SENTENCES

Textbook pages 4 – 15, 390 - 399Practice pages 48 – 57, 430 - 431

SentencesTextbook pages 4 - 5

• A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.

Sentence Not a Sentence

Chrissy loves her pet dog. Under the rocks and soil

Some leaves stay green all year.

Standing near the fence

The choir sings. The tall golden grass

Jesus was both God and human.

A collection of both long and short books

Videos on Sentences

sentence or fragments – Vids for Kids (Einstein 3:07))https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dfmg6EsaRs sentence fragments/sentences (2:12) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRdLNT81Hio

subject and predicate song (4:29)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twLXRXhGMGs

Four Kinds of SentencesTextbook pages 6 - 7

• Declarative – A declarative sentence makes a statement. It ends with a period(.).

• Interrogative – An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark (?).

• Imperative – An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. It ends with a period(.).

• Exclamatory – An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation mark (!).

Video – 4 kinds of sentences – grammar heads (3:21) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqdBZZToCpw

Complete Subjects and Complete PredicatesTextbook pages 8 - 9

Complete Subject Complete Predicate

Insects can be harmful to plants.

Some insects help.

The bodies of dead insects enrich the soil.

Millions of kinds of insects live throughout the world.

Simple Subject Simple Predicate

Insects can be harmful to plants.

Some insects help.

The bodies of dead insects enrich the soil.

Millions of kinds of insects live throughout the world.

Simple Subjects and Simple PredicatesTextbook pages 10 - 13

Subjects in Imperative SentencesTextbook pages 14 - 15

• You (understood) is the subject of an imperative sentence.

Examples

1. Look through the microscope.

(You) look through the microscope.

2. Erase the chalkboard after class.

(You) erase the chalkboard after class.

Videos of subjects and predicates

• subject and predicate school house rock (2:59) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T427DI5uUZ8

• complete sentence (2:30) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugGZPieO9ZI

ConjunctionsTextbook pages 390 - 399

• Conjunctions join words.• And, or, and but are the most common

conjunctions.• FANBOYS stands for the conjunctions – for,

and, nor, but, or, yet, so• Some conjunctions are used together

either/or and neither/nor

Videos for Conjunctions

• conjunction – school house rock (3:23) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc

• conjunction – grammaropolis (3:46) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ug9xr0Ias

• Conjunctions - Flocabulary (3:02) http://www.flocabulary.com/conjunctions/

Compound SubjectsTextbook pages 390 - 391

• A compound subject is two or more simple subjects that have the same predicate.

Examples

1. Boys and girls climbed aboard the bus.

2. The driver and the teacher explained the rules.

3. One park attendant and her helper welcomed the class.

4. The teachers and parents arranged picnic tables.

Compound PredicatesTextbook pages 394 - 395

• A compound predicate is two or more verbs that have the same subject.

Examples

1. Albert measures and cuts the pattern.

2. They run and kick the ball.

3. The teacher draws and writes on the chalkboard.

4. Students clapped and cheered at the end.

Compound SentencesTextbook pages 396 - 399

• A compound sentence contains two or more simple sentences joined by a conjunction.

Examples

1. Mark sleeps late, but Paul rises early.

2. Victor will do his homework, or he will draw a picture.

3. I mopped the floor, and my sister washed the dishes.

4. Jan will feed the dog, or her brother will do it.

compound sentences – Justin Bieber lyrics (3:29) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pDSjOcFM3U

Videos for review work

• capitalization Electric Company - (1:21) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gMP98VbBLM

• • quotation marks – grammar heads – (3:05) https

://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLB1IUNdoSE• • commas – grammar heads – (4:20) https

://www.youtube.com/user/TheGrammarheads• • punctuation marks – The Electric company - watch all long – 5 minutes

or so. http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/cf81785a-a457-469f-9840-219c0a293be4/cf81785a-a457-469f-9840-219c0a293be4/