We had fun using the shapes and emotions we know to help us create our jack- o-lanterns today!

We learned that a noun can be a person, place, or thing.  Today, we worked with a partner to create a 'Circle Map' of the different nouns we could think of.  
We then sorted those nouns to a person, place, or thing category on our 'Tree Map.'  We practiced sharing our maps to the class, while the friends listening practiced showing Mutual Respect, Attentive Listening, No Put Downs, and Appreciations at the end of our sharing.  

We have been working on identifying character(s) and a setting in a story.  We know that a character is a person or animal in a story, and a setting is where the story takes place.  We worked in small groups to create a 'Circle Map' to help us tell the characters and setting in the story, The Tortoise and the Hare.