Due to the cold, the class didn't do today's animal care outdoor activities. Instead, we talked about how farmers must go out even in the cold or rain or ice... or if they have the FLU! Thankfully, the class was able to stay warm... and Ms. Holly did all of the jobs before class began. I explained the class that the fate of the new calf has been determined: We will keep her! The kids were very excited! In other farm news, the Nigerian Dwarf goats are on baby-watch at for the next few weeks. They have all been moved into the "Maternity Ward", given their CD&T boosters, and now they just get to munch on hay and relax!
At home, the class worked on writing very descriptive paragraphs. They were asked to choose one animal on the farm and to describe it in detail... but not to tell what animal it is! The kids loved listening to each paper and taking turns guessing. I was very impressed with the quality of their adjectives. They did a great job with these!
Next, the kids were given different animal cut-outs to glue onto construction paper. Under each flap, they came up with different adjectives to describe the animal. We called it "Adjective Farm". This was a great way to practice with adjectives, but also to work on handwriting and spelling skills. We used a "word wall" to keep up with all of the different words that we need to spell.
Once our Adjective Farm activity was completed, it was obvious that we HAD to get our wiggles out! Thankfully, the sun had come out and things were warming up just enough to bundle up, get outside, and RUN!
After working on our oil pastel cows and eating lunch, the class added the adjective card to their stack of grammar cards. We will be working to identify words that have different forms, making them nouns in one for but adjectives in another (example: happiness/happy, hope/hopeful, joy/joyful).
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