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- Hi everybody and
welcome back to Room 9.
Our region's largest classroom.
My name is Mrs. St.
Louis and I'm a teacher
at Rogers Elementary School in
the Melville school district.
And we are located in
South St. Louis County.
Today I'm here to
teach a reading lesson,
that's geared towards
students in third grade.
But all learners are more
than welcome to join us.
So let's get started.
This week we're are talking
about all things grammar.
One of my favorite topics.
Yesterday we dived in deep
and we talked about nouns
and we talked about verbs.
So let's review those real fast,
cause they're gonna kind
of come in handy today.
First we have nouns.
Nouns are words that
name people, places,
things, or ideas.
Verbs are words
that show physical
or mental action being
or state of being.
Now today, we're gonna talk
about adjectives and adverbs.
And they're so much fun because
when we read them in books
or we use them at
our own writing, they
add a ton of flavor.
So let's start with
the adjectives.
Adjectives are
words that are used
to describe nouns or pronouns.
Telling what kind,
how many or which one?
So knowing what a noun is,
is gonna come really...
It's going to come in handy
when we talk about
those adjectives today.
So, let's talk about some
examples of adjectives.
We have blue, tiny and hot.
These words are
describing words.
So they can describe nouns.
We can have a hot potato.
How does the adjective
describing our noun potato?
We could have a tiny bug.
Tiny is the adjective
that describes the bug.
We could have a blue whale.
Blue describes the whale, right?
So we're using these adjectives
to describe our nouns.
So it makes things a
little more interesting.
We don't just have a way
we have a blue whale.
Or we have a big
blue whale, right?
So we're explaining a
little bit more adding
in some detail and some depth.
It really adds a lot
of color to our writing
and our reading.
So let's see if we
can make a list.
To help brainstorm ideas,
that answer some
of those questions.
What kind?
How many or which one?
So I'm gonna bring in our
handy dandy whiteboard.
So let's start
with our first one.
Which one?
So we have to answer
that question, right?
Which one are we talking about?
While we could be talking
about, this one right?
I want this one.
I want that one.
If you asked which day,
well, we want the second day.
I want the other one.
I don't want that one,
I want the other one.
So those are words that
can kind of help tell us
which one are we talking about?
What about what kind?
What kind do you want?
What kind do you think?
Well you want the
blue kind, right?
Maybe you want the blue car.
You want the long rope.
You want this skinny piece.
Good
Ooh, you want to be
that tall person.
You like that tall building.
And our last one.
How many?
How many apples do you want?
Do you want one, two, three?
Do you want a few?
When we talk about
time, how many minutes?
Well a couple minutes, right?
So we can use these words
to help describe things.
And there are so many more
that we could put up here.
Because the more that you add,
the more detail we start to get
from what you're talking about.
So we can use a
lot of these words
when we think about
things like color, size,
temperature, taste.
These are those
describing words.
We're using our
senses to help us.
So think about
sight, smell, taste,
what you hear and what you feel.
Those words make for
great describing details.
So just like yesterday,
we're gonna start by
reading some sentences
and trying to pick out
what the adjectives
are in the sentence.
Now remember, adjectives
always describe nouns.
So they're gonna be
near those nouns.
Here's our first one.
The snake loved laying
out in the hot desert.
Do you see an adjective here?
Very good it's hot.
Because it's not just a
desert, it's a hot desert.
Good.
Next.
The fluffy penguin
swam in the cold water.
Do you see any adjectives
in this sentence?
Hint.
There's more than one.
Very good fluffy.
That's describing our penguin.
What kind of penguin?
A Fluffy penguin.
What else do you see?
Good, cold.
It's cold water.
We know that penguins
like cold water.
Cold.
It's describing the
temperature of the water.
What kind of water is it?
Very good.
The strong wind blew
over the tall tree.
See any adjectives here?
Very good, strong.
The strong wind.
And tall.
Tall tree.
Very good, you guys are really
getting the hang of this.
My brother likes to
climb tall volcanoes.
Very good.
Tall.
What kind of volcanoes?
Tall volcanoes.
Hockey is a popular
sport in St. Louis.
What do you think?
Very good.
Popular, right?
What kind of sport is it?
It's a popular sport.
Very good.
Now, we're gonna go into
some more sentences,
but these have blanks.
Your job is to help me
figure out some adjectives
that we could put
in these blanks.
Answering those questions.
Which one?
What kind?
How many?
Here's our first one.
Winnie is the blank dog ever.
Well what kind of dog is Winnie?
The best?
What else could we put there?
The fluffiest?
The smallest?
There's a lot of words we
could use to describe Winnie.
