Describing Words

Find words for colors, sizes, feelings, and senses, and words that tell how.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 54

Describing words tell what something is like. A red apple. A big elephant. A soft kitten.
Some describing words use our senses: hot, cold, sweet, sour, loud, and soft.
Some tell how we feel: happy, sad, sleepy.
And some tell how we do things. The turtle walks slowly. The lion roars loudly.
Try it with a grown-up! Pick something in the room. Take turns saying describing words for it.

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:

K.L.GC.1.8 — Grammar: Use adjectives and adverbs. (Introduce)
K.T.SS.2.a — Identify interesting and/or descriptive words that express feelings or appeal to the senses in texts. (I)