Sorry, I know this is a high school chatboard, but I am
hoping someone will be willing to help me on this.

I teach 6th grade. For the last two weeks, we have been
learning adjectives and adverbs. My kids did great on
adjectives but not so much on adverbs.

They are fine as long as the adverb ends in -ly. If there
is not a word ending in -ly, they look lost.

I have them find the subject first, then the verb. Then, I
tell them to look for the word that answers how, when,
where, or to what extent about the verb.

This sentence threw them: Thomas Jefferson became very
curious about the West after he took office as president.

They said it was West because it answers where!

At this stage of the game, I am quite certain they have had
adverbs somewhere. There's something I am missing because
they are not getting it!

Thanks!
BethAnn

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