Language Arts- Week 4

Grammar:

We reviewed the eight parts of speech, proper and common nouns, and possessive nouns. Then we discussed this week's grammar memorization sentence. 

What is a pronoun?

A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun.

I gave them some examples by saying sentences without pronouns, and then saying the sentence again with pronouns. The children notice a huge difference right away, and they all agreed that pronouns are very helpful. They copied a sentence about a man named Jim who goes to the store to buy cheese that they will use for homework.

For homework:

Carmelites and Dominicans(1st-4th grade): Re-write the sentence about Jim, replacing two of the "Jim"s for pronouns. 

Great Words 1:
We started a new poem this week. We did the following movements for the first four lines:
1. Using your finger, trace a circle around your face.
2. Hold both hands up next to your face with your fingers spread out to look like it's "shining".
3. Use your hand to move up and down in a wave pattern to remind kids what a harbour is.
4. Make a beak with your fingers for the birdies, and then rest your head on your hands to sleep.

Writing:
The Franciscans turned in their papers and I returned their Week 2 papers and their vocabulary quiz from last week.
We played a game to help the children learn our newest "dress up". Five-senses words. The children took turns describing nouns by using words that we would know through our 5 senses. The rest of the class had to try and guess what the noun was. Most of the children automatically used sight, because describing the way something looks is much easier than describing the way it tastes! :)
We made another keyword outline based on a short story about the Mayflower, this time a two paragraph story. Their papers should also contain two paragraphs. We also learned 4 new vocabulary words.

For homework:
Study your vocabulary words.
Write a two paragraph paper using your Key Word Outline. Follow the checklist just like last week. The newest item listed is to add a five-senses word and to practice showing emotion. Two more weeks of Key Word Outlines, and then we'll be learning Narrative stories! Your children are writing better stories each week. They're doing a wonderful job.