Grade 1 Spring — Compound Sentences, Descriptive Writing, Verb Tense, Pronouns, and Workshop Revision
Lesson 12 30 min eng.g1.s.lesson_12.tier2_gobble_slurp_scamper_glance

Tier-2 Motion Words — gobble, slurp, scamper, glance

Skills targeted
Objectives
  • Students learn child-friendly definitions of gobble, slurp, scamper, and glance.
  • Students use each word correctly in an oral sentence and one written sentence.
Vocabulary
gobbleslurpscamperglanceverb

Lesson plan

Warm-up

4 min

Acting-out game: teacher names a regular verb (eat, drink, run, look); class acts out the Tier-2 cousin (gobble, slurp, scamper, glance) with exaggerated motion.

Teacher moves
  • Give one demonstration each, then class repeats
Media
M-1-S-VOC-12-A Video Physical / non-image

60-second compilation. Four 15-second segments. (1) Slow-motion footage of a turkey gobbling food. Caption: GOBBLE — eat fast and noisily. (2) A child slurping a smoothie. Caption: SLURP — drink noisily. (3) A squirrel scampering across a fence. Caption: SCAMPER — run with quick steps. (4) A child glancing at a wall clock for half a second. Caption: GLANCE — look quickly. Soft music; caption track on.

Direct instruction

10 min

Four motion words today, each a more PRECISE version of a common word. GOBBLE = eat fast and noisily (turkeys gobble!). SLURP = drink noisily with sucking sounds. SCAMPER = run with light, quick steps (like a squirrel). GLANCE = look quickly, just a peek.

Key examples
  • Gobble has a noisy-fast feel that 'ate' doesn't.
    model I was so hungry I gobbled my dinner.
    prompt Use gobble: 'I was so hungry I ___ my dinner.'
  • Glance is quick — much faster than 'looked'.
    model She glanced at the clock and saw it was 3:00.
    prompt Use glance.
Checks for understanding
  • Do you SLURP a sandwich or a smoothie? (smoothie — slurping is for liquids)
  • Do you SCAMPER on a balance beam? (no — scamper is for safe ground)
Media
M-1-S-VOC-12-B Illustration Physical / non-image

Four-panel anchor poster. Each panel shows the action with cartoon illustration. Panel 1: a turkey gobbling — text 'GOBBLE: eat fast and noisy'. Panel 2: a child slurping noodles — text 'SLURP: drink with a sucking sound'. Panel 3: a squirrel scampering on a branch — text 'SCAMPER: run with light quick steps'. Panel 4: a child glancing at the clock with eyes briefly turned — text 'GLANCE: look for a quick moment'. Style: child-friendly, primary colors.

Guided practice

10 min
Tasks
  • Sentence-stem completion: '___ gobbled the ___', 'The ___ slurped ___', '___ scampered across ___', 'I glanced at ___.'
    scaffold Word card at desk
  • Turn-and-talk: tell partner about an animal you've seen scamper.

Formative assessment

1 min
Exit ticket
  • Pick one word and use it in your own sentence.
scoring Used correctly = mastery for that word.

Closure

Moves
  • Whisper-chant: gobble, slurp, scamper, glance — verbs with FLAVOR.

Homework

5 min
Tasks
  • Use one of the four words in conversation at home today.

Exercises in this lesson

eng.g1.s.ex_30
Match each verb to the right action: GOBBLE / SLURP / SCAMPER / GLANCE. (a) drink noisily (b) look quickly (c) eat fast and noisily (d)...
 definition match motion · diff 2

Differentiation

Scaffolds
  • Acting-out option for non-writers
  • Word card visible
  • Sentence stems
Extensions
  • Write a 4-sentence story using all four words.
  • Match each word to a regular cousin (gobble↔eat, slurp↔drink, scamper↔run, glance↔look).
English Learners
  • L1 mime translations
  • Visual cards with animal photos
Ieps 504s
  • Oral use only
  • Choose-one word

Teacher notes

These four Tier-2 verbs feed descriptive writing directly. After this lesson, you should hear at least one child in workshop say 'I gobbled my snack' rather than 'I ate my snack' — make a public fuss when it happens. The Beck-McKeown rule: Tier-2 vocabulary sticks when children use it 12+ times across contexts.