Class: 3rd grade Language Arts
Unit: Nouns and Adjectives
Objectives:
My students will identify adjectives and nouns in their novels, and then to use adjectives and nouns to describe a piece of art. We will then classify words into the appropriate categories.
Anticipatory Set :
I will ask my students what they see around our room. Someone will notice the pictures hanging about and they’ll start asking me what we are doing with the art.
Teaching: Modeling
Using a piece of art that is not on display (my students like to “borrow” my ideas and I want them to think on their own) I will list several nouns and adjectives I see in the piece. I will then ask for other ideas. Together as a class, we will classify each word into the appropriate group.
Teaching: Checking for Understanding
We have practiced using nouns and adjectives in previous lessons, but I want to reinforce and practice. My students will begin by “sentence stocking” their reading book (the novel or picture book they are currently invested in) and they will make a list of 3 nouns and 3 adjectives. After this, we will do a whip around and each student will say one noun and one adjective. We will make a chart categorizing each part of speech.
Guided Practice :
My students will go around the room describing each piece with an adjective and a noun. They will have a sticky note for each piece and will write their 2 words on the note, leaving the note on the wall next to the piece it is describing. After my students have a chance to visit each piece, we will go over all the words they wrote and categorize them into nouns and adjectives.
Closure :
We will close by discussing the words in each category and coming to a conclusion as to why the words fit in each category.
Independent Practice:
My students will write a poem in their writer’s notebooks using 3 adjectives and 3 nouns. They will share their poems with their neighbors.
My gifted students will search and make lists of other parts of speech.
Materials
Sticky notes, 8 art pieces, 2 large pieces of crate paper, writer’s notebooks and pencils.
Duration
1 hour
I like how this lesson ties into Art. There are so many ways our specialists can support teachers in the core classroom. I am going to share this with our Art teachers. Thanks.
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