Could we put more
than one in there?
Yeah, the happiest
Fluffiest dog ever.
We can use more than
one describing word
when we describe things.
Good, what about next?
Vanilla ice cream
is the blank flavor.
What do you think?
What's your opinion?
What kind of flavor is it?
Which one is it?
The best?
The worst?
The greatest?
I don't know, you have
your own opinion, right?
I think vanilla is
the best flavor ever,
I love vanilla ice cream,
but some people don't.
That's their opinion.
Alright what's next?
Today was the blank
day of the year.
What kind of day was it?
Is it the best day?
The worst day?
The stormiest day?
The hottest day?
The coldest day?
Which one was it?
What do you think?
It's pretty hot, but I don't
know if it's the hottest day.
Not the coldest.
Maybe the windiest.
I don't know.
There's a lot of words
to describe days.
Josh had the blank
birthday ever.
What kind of birthday
did Josh have?
Best?
Worst?
Silliest?
Most fun?
I don't know I hope he
had a great birthday.
I hope it wasn't the
worst birthday ever.
I hope he had the
greatest birthday ever.
Good.
This one's going
to be a tricky one.
Are you ready?
Sophia saw blank blank
sharks on their trip.
Saw some sharks,
that's kinda scary.
What kind of sharks
do you think she saw?
Or how many?
Which ones?
She saw two scary
sharks on their trip?
Large gray sharks on their trip?
Yeah, there's a lot of
different adjectives
that you can put in there.
So, adjectives right?
Words that are used to
describe a noun or pronoun.
Telling what kind, how
many. or which one.
They get to allow us to
describe those nouns.
Give some more detail about
the people, the places.
So as you're going
around your house,
how can you describe things?
Use your five senses.
Eyes, sight, nose for
smell, mouth for taste,
ears to hear, and hands to feel.
Think about those words
as you're doing things
in your daily life.
If you are sitting on a couch
right now, how does that feel?
How does it smell in your house?
Think about those things.
Alright?
We're gonna jump in and just
a second to our next one.
So now that we have talked
about our adjectives,
words that describe nouns,
we're gonna talk about adverbs.
An adverb is a word that
is used to describe a verb,
telling where, how or when.
So, adjectives describe nouns
and adverbs describe our verbs.
So today, we're talking
a lot about describing.
So here's some examples
of some adverbs.
Before, quietly and everywhere.
So, these are words we can use
to describe some of our verbs.
We run everywhere,
we walked quietly.
They're describing the verb,
the action that we're doing.
How did we run?
So we're answering
these questions.
How did we run?
Where, when?
These are the things
that we're looking.
So let's bring in our
handy dandy whiteboard
to help make a little chart
so that we can answer
these questions
of where, how and when?
So where?
Where's this happening?
Here.
Outside.
Near.
There.
How.
How was it?
How's it happening?
Is it happening loudly?
Easily.
Sadly.
Silently.
And when?
When does it happen?
It's already happened.
Since.
Soon.
Before.
So these are some adverbs
that can answer those
questions for us.
Where, how, and when.
So just like before, we're
gonna read some sentences
and try and identify
those adverbs.
Now we're gonna
take this one slow
'cause this one can be
kind of tricky sometimes.
So, I always eat
pancakes for breakfast.
Question we should
ask ourselves first is
what is the action
that's happening?
What's the verb
in this sentence?
Eat right?
Pancakes for breakfast,
that's what we're doing.
We're eating.
Now, do we have any words that
describe where we're eating?
No.
What about how we're eating?
No.
What about when we're eating?
Yeah always can
describe the word.
I always, always eat
pancakes for breakfast.
So always is our adverb.
Very good.
Jack and Lucy happily
play on the swings.
Jack and Lucy happily
play on the swings.
So first what is our verb?
What is happening?
What are Jack and Lucy doing?
Good they're playing.
They're playing.
So how are they playing?
Where are they playing?
When are they playing?
It might be words that
answer those questions.
Very good, they're
happily playing.
Describing how they're playing.
Happily.
Very good.
I washed the floors yesterday.
I washed the floors yesterday.
This one's kinda tricky.
What is the action
that's happening?
Good, wash.
That's what you're doing.
Washing the floors.
Now, is there a
word that describes
where you wash the floors?
No.
But how you wash the floors?
No.
What about when you
wash the floors?
Good, yesterday describes when.
I washed the floors yesterday.
So we can see here, that
adverbs don't always have
to be directly next to the verb.
In this sentence, we
have happily, play,
but here we have
washed and yesterday.
so they can be separated
by other words.
