Andrew and Allen Learn about Adverbs

by Joanna Jarc Robinson, Robin Boyer (Illustrator)

Andrew and Allen are taking notes about animals at the zoo. They use adverbs to describe where, when, and how the animals move, eat, sleep, and play. Do the giraffes graze gracefully? Does the bear sleep peacefully? Concepts covered include: basic definition and usage of adverbs; comparative adverbs; adjective modifiers and other adverbs; recognizing adverbs; spelling: ly, ily, ely; and superlative adverbs. Writing activity in the back reinforces text concepts. Glossary and additional resources.

32 pages, Paperback

Published December 1, 2014

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Moving for the twelfth time in ten years means my brain is fried and finding time to read adult books is hard! Thanks to the publisher for giving me this book, which was cute and taught me some stuff!

[Carla · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is another book in the Language Builders Series. These books are designed to teach children the purpose of various parts of speech, but more importantly, how to use them in their writing and oral language.

The fourth grade class is off to the zoo. The teacher explains to the class what an adverb is and they are to use their journal to describe what they see and hear at the zoo using as many adverbs as they can. Allen and Andrew have a little contest to see who can use the most. Along the way they discover different types of adverbs (i.e. such as comparative and superlative) and the various spellings (i.e. add ly, change y to i and add ly etc.) Their descriptions really improve as the story progresses.

A great concept in how to teach parts of speech to children and to encourage the use of them in their everyday speech and writing. There are also resources at the end of the book to use. A book that should be in all school and classroom libraries.

Thanks to Netgalley and Norwood Press for the opportunity to read and review this book.

[J. Jefferson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great as a read aloud for a class. Students could also use it independently as an assignment. There are tasks to completed found at the back of the book.