Adjectives Come On Now

Adjectives Come On Now
Written by Robin Bracken
Calhoun Academy of the Arts
Anderson, SC
Sing to: Get Busy by Sean Paul


Adjectives- how many?
Adjectives- what kind?
Adjectives- which one?
It’s Adjectives time

Get busy, describing that noun
adjectives nearly always appear
immediately before the noun
come on you hear me let’s get busy
create pictures in the reader's
mind
Make it so real you take em on a ride
The sentence is flowin’ now
It’s so smooth
It’s magic –WOW!

[Chorus]
Adjectives describe a noun
Describe a noun
Describe a noun
Adjectives they modify
They modify
They modify
The Articles — a, an, and the — are adjectives
Are adjectives
Common and proper
Let’s get it on…Let’s get it on
Adjectives describe a noun
Adjectives describe a noun

Comparisons are known as the positive, the comparative, and the superlative.
Comparative compares two things
The Superlative compares three or more
Luan is funny, but Kyle is funnier, but Roman is the funniest in town.
Positive, comparative, superlative
They compare!

[Chorus]


Add -er and -est to form
most comparatives and superlatives,
although we need -ier and -iest
when a two-syllable
adjective ends in y
like happier and happiest
or use more and most
when an adjective
has more than two syllables


[Chorus]

Adjectives come on now
Size, Shape, Age and Color
Adjectives come on now
Size, Shape, Age and Color

rich richer richest
lovely lovelier loveliest
beautiful more beautiful
most beautiful

Come on!

[Chorus]

Adjectives come on now
this, that, these, and those
Adjectives come on now
this, that, these, and those

good better best
bad worse worst
little less least
far further furthest

Sentences

Sentences
Written by Robin Bracken
Calhoun Academy of the Arts
Anderson, SC
Sing to: Love Shack by The B52’s

If you see a lot of words when it’s time to write
Put them all together and make a SENTENCE, Sentence yeah!

I'm writing down the words in the right way,
lookin' for the words’ pathway
Heading for the sentence getaway
I got my pencil and I’m ready to write
You can’t stop me now
My grip is too tight
My teacher is ready, to help me learn
So hurry up and get your grammar face on!

A sentence is a group of words
That express a complete thought
A Sentence baby, A Sentence bay-bee.
A Sentence, Baby sentence
A Sentence, Baby Sentence

Start with a Captial letter
'cause that’s what you’re just supposed to do

Now don’t forget to put the right end mark:
Period, question or exclamatory, too

There’s always 2 parts
Subject and a predicate
Subject tells what or whom
Predicate tells what they do

A sentence is a group of words
That express a complete thought
A Sentence baby, A Sentence bay-bee.
A Sentence, not a fragment
A Sentence, not a fragment

Tell’n and a ask’n, giv’n and express’n
Four types are workin
You better keep it goin’
The whole class shimmies when everybody's
Movin' around and around and around and around!
Everybody's movin', everybody's groovin' baby!
Declarative- tell ‘em with a period
Everybody's movin', everybody's groovin' baby
Imperative- ORDER with a period
Music Break-

Interrogative- no question there
Exclamatory- exclamation YEAH!!
My teacher is ready, to help me learn
So hurry up and get your grammar face on!

A sentence is a group of words
That express a complete thought
A Sentence baby, A Sentence bay-bee.
A Sentence, Baby sentence
A Sentence, Baby Sentence

-Music Break-

Write, Write, Write on your paper children!
Write a little longer students!
Write, Write, Write on your paper children!
Are you ready?

Period- at the end baby!
Question Mark- that’s not all y’all
Exclamation Mark
You got it now!
Sentences? Wipe ‘em down!

Sentences, baby Sentences!
Sentences, baby Sentences!
Sentences baby, Sentences!
Sentences baby, Sentences!

All the Action Verbs

VERBS!!!!
Written by Mrs. Bracken
Calhoun Academy of the Arts
Anderson, SC
Sing to: Beyonce “Single Ladies”

All the Action Verbs.... All the Action Verbs
All the Helping Verbs... All the Helping Verbs
All the Linking Verbs... All the Linking Verbs
All the Action Verbs

Now put your hands up!
Action verbs
Acting Up
Showing what the subject does
Running- Swimming
Dancing-Singing
Sometimes it’s action you can’t see

Direct objects, follow the verb
Answer what? Or whom?
Just stay on track!
There’s no turning back-
Cause there’s just a lot to learn

CHORUS:
When you write a sentence you must put a verb in it
It’s not a complete sentence until you put a verb in it
Lights, Camera, Action- put a verb in it
Come on- now you hear me-put a verb in it

Uh oh oh Uh oh oh oh oh oh Uh oh oh (x2)
REPEAT CHORUS (but no the uh oh's)

To help us all out
We’ve got some helping verbs
Working with the main action verb
Am are were have
Has is was had
Helping out is not so bad

Now another kind
They’re called linking verbs
They’re opposite and don’t show action

They link the subject with the predicate
She is strong--the racers seem ready

CHORUS:
When you write a sentence you must put a verb in it
It’s not a complete sentence until you put a verb in it
Lights, Camera, Action- put a verb in it
Come on- now you hear me-put a verb in it

