Now, I'm just a beginner at this, so I probably won't have cool videos uploaded like my colleague, Mrs. Esparza. However, I will share what we are doing in class in a written format for now. This week is a "language arts" week and next week will be a "science week."
In science, I am very excited to share that we will be working with the Indiana Science Initiative to do engaging science activities, in which the students will make many discoveries working in cooperative groups.
Today, in language arts, we discussed personal pronouns (4.L.1). For example, we discussed 1st person singular (I, me), 2nd person singular, (you), and 3rd person singular (she, he, him, her, it). We then discussed the 1st person plural (we, us), 2nd person plural (you), and 3rd person plural (they, them).
REMEMBER: A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns.
Example 1) "Susie brought her apple to lunch today. She ate it and thought it was delicious." Notice how "She" replaces "Susie" and "it" replaces "apple."
Example 2) "Susie brought her apple to lunch today. Susie ate the apple and thought the apple was delicious." Doesn't it sound repetitive to say her name again and to use the word apple two more times? (YES)...this is why we use pronouns.
Today, in writing, our homework assignment was to write one paragraph on the subject: "My Summer." Students took home a "Preparing a Paragraph" checklist to use with developing their paragraph. They were instructed to write the paragraph in their language arts notebook, and to have someone at home proofread their paper, and to get a signature. Tomorrow, in class, the students will share their paragraph with a peer, for one more proofread, and they will then write their final draft in their best cursive writing on a separate sheet of paper.
Until next time...I am going to try to make this blog more exciting!
Mr. Polk
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