Sentence Conventions & Vocabulary
Aligned to L.1.1 — Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.
What this lesson teaches
A complete sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a period, question mark, or exclamation point. Sorting words into groups, like animals or foods, helps you learn what they mean.
Worked example
Fix this: 'the dog runs' should be 'The dog runs.' with a capital T and a period. Words like apple, banana, grape all go in the group 'fruits.'
Practice questions
- Write a sentence with a capital letter and a period.
- Sort these into groups: cat, apple, dog, banana.
- Add the right end mark: Are you happy
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Convenciones de oraciones y vocabulario
Una oración completa comienza con letra mayúscula y termina con punto, signo de interrogación o signo de exclamación. Clasificar palabras en grupos, como animales o alimentos, te ayuda a aprender su significado.
Ejemplo: Corrige esto: 'the dog runs' debe ser 'The dog runs.' con T mayúscula y punto. Palabras como apple, banana, grape pertenecen al grupo 'fruits.'
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