Uh oh oh Uh oh oh oh oh oh Uh oh oh (x2)
REPEAT CHORUS

Oh- It’s present tense if it’s happening now
All you do is add an “s”
Past tense is easy, too- just add an –ed
The future tense will come
So just use will or shall
Make sure it agrees- singular or plural
Subject singular add an “s”
A plural leave alone
If you don’t it will be wrong
It will be on like Donkey Kong

All the Action Verbs.... All the Action Verbs
All the Helping Verbs... All the Helping Verbs
All the Linking Verbs... All the Linking Verbs
All the Action Verbs... Now put your hands up

When you write a sentence you must put a verb in it
It’s not a complete sentence until you put a verb in it
Lights, Camera, Action- put a verb in it
Come on- now you hear me-put a verb in it

Uh oh oh Uh oh oh oh oh oh Uh oh oh (x2)

What You Know about Nouns

"What You Know About Nouns"
Sing to "What you Know" T.I.
Written by: Fifth Grade Teachers at Calhoun Academy
Anderson, SC

What you know about nouns!?!? What you know about nouns!?!? What you know about nouns!?!? We know all about nouns!!
A person, a place, or animal or thing. Like a boy or a school or a dog or a ring.
What you know about nouns!?!? What you know about nouns!?!? What you know about nouns!?!? We know all about nouns!!
--Repeat—
When we talkin' nouns, you know we mean the stars of sentences, so let us tell you what they are. (PEOPLE) like the students, yo. (PLACE) like the schools, yo. (ANIMAL) like the fishes, yo. (THING) like the dishes, yo.


Now if it's singular, it stands for one of ya,
And if it's plural, it stands for more than one of ya.
You change by adding s, to all those normal nouns.
For example, pencils, pens and maybe crowns.
Now if it ends in X, ch, sh, double s. You add an es to the end, nonetheless.
You carry boxes yo, and ride the buses, yo, Or wear the dresses yo, and eat the lunches, yo.
A person, a place, or animal or thing. Like a boy or a school or a dog or a ring.
What you know about nouns!?!?
What you know about nouns!?!?
What you know about nouns!?!?
We know all about nouns!!


When we talking nouns with a consonant before the “y”, come on drop the “y” and add “ies”
city with an -ies
family with an -ies
cherry with an -ies
party with an -ies
Now if the ending is f or fe change the f to v and add es
A cat with 9 lives yo, the leaves on the trees yo, the calves on the farm yo, two halves of a pizza yo,

Not every noun follows the pattern
irregular nouns-change a few letters
You walk on ya feet yo,
you feed the geese yo
You trick the mice yo,
you teach the children yo


Some don’t change, no matter how many
The word sounds the same, and the spelling doesn’t change
Fishing for 1 trout or fishing for two trout
Hunting for 1 deer or hunting for 10 deer
The two types of nouns are common and proper
Common is just plain but proper gets specific
Keep the lowercase-- on the common nouns
Proper nouns are queens so give them special crowns
Your school is Calhoun yo, Your state is S.C yo, Your country is the US yo, Your planet is the Earth yo


What you know about nouns!?!? What you know about nouns!?!? What you know about nouns!?!? We know all about nouns!!
A person, a place, or animal or thing.
Like a boy or a school or a dog or a ring.
What you know about nouns!?!? What you know about nouns!?!? What you know about nouns!?!? We know all about nouns!!

I Know What Possessive Means

“I Know What Possessive Means”
Sing to “Obsessed” by Mariah Carey
By: Kim Bearden- Ron Clark Academy

So oh oh oh ohSo oh oh oh ohSo oh oh oh ohSo oh oh oh ohSo oh oh oh ohSo oh oh oh ohSo oh oh oh ohSo oh oh oh ohWhen you’ve got wordsDifferent nouns
And you need to know whose they are
Apostrophes go
With an s
We’ll learn the rules for
Different sets
Singular nouns
Apostrophe s
It’s always the same, except for with names
With those you choose what you want to do
You got it now? You got it now? OhI know what possessive means (boy, I want to know)It’s so easy can’t you see (when everybody knows)
It’s not too hard to learn just threeRules to make your friends impressed
Use ‘em right each time—you’ll have success
Show ownership or relationship
Keep it straight in your mind
It’s confusing you what you’ve got to do
But it’s easy you will find
Plural nouns that end in s
Simply add apostrophe after the S

Oh oh oh…

I know what possessive means
Oh, oh, oh….


Plural nouns
That don’t end in s
Add the apostrophe
Before the S

That’s all there is
No complications
Only three rules
No hesitation
Tell the world how they should use themMake them stop
Always abusin’ ‘em
Tell mom and pop
Tell corporationsHave a press conferenceHave a conversationI know what possessive means (boy, I want to know)It’s so easy can’t you see (when everybody knows)
It’s not too hard to learn just threeRules to make your friends impressed
Use ‘em right each time—you’ll have success

Show ownership or relationship
Keep it straight in your mind
It’s confusing you what you’ve got to do
But it’s easy you will find
Plural nouns that end in s
Simply add apostrophe after the S

I know what possessive means

Action Verbs

Today we reviewed Action Verbs. We are currently learning a song called, "All the Action Verbs" written to the tune of "Single Ladies" by Beyonce. So, today the students posed an ACTION shot of the things they like to do! ENJOY! We have a very ACTIVE class!