Cause and Effect
Since Ms. Levin likes cats so mucy, she has lots of pictures of cats in her phone.
Ms. Levin likes cats so much.
Aria was gathering plates, napkins, and cupcakes. What is she getting ready for?
A party
"Who will help me organize the worksheets?" asked Mrs. Randle. Everett said he would assist. He was glad to help. He likes to put the worksheets into piles.
What does the word in italics mean?
help
The students collected all the pencil's while they were packing up.
Pencils should not have an apostrophe.
Mrs. Randle and her husband enjoyed a concert at the large park.
What part of speech is enjoyed?
Verb
What is the EFFECT?
The snow melted the next day because the sun was shining brightly.
The snow melted.
Mom is shopping. She's getting food for the week. She will buy many things at the store. She thinks about breakfast. She thinks about lunch. She thinks about dinner. Right now, she is thinking about snacks. She looks at the fruit.
What will she serve as a snack?
Some type of fruit.
Rylen flies planes. He sits in front when he flies. There are controls. He uses them to make the plane go. They controls make the plane go up or down. They make it go fast or slow.
What does controls mean?
tools that make something work
most of the time, Mrs. Randle and Ms. Levin are excited about teaching their students.
Most should be upper case.
THere were eighteen people on the bus going to the Orlando Science Center.
What part of speech is the Orlando Science Center?
proper noun
What is the EFFECT?
The student's behaved well during lunch, therefore they earned an ice cream party.
The students earned an ice cream party.
The houses are all in a row. They look alike. They are all the same size. The houses have the same front. The people who live in them make them look different. They paint them many colors. They plant trees and flowers in the front.
How do the people who live there feel about the way the houses look?
They want them to look different.
Ms. Levin poured milk, soda, ice cubes, grapes and gummy bears into her blender. She blended them together and made a concoction and then drank it.
What is a concoction?
a mix of various ingredients
Whenever the students bring in cupcakes, everyone is happy to sharing in the celebration.
Whenever the cats play, they sometimes get extremely excited and scratch and bite each other.
What part of speech is extremely?
Adverb
What is the CAUSE?
Mrs. Randle packed up all her stuff because she was moving to a new classroom.
Mrs. Randle was moving to a new classroom.
The family is at the table. They are having dinner. Mom and Dad are there. The kids are there. The grandparents are there. They will eat. They will laugh and talk. They will eat ice cream. They will sit at the table and talk some more.
How does the family feel about dinner time?
It is a nice time. They enjoy it.
Sometimes it is hard for students to learn how to make an inference, or use clues in the text to answer questions that are not "right there".
What does inference mean?
to use clues in the text to answer questions that are not "right there"
Commas need to be between the cats' names.
What part of speech is fabulous?
adjective
What is the EFFECT?
The school was closed for a day after the big storm since it flooded the classrooms and hallways.
The school was closed for a day.
The Mia and Tessa are happy. They take turns choosing games. Mia likes hopscotch best. The girls play that first. They both play for a long time. Tessa likes to play hide and seek. That is her favorite games. Mia likes it too. Next, Tessa will choose the game.
What game will they play next?
Hide and seek
Ms. Levin saw a ferocious dog on her walk around the lake. It barked at her, lunged at her and tried to bite her leg.
What does feroucious mean?
Very fierce or aggresive
Friday are the best day to eat ice cream with a friend.
are should be is
The students ran very fast down the hallway.
What part of speech is fast?
adverb