Tr. Jill's 1/2 graders have been exploring the parts of speech.  This week they learned about adjectives.

On Monday the class defined adjectives: a word that describes a noun.  Together the students listed a few nouns and several adjectives that could describe those nouns.  

On Tuesday each student chose two objects in the classroom to describe.  They jotted a few adjectives that described each object on a post-it note and then stuck the note to the object.         

The classroom was soon dotted with pink post-its. 

In the afternoon, the class used adjectives in Writing Workshop.  Once again, the students chose two objects in the room to write about.  This time, in sentence form, the students wrote riddles about their objects, using several adjectives.   Here are some examples of their riddles:

• I am many colors.  I am small.  I am about 3 inches long.  I am made of wax. What am I?

  I am a crayon.

• I have a ladder with lots of pillows, long pillows and small pillows. I am brown.  People climb up and down me on my ladder.  What am I?  

  The  Loft.

• I am pink.  I am used for controlling you.  I am inside you.  I help you think.  I am mushy.  What am I?

  I am your brain.

• I am on the ceiling.  I am long.  I help you see.  People turn me on and off.  What am I?

  I am a light.