Halloween Parts of Speech

 In 1-Thomson, we've been adding a little Halloween twist to our learning!  This week for "word work" our focus was on nouns and adjectives. We started  by creating a list of Halloween nouns. Then, we worked together to create a very spooky Halloween "Noun Town" full of ghosts,  black cats, haunted houses, graveyards, werewolves, bats, skeletons, and more!   

Then, we learned all about how adjectives can make our writing more descriptive.  We practiced using adjectives in pumpkin poetry this week, and then we ended our study of adjectives by creating our own perfect pumpkins.  Some were funny, some were mad, others were sad, and some were scary!

Our adjective pumpkins may be pretty great, but nothing topped the ENORMOUS pumpkin we got to see in in real life.  On Thursday, this year's second place winner of the pumpkin contest at Topsfield Fair visited Fuller Meadow School.  A big thank you to Mr. Lancaster for visiting with us and teaching us all about GIANT pumpkins and how they grow!

Common Core Standard: L.1.1,4: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.  Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.  Use frequently occurring adjectives.