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Coordinating Conjunctions

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Coordinating Conjunctions

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In this classroom resource, students will learn about conjunctions. A conjunction is a word that joins two parts of a sentence. There are two kinds of conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions. This resource offers videos, games, and worksheets to help further understand the concept.

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English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 3	21. Identify and interpret various cohesive devices that link words and sentences to one another within the text. Examples: pronoun references, conjunctions, word substitution using synonyms Note: Working with cohesive devices is a scaffold to building comprehension at both sentence and paragraph levels. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 21. Identify Interpret Cohesive devices Link Knowledge: 21. Students know: Words and sentences can be joined together with certain words, phrases, or references. Skills: 21. Students are able to: Identify cohesive devices that link together words and sentences within a text, such as pronoun references, word substitution using synonyms, and conjunctions. Interpret cohesive devices to build comprehension at the sentence and paragraph levels. Understanding: 21. Students understand that: Cohesive devices, like pronoun references, word substitution, and conjunctions, can link words and sentences together within the larger body of text. To fully comprehend a text, they must understand the meaning of the cohesive devices.
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. Unpacked Content 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.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 4	38. Compose complete sentences with correct subject-verb agreement, punctuation, and usage. a. Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns. Example: a small red bag rather than a red small bag b. Form and use prepositional phrases and conjunctions. c. Recognize and correct sentence fragments and run-on sentences. d. Use commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks correctly. e. Use correct capitalization, including familial relations and proper adjectives. f. Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 38. Compose Complete sentences Subject-verb agreement Punctuation 38a. Adjectives 38b. Prepositional phrases Conjunctions 38c. Sentence fragments Run-on sentences 38d. Commas Apostrophes Quotation marks 38e. Capitalization Familial relations Proper adjectives 38f. References Knowledge: 38. Students know: A complete sentence has at least one subject and one predicate. A subject and its verb must both be singular or both plural. A complete sentence ends with an ending punctuation mark and there are other punctuation marks that may need to be included. 38a. The English language orders adjectives within a sentence according to conventional patterns. 38b. A prepositional phrase is a group of words consisting of a preposition, the object of the preposition, and any words that modify the object. A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses and indicates the relationship between the joined units; there are coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions. 38c. A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence that is missing either its subject or its main verb. A run-on sentence occurs when multiple complete sentences are joined incorrectly without using a coordinating conjunction or appropriate punctuation. 38d. Commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks are punctuation marks that are used in writing for specific purposes. 38e. Certain words in the English language are capitalized. 38f. Phonics skills necessary to spell words correctly. Correct spellings can be located in reference materials, such as dictionaries. Skills: 38. Students are able to: Write complete sentences with correct subject-verb agreement and appropriate punctuation and word usage. 38a. Appropriate order adjectives within a sentence according to standard English conventions; for example, a small red bag rather than a red small bag. 38b. Form and use prepositional phrases in writing. Form and use conjunctions in writing. 38c. Recognize sentence fragments and run-on sentences. Correct sentence fragments and run-on sentences. 38d. Use commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks correctly in writing. 38e. Use correct capitalization, including familial relations and proper adjectives. 38f. Spell grade-appropriate words correctly. Consult references for correct spellings, if needed. Understanding: 38. Students understand that: The proper conventions of a complete sentence must be used to convey their intended meaning. 38a. Ordering adjectives in a conventional manner helps their writing to be clearly understood by readers. 38b. Prepositional phrases and conjunctions are used to expand or connect words, phrases, and sentences. 38c. Sentence fragments and run-on sentences should not be included in academic writing, and they must be corrected when the occur. 38d. Commas are a common punctuation mark used in writing for multiple reasons, such as to separate items in a series, before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence, or with direct quotations. Apostrophes are used to form possessive nouns and contractions. Quotation marks are used to show dialogue (speech) in text. 38e. There are common capitalization rules to follow, such as capitalizing the first letter of a sentence, proper nouns, and the pronoun I. There are less common capitalization rules, like capitalizing familial relations and proper adjectives. 38f. To clearly communicate in writing, they must use correct spellings. If they do not know how to spell a word, they can consult reference materials for assistance.

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Coordinating Conjunctions