WBT Adjectives 1st Grade

Here it is!!! My WBT video of adjectives. I am still a working progress so it's not perfect but I think everything went pretty well! We need to work on interrupting and that's okay! We will get there! I am proud to say that I am officially the first graduate of the WBT 1st grade mentor program!! It's been a long year and a lot of hard work has finally paid off. I am looking forward to continuing my journey as a Whole Brain Teacher!

5 Step Lesson Plan-Adjectives

It's been a while since I've posted but I am happy to share my 5 step lesson plan for adjectives. Yesterday I had my final WBT video over adjectives. As soon as my WBT mentor approves, I will post my video. Here's the lesson for now!

Date:­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ April 8, 2014

Lesson:  Adjectives

Review:  Review what a noun is and a complete sentence.

Class! Yes!	Hands and eyes	State the Questions? Q:  What is an adjective?  Today we are going to learn what an adjective is!  Tell your neighbor how excited you are to learn about what an adjective is!	Teach/OK
Class a doodle! Yes a doodle!	Hands and eyes	An adjective describes a noun. Gesture:  Act like your petting a fluffy dog.  Tell the class you’re petting a fluffy dog.	Teach/OK
Good golly! Miss Molly!	Hands and eyes	Now we learned that an adjective is a word that describes a noun. Some examples of a noun might be large, grey and friendly. The word elephant is a noun. These adjectives can describe the elephant. Large, grey and friendly elephant. Now that we know adjectives are words that describe a noun and I’ve given you an example, talk to your neighbor about words that can describe this bear. (Show a picture of a bear). (Walk around listening and praising students).	Teach/OK
Class, oh class! Yes, oh yes!	Hands and eyes	Great job smarties! Now we know adjectives are words that describe nouns! We came up with examples of adjectives for a bear. Now let’s come up with adjectives for a flower. When I say teach, talk to your neighbor about adjectives for this flower. (Show a pic of a flower). (Walk around listening and praising students).	Teach/OK
Claaaaasss! Yeeeeees!	Hands and eyes	Awesome possum! You all are becoming adjective experts! We have thought of adjectives for a bear and flower. Let’s think of adjectives that describe….me… your teacher! (Stand in one place so the class can look at you while thinking of adjectives).	Teach/OK
GO! Warriors!	Hands and eyes	Evaluate Yes/No It’s super important to know that adjectives are words that describe a noun. I am going to say some words. Some may be nouns and some may be adjectives! If it’s an adjective say, YES! If it’s a noun, say, NO WAY! Say these words: car, pretty, bear, amazing, red, teacher, large, book, desk, small, brown, chair, loud
Oh classity class! Oh Yessity Yes!	Hands and eyes	QT Test Good job! Say QT!! Now it’s time for the QT test. Cover your eyes. Show me a thumbs up if I say an adjective. Show me a thumbs down if it’s not an adjective. Say these words: black, computer, quiet, fluffy, dog, star, bright, door, sweet
I am talking! We are listening!	Hands and eyes	Critical Thinking---Sentence Frames Good job! Now it’s time to use an adjective in a sentence. I will give you a noun. Give me an adjective to describe that noun and use it in a sentence. Ice cream is the noun. (Call on different kids). I am so proud of you smarties for knowing what an adjective is! We are going to write adjectives next to the pictures. Be creative! Think of awesome adjectives! Go adjective experts!