Past Simple Irregular Verbs Clara Barton Nurse Biography

by English with Imagination

Price: 250 points or $2.5 USD

Subjects: ela,eslGrammar,englishSecondLanguage,elaLanguageGrammar,conventionsOfStandardEnglish,elaLanguage,womensHistoryMonth

Grades: 2,3,4,5,6

Description: Your students will have fun reviewing past simple irregular verbs while learning about Clara Barton, the Civil War nurse who founded the American Red Cross. In this engaging mystery picture reveal game, twenty sentences are presented one by one. The sentences are accompanied by audio recordings to support emergent and struggling readers. Each sentence contains an irregular verb in the past simple form, which students must type correctly to complete a piece of the puzzle. The following verbs are included: be, begin, bring, build, come back, get, give, grow up, know, meet, run, send, take, teach, write. A list of infinitive and past simple forms is given on the first page to review and clarify verb forms and spellings. The text is a brief biography of Clara Barton, who repeatedly defied convention to fight for humanitarian causes and expand women’s rights. Clara Barton is a powerful role model for children to learn about during Nurses Day, Women's History Month, or International Women's Day. This resource supports the following second and third grade common core standards for English language arts: 2.1.D: Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs. 3.1.D: Form and use regular and irregular verbs. 3.1.E: Form and use the simple verb tenses. This resource would also be appropriate for English language learners in upper elementary, middle school, or high school who are learning to use past simple irregular verbs correctly.