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Lesson #2 Reasoning and Writing My 4th grade group in Reasoning and Writing have been working on different parts of speech. They were reminded that pronouns are words that are used in place of nouns. They were told the pronouns are he, she it, her, him, them and they. The students were also told the rule about nouns. If the word names a person, place or thing, it's a noun. They were given a hint that every sentence has a verb. I told them that a verb is usually the first part of the predicate and it says what someone or something did.

The instructions were to write N above each noun with a green pencil. Write P above each pronoun with the red pencil. Write V above each verb with a blue pencil. Each student had a copy of the lesson. They were instructed to complete it at their desk first. When they finished each student had the chance to come up to the Smartboard and mark a sentence. I really liked this activity because it gave the students the opportunity to come up to the board and share their thinking with the rest of the group. They enjoyed this lesson and wanted more.