Teach past tense, both regular and irregular past tense verbs, plus WH questions, formulating sentences, and early syntax with this digital, drag-and-drop, sentence building activity! Because it uses real pictures and age-appropriate, simple icons, it can be used with a wide variety of students, ages, and levels!
Three file formats are included: Boom Cardsâ˘ď¸, Google Slidesâ˘ď¸ and PowerPointâ˘ď¸. Each file progresses in difficulty and is around 180 pages long in total.
There are two sections of the resource: 1 – regular past tense verbs and 2– irregular past tense verbs. The verbs that are targeted in this resource are listed below.
Regular Past Tense Verbs: Brushed, picked, baked, washed, painted, kicked, stacked, climbed, colored, raised, cleaned, played, tied, collected, tipped, covered, popped, checked, dropped, opened, jumped
Irregular Past Tense Verbs: Swam, cut, got, fell, caught, made, fell (asleep), grew, hurt, won, blew, threw, built, found, went (up, down), broke
In addition, there are direct teaching pages included for both regular and irregular verbs.
This resource includes 3 levels for each photo/verb as follows:
Level 1:Â Drag-and-drop color-coded icons with visuals.
Level 2:Â Drag-and-drop text boxes with words and faded color coding. You can edit these words.
Level 3:Â Color-coded lines you can type above.
Note: The same pictures repeat between each of the levels.
You can move around the icons within this resource! That means you can delete them from pages and copy/paste them between pages (to add incorrect word choices, for example).
To watch a short, 3 minute video tour of a resource similar to this one, click here!
Read more about how and why I target past tense verbs on my blog!
Or, click here to learn more about targeting syntax in speech and language therapy sessions.
Hereâs what other SLPs have to say about this product:
âĽď¸ âShannon does it again! I really love the slides where students can sort through regular and irregular verbs. Definitely helped to increase their accuracy when identifying verbs in context.â – Hannah M.
âĽď¸ âThis resource has been so fantastic with helping my kiddos who are just not getting past tense. The lessons that include pictures of the person performing the task and then when they are done helped my kids so much!â – Abbey M.
âĽď¸ âI love how this switches up working on regular/irregular past tense beyond just “Today I ____, yesterday I ____.” Much more interesting and a great framework for building a deeper understanding!â – Kyla T.
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Carol Ross –
Love the real pictures and icons!
Margaret Q. –
The sentence building with past tense verbs is so well done. I use the Google Slides version in my therapy room and the Boom Cards for my teletherapy students. My kids love sliding the words into place to build sentences about the real pictures.
Shannon –
I have used this sentence slider for two full school years now and it is still one of my most-used digital resources. The progression from regular to irregular past tense verbs is perfect for scaffolding. I typically start my students on the regular verb section and then move them to irregular once they’re ready. Each file is around 180 pages so there is tons of material. My PreK through 2nd grade students all respond well to the drag-and-drop format and the real pictures keep it age-appropriate. I also use it for WH question targets since the sentence building naturally lends itself to asking questions about the pictures.
Kathleen E. –
Great for my grammar goals!
Shannon W. –
I love that this covers both regular and irregular past tense verbs in one resource. The drag-and-drop format is so engaging for my students and having Boom Cards, Google Slides and PowerPoint options is really convenient. The real pictures make it appropriate for a wide range of ages.
Sara A. –
Perfect for targeting past tense verbs!