Students identify adverbs and the verbs they describe **Why teach this skill?** Builds understanding of how actions are described. Helps students locate words that tell how, when, or to what extent something happens.

Students improve provided sentences by adding adverbs **Why teach this skill?** Expands meaning and sentence texture. Encourages students to layer detail by adding words that clarify action.

Students improve their own writing by adding adverbs **Why teach this skill?** Expands meaning and sentence texture. Encourages students to layer detail by adding words that clarify action.

Students combine two sentences into one by placing adverbs after verbs **Why teach this skill?** Improves fluency and sentence rhythm. Teaches students to connect related ideas using adverbial phrases.