A plague of locusts...

Singular? Plural? Women? Woman? We spent the beginning of class practicing with singular and plural nouns.

A plague of locusts, a mob of kangaroos, a smack of jellyfish, a colony of beavers, a box of crayons, a class of students....these are COLLECTIVE NOUNS, or words that describe a group of things. The kids had fun exploring a long, long list of collective nouns to describe groups of animals. They chose a collective noun phrase to illustrate and made a mini poster with their drawing and collective noun phrase. We shared these out with the class and hung the pictures on the wall.

We looked at the timeline and connections we made with the timeline and talked with our group about the historical context of our book. Together, we made a poster to show the historical context of our book and shared these with the rest of the class.

Tomorrow, Ms. Waldman will speak to our classes about the Holocaust.

Homework: Do assigned book club reading. Finish NOUN index card/ bookmark. If you have questions about the Holocaust to ask Ms. Waldman, bring them with you.