Adjective Activities

Oh my goodness... this week has been busy, busy AND it's only Tuesday!  We have been hard at work on learning/using adjectives.  So, I wanted to show you some of the activities we have done, and others that I have planned for the remainder of the week

We read a book called, "If I were an Adjective" and made an anchor chart that we will refer to all week!

Yesterday, I put 4 items in the classroom (1 on each table) and had the kiddos use adjectives to describe each item.  I just chose things I had from around the room- skittles, a crazy hat, beach ball, and a souvenir from one of my vacations.  As they observed each item, they wrote adjectives in their reading spiral. {Don't have any pictures of this activity... sorry!}

Today, we used adjectives to describe ourselves!  First, I had the students use their white boards to brainstorm 7 adjectives.  This allowed me to quickly fix their spelling as well as correct any words that weren't actually adjectives.  Then, they made this project (copied their adjectives onto small pieces of white paper, drew/cut themselves out, and wrote their name at the top):

Tomorrow, we will use these sentences to sort regular adjectives, comparative adjectives, and proper adjectives.  I am going to give each student a sentence, they will read it to the class, and we will put the adjectives into the correct column.

Click {HERE} to download the sentences (there are more in the document than what I have posted here)

Clip Art courtesy of DJ Inkers

And, we will use this simple chart to sort:

Here are some things I found from pinterest that we are going to make and describe!  I'll try and remember to take pics to post later this week!

My plan is to just give students scraps of green, black, white, and red construction paper and allow them to create their own Frankenstein.  After, they will write sentences about their Frankenstein that include adjectives.  Are these not the cutest things ever?

We will do the similar thing with these witch legs...  I'm thinking we will write a short story about our witches :)

Last, but not least... we will make these scarecrow bags.  The kiddos will write adjectives on index cards, and put them inside of their scarecrow bag!

That's all I have for now... I have to get busy making dinner for company!  Hope everyone is having a great week so far!