This week the students continued their journey through Grammar Island. Students discovered that adjectives are words that modify nouns or pronouns. They were asked to apply their learning by identifying adjectives within a text. Students also learned about three little words named articles. These are special adjectives. I was excited that students knew that the word "a" should be used before nouns that begin with consonants and the word "an" should be used before nouns that begin with vowels. They were taught that "the" is a definite article and should be used to refer to a specific noun and "a" and "an" are indefinite articles that refer to non-specific nouns.
We also reviewed the two parts of a sentence, the subject and the predicate, and enjoyed watching a video about Mr. Norton which enhanced their understanding of this topic. Towards the end of the week, students learned about the difference between action verbs and linking verbs. Next week we will continue our journey and will investigate adverbs, conjunctions, interjections and prepositions.
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