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(coordinating conjunctions)
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
Teacher Note: Chant these many times till students know them. Coordinating
conjunctions join words, phrases, and independent clauses together. They are
sometimes called “glue” words. Remind Students they must use commas before
coordinating conjunctions in a compound sentence. NCSCOS OBJ 5.03
White Bus Words
(Subordinating Conjunctions)
A after, although, as
W when, while, where
H how
I if
T than
E even though
B because, before
U until, unless
S since, so that
Teacher Note: Chant or sing to the tune of “Frere Jacques”. Subordinating conjunctions
join a dependent clause to an independent clause.
The Articles
A, an, the
A, an, the
A banana
An apple
Fruit is sweet.
Fruit is neat.
A, an, the
A, an, the
Teacher Note: Sing to the tune of “Frere Jacques”. Articles are noun
signals. They often tell you that a noun is coming up in the sentence.
Source: Jane Bell Kiester
Prepositions
Aboard, about, above, across, after,
against, along, among, around, at,
before, behind, below, beneath,
between, beyond, by, down, during,
except, for, from, in, into, like, of,
off, onto, on, over, past, since,
through, throughout, to, toward,
under, underneath, until, up, upon,
with, within, without!!!
Teacher Note: Chant these to help students remember them.
Prepositions show the relationship of one word in a sentence to another
word. They can tell location (where something is), direction (where
something is going), time (when something happens), or relationship between
nouns/pronoun and another word in a sentence. Prepositions begin
prepositional phrases and end with a noun or pronoun called the object of
the preposition. NCSCOS OBJ 5.03
AVOID Dead and Dying Verbs
Dead verbs:
am
are
be
had
has
have
is
was
were
any verb ending in “ing”
AND the sense verbs (looks, smells,
tastes, sounds, feels)
Dying verbs (act as helping verbs):
become/became
make/made
act/acted
exist/existed
seem/seemed
resemble/resembled
Teacher Note: Sing to the tune of the “Volga Boatman” Song.
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Source: Jane Bell Kiester