1. Daily Journal Nouns Activity SSR Vocabulary Crossword

2.  Write words 14-25 5xeach.

3.  Noun=  Person, Place, Thing, or Idea  Common=  Non-specific  Proper=  Specific, Capitalized  Collective=  Refers to group  Compound=  Two words referring to one noun  Concrete=  Can feel or see  Abstract=  Cannot feel or see

4.  Assign groups  Give each group whiteboard, marker, eraser  Explain directions:  Listen to the directions, which will tell you the type of noun you are to identify  Correctly identify and spell the specified noun in each of the given sentences.  Hold up your sign. The first team to get it correct gets a point.

5.  The big dog ran away fast.  The two girls liked to swing high.  My cat is big and fluffy and white.  Michael, be safe and do not play with matches.  The class is going to work hard today.  Please go get the paper for me.  Look at Mr. Marks’ fireworks!  A newborn baby cries a lot.  My brother is older than I am.  My teacher said that we are working hard.

6.  My favorite cereal to eat is Cheerios.  I have a black cat and his name is Midnight.  My mother went to Safeway to buy milk.  We live in Birmingham.  Did you cheer for Ruben to win?  I can't wait until Christmas is here!  I like to watch Clifford on television.  Are you going to Florida for vacation?  I like the month of July the best.  Will you get me a Coke from the machine?

7.  cat, house, run, barn  girl, frog, car, hear  sister, talk, dog, letter  can, horn, sing, meat  desk, room, Bill, say  Mom, teacher, head, cry  tell, clock, floor, sky  bed, sleep, toe, paper  chair, pray, chicken, egg  eat, apple, banana, cookie

8.  Make sure you are seated and reading when the bell rings and continue to do so for the entire 20 minutes.  Remember this time is worth 10% of your grade!

9.  Identify the correct definition for the remaining words on list 1 (#14-25).  Test on Friday!  Spelling  Definition  Correct Usage

10.  Complete the Word Search.  Make sure you are finding the correctly spelled word!  Test on Friday!  Spelling  Definition  Correct Usage