Tuesday, August 12th

Today I did a short review of nouns and we began the lesson with a table activity.  Students had to fill in the blanks of a short paragraph.  Some of the results were quite entertaining.  Then they took some notes about what nouns are and how they are to be used in writing.  We concluded by watching the Nouns video on BrainPop and completing a short worksheet.

During Social Studies students completed a Due Process inquiry.  They read different scenarios and worked with a partner to determine if they were lawful or not.  Then they started reading the Due Process amendments and worked with a partner to put them into their own words.  

We also continued reading and discussing The Giver.  Next week we will begin working on our thinking maps and diagrams so we can analyze the literary structures of the book.

Here are the noun selections from table 1 in my homeroom

Here's my original