Using the overhead projector and a copy of the story on a transparency the class will look at the verbs and identify all the past tense verbs within the story. As a review we will also identify any verbs in the present tense. They will be able to apply this knowledge by correctly adding ed to the end of a verb, making it past tense. After the students have been presented with the rules for adding ed to the end of a verb in order to make it past tense they will apply their new knowledge to the sentences that the teacher has written on the chalkboard. You can change many verbs into the past tense form by adding ed to the end of the verb.
Verbs are words that tell an action.
Past tense verbs tell that the action happened in the past. The teacher reads the students the story Hilburt the Halibut. The teacher will place emphasis on the past tense verbs within the story. After the story the class will have a discussion about activities that they have done in the past. As the children talk about these past events the teacher can point out the past tense verbs that the students are using in their oral language.