1. It’s Reading Workshop Day! Get your reading folder and make updates to your reading record. You are turning in the RW Rubric and papers tomorrow.

2. Warm Up! What is a NOUN?

3. Collective Nouns A noun that represents a collection regarded as a unit. Examples: – army – audience – board – cabinet – class – committee – company – corporation – council – department – faculty – family – firm – group – jury – majority – minority – navy – public – senate – society – team – troupe – troop

4. Collective Nouns Collective nouns also tell about a group of objects. Examples: – dozen muffins – deck of cards – pod of dolphins – tribe of monkeys – herd of cattle – swarm of bees – school of fish

5. Important Ideas: Collective Noun ≠ plural noun Collective Noun ≠ plural noun – Example: children ≠ collective noun – Example: class = collective noun – Example: teachers ≠ collective noun – Example: faculty = collective noun Collective Noun ≠ proper noun Collective Noun ≠ proper noun – Example: Girl Scouts of America ≠ collective noun – Example: troop = collective noun

6. Collective Nouns and Usage: A collective noun takes a singular verb when it refers to the collection considered as a whole. – The family is united on this question. – The enemy is suing for peace. A collective noun takes a plural verb when it refers to the members of the group considered as individuals. – My family are always fighting among themselves. – The enemy was showing up in groups of three or four to turn in their weapons.

7. CHECK YOUR PCR BOOK... Is a collective noun used in the title?

8. AS YOU READ YOUR PCR BOOK... Find examples of collective nouns that are important to your story.

9. TURN AND TALK... Share the examples of collective nouns you found in your PCR book.

10. Homework: Collective noun assignment