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Answer |
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What is a
sentence?
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A sentence is a group of words that makes sense.
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What mark do telling sentences/statements end with? |
A period. |
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Give/write an
example of a telling sentence |
Answer will vary. |
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What mark do
questions end with?
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A question mark. |
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Give/write an example of a
question. |
Answer will vary. |
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What do all sentences begin
with? |
A capital letter. |
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Give student a scrambled
sentence, ask student to put the words in order. |
Answer will vary. |
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What is a command? |
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What type of end mark does a
command sentence have? |
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Give/write an example of a
command. |
Answer will vary. |
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Give student three different
types of sentences. Ask student to identify each type
of sentence (telling/asking/command) |
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Name the two parts of a
sentence. |
Naming part (subject) and
action part (predicate). Second graders are not
generally given the terms subject and predicate yet. |
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Give student a sentence. Ask
him/her what the naming part is. |
Answer will vary |
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Give student a sentence. Ask
him/her what the action part is. |
Answer will vary. |
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Give student a small list of
nouns. Have student categorize the nouns into two
lists
i.e. if student is given
bird, dolphin, bee, fish, student sorts into the given
categories of t things that fly and things that swim.
Teacher can give the categories or have student come up with
them on their own. |
Answers will vary. |
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Give student a list of four
words; three of them go together. Student picks out the word
that does not belong. |
Another option is to find
worksheets on the web to practice this. |
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What are synonyms? |
Words that mean about the same
thing. |
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Give student one word at a
time. Have student tell you a synonym for that word.
Examples: big, small, coat,
road |
Answers will vary. |
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What is a noun? |
A noun is a person, place or
thing. |
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Give me an example of:
a noun that is a place
a noun that is a person
a noun that is a thing |
Answers will vary. |
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Give student a group of
sentences. Have student pick out the nouns in each sentence. |
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What does the word singular
mean?
What does the word plural mean? |
Singular: one
Plural: more than one. |
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How do we make most words
plural? |
Add an "s" to the end. |
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When do we make a word plural
by adding "es" to the end? |
When the word ends in:
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Give student a list of nouns.
Some ending in s, sh, ch, x and others that don't. Have
student write the plural. |
Answer will vary. |
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Give student the plural of
several words. Have student tell you the singular form. |
Answer will vary. |
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How do we make words that end
in "y" plural? |
Drop the "y" and add "ies" |
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Give student a list of nouns,
some ending in "y" and some not. Have student write the
plural. |
Answer will vary. |
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How do we make a noun show that
it is owned or belongs to someone? |
Add " 's" to the end |
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Give student several nouns with
something that is possessed.
i.e.
dad____ pen |
Have student fill in the blank to make the word show
possession. |
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What do the names of people
begin with? |
a
capital letter |
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Give student the names of
several people he/she knows or has heard of. Have student
write each name correctly. |
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What do the following titles
mean?
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Mr. -- a man who is or is
not married.
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Mrs.-- a woman who is
married.
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Miss -- a woman who is not
married/never has been married.
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Ms. a divorced woman or we
don't know if she is married or not.
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Doctor
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Given the following titles
orally, have student write the correct titles abbreviated.
Mister, Mrs., Miss, Ms., doctor |
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss, Ms.; Dr. |
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What is an initial? |
The first letter of a word
(especially a person's name) |
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Given several names, including
student's own, have student write the initials. |
Answer will vary. |
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Give student a list of proper
noun places, have student write them correctly.
i.e Lake Erie, Oak Street,
Ohio, etc. |
Answers will vary. |
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How many months are there?
Name/write the 12 months.
What do they begin with? |
12. January, February, ......
capital letter. |
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How many days of the week are
there?
Name/write the days of the
week. What do they begin with? |
7. Sunday, Monday.......
capital letter. |
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