Phonics and Word Patterns
If a word ends in a consonant like WET, the syllable door is closed. Does the vowel make a short sound or a long sound?
Short sound
In our grammar lessons, words like apple, teacher, and Boston belong to this part of speech.
Verbs, nouns, or adjectives
nouns
A simple sentence has two main parts. This part is the person or thing doing the action.
Object or subject
Subject
We use this conjunction when we want to give a reason or explain why something happened.
because, so, yet, nor, and
Because
This is a list of words on your paper that helps you find the correct spelling when you are writing.
graphic organizer, paragraph, word bank
If a word has no consonant after the vowel, like WE or SO, the syllable door is open. Does the vowel make a short sound or a long sound?
A long sound
Action words like jump, sleep, and cook belong to this part of speech.
Verbs, nouns, or adjectives
Verbs
This part of a simple sentence is the person or thing receiving the action.
Object
We use this conjunction to connect a cause to a result, like: "The King was greedy, ____ he put a tax on tea."
so
A picture or drawing—like a web or a chart—that helps you organize your notes before writing a paragraph.
graphic organizer, word bank, paragraph
graphic organizer
This silent letter sits at the end of words like CANE, KITE, and HOPE to make the first vowel say its name.
It is silent E
Describing words like blue, angry, and hot belong to this part of speech.
Verbs, nouns, or adjectives
Adjectives
Identify the subject in this sentence: "The teacher helps the boy."
The teacher
We use this conjunction to show a surprise or contrast, like: "The colonists were angry, ____ they did not start a war yet."
yet
This was the unfair ruler of Great Britain who made the colonists pay heavy taxes.
King George III
Look at these letters: ai, ee, ea, and oa. Are they vowel teams or consonant teams?
Vowel teams
Is the word Boston a common noun or a proper noun?
Proper noun (it needs a capital letter)
Unscramble these words to make a correct sentence: soccer / like / I / playing
I like playing soccer.
We use this conjunction to connect two negative ideas together (a double no!).
nor
This historical event happened when angry colonists dumped British tea into the ocean water.
Look at the picture of water falling from the sky on the board.What is the correct spelling? R-A-I-N or R-A-N-E
Rain
Change this singular sentence to plural: "This is a shoe." -> "These are _______."
shoes
Complete this weather sentence: "In very cold weather, people wear jackets and _______."
Coats, gloves, jeans, hat
Fix the mistake in this sentence order: "I put on my coat because I was outside in the snow."
"I was outside in the snow because I put on my coat"(Or: "Because it was snowing, I put on my coat.")
This 7-letter word means the independence and power to make your own rules, which is exactly what the 13 colonies wanted.
What is freedom?