10/25> Conjunctions
Students will continue to experiment with Conjunctions in sentences. During our NDSA testing, Word Work will also focus on test taking skills.
10/11 - 10/20> Grammar Goal: Conjunctions and Good Sentences
Students will identify what conjunctions are and how the affect sentences. Students will then determine when and how to use conjunctions to create appropriate sentences.
9/27> Grammar Goal: Define and identify parts of a sentence
Subjects Vs. Predicates
Subjects
Subjects are the main focus of a sentence. Traditionally they are found at the beginning of a sentence, but not always. Subjects are Nouns, but not all nouns are subjects. The subject is always the noun completing the verb (or action).
Predicates
Predicates are everything in a sentence that is NOT part of the subject. Predicates are the verb (or action) as well as who or what the action is happening to and where or when the action might be happening.
Example:
The big fat monkey swung from the tree for hours.
The subject is monkey and all the words that refer to monkey.
The predicate is everything that is not part of the subject.
Example 2: Be careful!
Under the old brown log, a spider is waiting for her lunch.
The subject is the noun that is preforming the action. In this case the action is "waiting". The noun that is doing the "waiting" is a spider.
The predicate is everything else in the sentence.
Subjects
Subjects are the main focus of a sentence. Traditionally they are found at the beginning of a sentence, but not always. Subjects are Nouns, but not all nouns are subjects. The subject is always the noun completing the verb (or action).
Predicates
Predicates are everything in a sentence that is NOT part of the subject. Predicates are the verb (or action) as well as who or what the action is happening to and where or when the action might be happening.
Example:
The big fat monkey swung from the tree for hours.
The subject is monkey and all the words that refer to monkey.
The predicate is everything that is not part of the subject.
Example 2: Be careful!
Under the old brown log, a spider is waiting for her lunch.
The subject is the noun that is preforming the action. In this case the action is "waiting". The noun that is doing the "waiting" is a spider.
The predicate is everything else in the sentence.
9/27> Word Work: Vowel Digraphs and Long Vowels
Vowels Digraphs and Long Vowels:
All of our spelling words this week have at least one long vowel sound.
Open Syllables:
Last week we learned about open and closed vowels. To have a short vowel sound you need to have a closed syllable. Conversely, this week some of our long vowel words have open syllable to make them say the long sound.
CVCe:
We also learned long ago about the "silent e" or the "magic e". We have a few words this week that have the Consonant Vowel Consonant e (CVCe) pattern to make the long vowel sound.
Vowel Digraphs:
We also introduced to concept of Vowel Digraphs. This is the concept that two vowels can work together to say a different sound. In this case all of our vowel digraphs made our words say the long vowel sound.
All of our spelling words this week have at least one long vowel sound.
Open Syllables:
Last week we learned about open and closed vowels. To have a short vowel sound you need to have a closed syllable. Conversely, this week some of our long vowel words have open syllable to make them say the long sound.
CVCe:
We also learned long ago about the "silent e" or the "magic e". We have a few words this week that have the Consonant Vowel Consonant e (CVCe) pattern to make the long vowel sound.
Vowel Digraphs:
We also introduced to concept of Vowel Digraphs. This is the concept that two vowels can work together to say a different sound. In this case all of our vowel digraphs made our words say the long vowel sound.