Monday, March 15, 2010

Today...

Today the students and I practiced singing Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down and had a small competetion between the groups. We then picked the best singer (and reader) from each group for the final competition. After our song we study synonyms.

A synonym is a word the means the same as another word.
Example --> Mad is another word for Angry.

------>Can you give me a synonym for each of the following words?

1. Simple ____________
2. Big ______________
3. Toss _____________
4. Chat _____________
5. Enjoy ____________

(The answers are at the bottom - Don't look until you try!)

After learning synonyms we learned about Pronouns and Possessive adjectives!

Pronouns

A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun after it has already been used in a sentence.

Example --> Mr. Tim likes to run, he is very fast!

Run is the pronoun because it replaced the noun "Mr. Tim" and refers back to him.

List of Pronouns

• I
• He
• She
• It
• You
• They
• We

The possessive adjectives are words that describe who owns something.

Example --> The bike is mine. --> I want to go to your house. --> This is our class.

Mine -- Your -- Our --> these are the possessive adjectives for the sentences above, because they tell us who owns something.

List of Possessive Adjectives

• My
• Your
• Our
• His
• Her
• Their
• Its

After learning about Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives we began talking about what a Country is.

A country is bigger than a city. If the city you live in is Nablus than your country is Palestine.

-------> Can you tell me what country:

1. Mr. Tim is from ____________?
2. Mr. Curtis is from ___________?
3. Mr. Sean is from ____________?
4. Miss Kaitlin is from __________?
5. Ameed is from _____________?
6. YOU are from _____________?

(Answers are at the bottom - Don't look until you try!)

After talking about what a country is I had the students begin their homework in class. They are to think of a name for our class, so that we can make our own country. Write the name down on a blank piece of paper and then draw a picture to put on our money. The picture can be of anything you want. We will all choose which picture and name we like best and put it on our money!

Have a great day and I will see you tomorrow!

Answers: Easy - Huge - Throw - Talk - Like --> America - America - America - America - Jordan - ???????