That's what makes these
adverbs kind of tricky,
because sometimes there's
other words in the way.
So it's kind of hard to
tell what we're looking at.
Joe quickly ran to
the grocery store.
Joe quickly ran to
the grocery store.
What did he do?
He ran.
You know he went to
the grocery store.
Do we know how he ran there?
Good, he ran there quickly.
Very good.
Josie proudly showed off
the rocket she built.
Josie proudly showed off
the rocket she built.
What did Josie do?
She showed off her rocket.
The rocket that she built.
How did she show it off?
Good, she proudly showed it off.
She was excited about it.
Awesome.
All right, next up.
We're going to be looking at
some sentences with some blanks
and trying to fill in
with some adverb words
to help make our sentences
a little bit stronger.
I blank ate all of
the strawberries.
What word could fit there
to still make this
sentence make sense.
I already ate all
of the strawberries.
Can we describe one?
I already did it.
That makes sense.
Could we describe how I loudly
ate all the strawberries?
I messily ate all
of the strawberries.
We could do here, but
does that fit right here?
I hear ate all of
the strawberries.
I near ate all the strawberries.
It doesn't fit in that
spot in the sentence.
We might be able to add it
and change our sentence
around fitness spot.
But we wanna fit in
a word right here.
I silently ate all
the strawberries.
It was a secret.
I ride my bike blank.
I ride my bike blank.
I ride my bike easily,
I ride my bike quickly.
I ride my bike over
there, over here outside.
Very good.
You guys are getting
the hang of this.
Please open the presents blank.
Please open the presents blank.
How should you
open the presents?
Should you open them slowly?
Carefully?
Quickly?
I guess it depends on
what you wanna get.
But there are lots of different
ways to open your presents.
The book is blank to the table.
The book is blank to the table.
Next to the table?
On top of the table?
Where is it?
Near the table?
The book is next to the table.
That fits the best, doesn't it.
Very good.
Kyle blank sang in the car.
He's singing.
But how is he singing?
How does Kyle sing in the car?
Loudly?
I know I sing loudly in the car.
Happily?
Was he very happy when he sang?
Quickly?
There's lots of different
ways that you can sing.
But I think the best way to
sing in the car, is loudly
because that's the only place
where people can hear you.
Very good.
So, those are adverbs.
Today, we've talked about two
different parts of speech.
Adjectives, which are
words that are used
to describe nouns or pronouns.
Telling what kind,
how many or which one.
We also talked about adverbs.
Words that are used
to describe verbs,
telling where, how or when.
So the words that we
talked about today,
adjectives and adverbs.
They work together with
our nouns and our verbs
to help make stronger sentences.
So by adding an
adverb and adjectives,
we're adding in details to
make our writing stronger.
When an author has these,
they're adding in those details
because they really want you
to understand how
things happened,
the way things looked.
They're trying to create that
mental picture in your mind.
So that as you're reading,
you can create a
little movie scene.
As I'm reading some
of these sentences,
I want you to see,
can you picture it in your mind?
The large green watermelon
was ready to pick.
I can just picture a
really big watermelon.
We quickly cut open
the watermelon,
to see the red juice flow out.
Oh, I can picture
that in my mind.
Somebody really
quickly cutting it open
'cause they're
super, super hungry.
We messily ate up
all the watermelon,
and our faces were
hovered and sticky juice.
I can just picture it in
my mind, just like a movie.
So using these
words, like authors
use these words in their books.
Or when you use these
words in your writing,
you're really helping to
create that mental picture
for the reader.
So that they can create
these images in their head
and really get to feel and
experience the writing.
They make a world of
a difference in books.
And that's why we
love to use them.
Now, you guys worked
super hard today
and I am so proud of you.
So, we're gonna do a
little cheer to celebrate.
This is the starry night cheer.
So I want you to hold
your hands up in the sky
and twingle them like
you see lots of stars,
and I want you to tell yourself
that you are shining so bright.
Because you are,
your brains are working so hard,
and you were going
above and beyond,
to learn about these
parts of speech.
And I am so, so proud of
how hard you are working.
So, today is Tuesday.
We have talked so far
this week about nouns,
we've talked about verbs,
we've talked about adjectives
and we've talked about adverbs.
Tomorrow or Wednesday,
we're gonna talk
about pronouns and conjunctions.
Our last two parts of speech
that we're gonna
cover this week.
And then if you join
us again on Thursday,
we're gonna put it all
together to see how they fit.
To make the most amazing
sentences in the world.
Because they truly
make a difference.
So I hope that you guys
enjoy the rest of your day.
Go outside, have a little fun
and we'll see you
again next time.
Bye everybody.
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