What We Notice

All year long I have asked the students to tell me what they notice.  This week we have been looking at what we call FANBOYS sentences and asking the class what they notice.  Today we looked at our fourth FANBOYS sentence.  I am always amazed when you ask students to notice things what they will notice.  

We started simple.  The class noticed a comma.  By today we were noticing that on both sides of the comma there was a subject and a verb.  In just four days the class went from noticing a small comma to figuring out the sentences.  We still have not figured why we call the sentences FANBOYS and what those FANBOYS are really called, but that will come as we look at more sentences.  

I am going to keep it short tonight.  Do not forget midterms are coming home tomorrow.

Hope you are all having a great week.