi is so hungry! He gobbles his slice up fast.

Then they drink cold juice. June sips a little at a time. Ravi gulps it all down. Grandma slurps her juice with a straw. Slurp, slurp! Everyone laughs.

June nibbles her slice. What does nibble mean?