A quick review box sets the rule first: -er or more to compare two things, -est or most for three or more, and watch for rule-breakers like good, better, best. Then 3rd grade students work through five items over 3 pages. They choose between fast, faster, and fastest, complete a chart for loud, good, and careful, and fix doubled forms like "most funniest." It targets L.3.1.g, and the answer key includes the completed chart.
L.3.1.g
“Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.”
Questions 1 and 2 ask students to choose between comparative and superlative, question 3 forms both for three adjectives, and questions 4 and 5 correct doubled comparisons.
Two multiple-choice sentences compare a cheetah with a lion, and Jupiter with all the other planets.
A chart where students write the comparing-two and comparing-three-or-more forms of loud, good, and careful.
Students cross out the mistake in "That was the most funniest joke I ever heard!" and "My dog's bark is more louder than your dog's bark." and write the right word on the line.
Bell ringer
Expect 5 to 10 minutes. Go over question 3 together, since careful needs more and most instead of -er and -est.
Speaking practice
Before you hand it out, have students compare three classroom objects aloud. Hearing the longest pencil next to a longer pencil helps the rule stick.
Editing focus
The Be the Editor mistakes turn up in real student writing. After the warm-up, have students search a recent draft for more or most sitting next to an -er or -est word.
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