Action PartsGrammar Skill

First Grade Unit 1 Week 3

Created by Kristi Waltke

Do you remember the three things we learned about a sentence?

A sentence is a group of words that tell a whole idea.

A sentence starts with a capital letter.

A sentence ends with punctuation (like a period or question mark).

We also learned about the naming part of a sentence.

The naming part of a sentence tells us…

Who?

What?

Now we are going to learn about action parts of a sentence.

The action part of a sentence is made of the words that tell what a person or thing does.

Let’s look at the action part of some sentences.

Sam naps on Mom’s lap.

What does Sam do?“Naps on Mom’s lap” is the

action part of the sentence.

The pigs sit in mud.

What do the pigs do?“Sit in mud” is the action

part of the sentence.

Ox packs the sack.

What does Ox do?

Packs the sack is the action part.

Let’s make some sentences.

The things that Ox does will be the action part of the sentence.

Big Blue Ox ____________ .

digs mops the pigs gets the cans will use the pans naps

Have you got it?

Let’s practice figuring out if the words in the circle tell the naming

part or the action part.

Max hops to the top.

Naming Part

Action Part

Jack can dig.

Naming Part

Action Part

Mom and Pop eat.

Naming Part

Action Part

The duck swims in the pond.

Naming Part

Action Part

We talked about how a sentence needs to tell a whole idea.

If a sentence has a naming part and an action part, it tells a whole idea!

You are getting so smart.

Learning about the action part of a sentence will help you become a

super reader!