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Actions Happening Now

Suffixes: -ED and -ING

Day 108of 180
Week 22of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how to add -ing to verbs

2

Practice reading words with -ing suffix

3

Recognize ongoing actions

📖 Scripture Connection

Matthew 14:14

“Jesus went out and saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick.”

— Matthew 14:14 (WEB)

Jesus was actively helping people, showing ongoing care

📦 Materials Needed

  • Suffix cards
  • Verb cards
  • Action pictures
  • Whiteboard and marker
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather students in a circle. Show action pictures and ask what people are doing right now.

💭 Review Question: What does -ing tell us about an action?
2Teaching (7 min)

Introduce how -ing shows an action happening now. Demonstrate adding -ing to base verbs.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • When we add -ing, it means something is happening right now
  • Some words change a little when adding -ing
  • Examples: jump/jumping, play/playing, help/helping
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What are you doing right now?
  • Can you think of a verb and add -ing to it?
3Activity: Verb Action Charades (6 min)
hands-on

Students act out verbs with -ing while others guess

📝 Instructions:
  1. Draw a verb card
  2. Add -ing to the verb
  3. Act out the action
  4. Class guesses the verb
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use picture cards for support

Challenge: Use more complex verbs

4Closing (2 min)

Recap how -ing shows actions happening now

📝 Review Questions:
  • What does -ing tell us?
  • Can you share a verb with -ing?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear Jesus, thank you for showing us how to love and help others through our actions.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll play more games with -ing words!

💎 Memory Verse

Ephesians 4:32

“And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also forgave you.”

— Ephesians 4:32 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Act out being kind while saying the verse

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Children are learning how suffixes change verb meanings

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Practice adding -ing at home
  • Use everyday actions as examples
  • Make it fun and playful
🤔 Common Struggles:

Remembering spelling changes with some verbs

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child can confidently add -ing to simple verbs

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a -ing word collage
  • Draw pictures of actions happening now
  • Make a family -ing action game

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