Grammar
A person, place, thing, or animal.
What is a noun?
I come at the end of a regular sentence.
What is a period?
I describe what the whole paragraph or story is about.
What is the main idea?
My favorite color is purple because it reminds me of grapes.
Why is my favorite color purple?
My favorite color is purple because it reminds me of grapes.
Respond using PQA -
What is your favorite color?
My favorite color is ---.
I describe a noun.
What is an adjective?
I am the first sentence in a paragraph that describes the main idea and what the paragraph will be about.
What is an introduction sentence?
Identify the main idea -
I love to eat pizza. I like all the different toppings that you can add to pizza. I also like the gooey cheese. This is why I love to eat pizza.
The main idea is that I love to eat pizza.
I have an orange Tabby cat called Taffy because her orange color reminds me of candy.
What kind of cat do I have?
I have an orange Tabby cat.
Respond using PQA -
What is your favorite food?
My favorite food is ---.
Fix this sentence -
i have a black marker
I have a black marker.
Capitalize the "I" and add a period.
I support the main idea of a paragraph and give information about a topic.
What are supporting details?
Identify the main idea -
The dog likes to play at the park. The dog likes to run fast. The dog likes to play with other dogs. The dog likes to enjoy the fresh air. This is why the dog likes to play at the park.
The main idea is that the dog likes to play at the park.
A cheetah is the fastest land mammal because it can reach speeds of about 60-70 miles per hour.
How is the cheetah able to reach speeds of about 60-70 miles per hour?
A cheetah is able to reach speeds of about 60-70 miles per hours because it is the fastest land mammal.
Respond using PQA -
Describe the different habitat of sharks.
Sharks live in different habitats.
There are different habitats of sharks.
Identify the adjective and the noun it is describing in the sentence -
The black dog runs fast.
The adjective is black and the noun it is describing is the dog.
I come at the end of a paragraph to sum it up.
What is a conclusion sentence?
Identify the main idea -
Max likes to go shopping with his grandmother. He likes to help pick out groceries to bring home. Max likes to wheel the wagon down the aisles. He also likes to help bag the groceries.
The main idea is that Max likes to go shopping with his grandmother.
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System. Mercury also has the most craters in the Solar System.
What is the size of Mercury?
Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System.
Respond using PQA -
Why do animals hibernate in winter?
Animals hibernate in winter.
Identify all nouns and adjectives in the sentence -
The huge whale swims in the big blue ocean.
Nouns are whale and ocean.
Adjectives are huge, big, and blue.
One sentence is one complete _________.
Every paragraph has a ______ _______.
---thought.
--- main idea.
Identify the main idea -
Sharks are predators that live in most ocean habitats. Sharks are fish that have no bones. There are over 500 species of sharks. Sharks are good hunters and swim fast.
The main idea is different facts about sharks.
Pluto used to be known as the 9th planet, but in 2006 Pluto became a dwarf planet instead. Pluto has 5 moons. Although Pluto is small, it is the largest dwarf planet.
What happened to Pluto in 2006?
In 2006 Pluto became a dwarf planet.
Respond using PQA -
Describe how fish and mammals are different.
Fish and mammals are different.
Fish are different from mammals.