I have a confession to make: I. Love. Grammar. I loved learning it as a kid, I love teaching it, and I love discussing and debating the nuances of it. Today I'll share with you a fun grammar activity we did! We began the school year reviewing the most basic part of speech: nouns. This week, we moved to the next logical part of speech: adjectives. Why are adjectives the next logical step? Because they describe nouns! It is easy to find the adjectives once you've found the nouns. You simply go to a noun and ask, "What kind? Which one? How many?" But we're not there yet. I began today's activity by putting some simple adjectives on the board. I told the class that these are describing words, and that we were going to use them during our greeting (the first part of morning meeting). "Adjectives describe nouns. What is a noun?" "A person, place, or thing!" "Right! Did you know that you are a noun? I want you to think of an adjective to describe YOU! You can choose one from the board or think of your own. We will then use your adjective in our greeting. For example, "Good morning, fancy Mrs. Skillman" Once everyone wrote their adjectives on their post-it notes, we went around the circle and greeted each other with our adjective and name. It was a great way to spice up our greeting! Hover over the photos below to read what each student's adjective was (the writing in the picture is hard to see.) At the end of all this, Smokey hopped by the rug. "We should do one for Smokey!" they shouted. So I snapped a pic. "What adjectives could we use for Smokey?"
The students had lots of thoughts about this: soft, curious, hungry, and adorable were some of my favorites.
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Brent Epstein
8/30/2018 09:28:58 am
What a fun activity. Lila is def the comedian of our family so I would agree with her adjective.
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Shirley Alkobi
8/30/2018 09:44:43 am
Fun activity!!! Lots of silly boys and shy girls. Gender Stereotypes.. 😉. I like it how you make learning fun and creative!!!!
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