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Simple and Compound Sentences for Kids

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Simple and Compound Sentences for Kids

URL:

https://youtu.be/s1Vff6iXiiM

Content Source:

Other
YouTube

Type:

Audio/Video

Overview:

This video will teach students about simple and compound sentences. Students will learn about dependent and independent clauses and combining prepositional phrases with coordinating conjunctions.

Content Standard(s):

English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2

36. Manipulate words and/or phrases to create simple and compound sentences, including coordinating conjunctions for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so, to help build syntactic awareness and comprehension at the sentence level.

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Teacher Vocabulary:

36.

Manipulate
Phrases
Simple sentences
Compound sentences
Coordinating conjunctions
Syntactic awareness
Sentence level

Knowledge:

36.

A complete simple sentence includes a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought.
A complete compound sentence includes two subjects and two predicates and expresses two complete thoughts.
A complete compound sentence must include a coordinating conjunction to link the two complete thoughts.

Skills:

36. Students are able to:

Manipulate words and/or phrases to create simple and compound sentences in their writing.
Use coordinating conjunctions to combine two simple sentences into a compound sentence in their writing.

Understanding:

36. Students understand that:

They can improve their reading comprehension and build syntactic awareness by using different types of sentences in their writing.
They can join two simple sentences with a coordinating conjunction to form a compound sentence.
Writers vary their sentence structure to engage their readers.

English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 3

30. Manipulate words and/or phrases to create compound sentences, including coordinating conjunctions for, and, nor, but, or, yet, or so, and complex sentences to help build syntactic awareness and comprehension at the sentence level.

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Teacher Vocabulary:

30.

Manipulate
Phrases
Compound sentences
Coordinating conjunctions
Complex sentences
Syntactic awareness
Comprehension
Sentence level

Knowledge:

30. Students know:

A complete compound sentence includes two subjects and two predicates and expresses two complete thoughts.
A complete compound sentence must include a coordinating conjunction to link the two complete thoughts.
A complex sentence expresses two thoughts, one complete thought and one incomplete thought, that are joined by a subordinating conjunction or relative pronoun.

Skills:

30. Students are able to:

Manipulate words and/or phrases to create compound and complex sentences in their writing.
Use coordinating conjunctions to combine two simple sentences into a compound sentence in their writing.

Understanding:

30. Students understand that:

They can improve their reading comprehension and build syntactic awareness by using different types of sentences in their writing.
They can join two simple sentences with a coordinating conjunction to form a compound sentence.
They can create a complex sentence by using a subordinate conjunction or relative pronoun.
Writers vary their sentence structure to engage their readers.

Tags:

dependent and independent clauses, prepositional phrases, simple and compound sentences

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Author:

Ginger Boyd

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Simple and Compound Sentences for Kids