Fundations
Parts of Speech
Linking Words
Writing Essays
Stories we read this year
100

This digraph is in the word "ship." 

What is /sh/?

100

This part of speech is a person, place, thing, feeling, or idea. 

What is a noun? 

100

This word puts two thoughts together in a sentence. 

What is and?

100

This sentence states the main idea of your essay. 

What is the topic sentence?

100

This book is about two men whose first names are the same. 

What is George vs. George

200
These are words that sound the same but are spelled different and mean different things. 

What is a homophone?

200

This part of speech is an action word. 

What is a verb?

200

This word tells the reader why you think what you think. 

What is because?

200

This comes from the text and supports your argument. 

What is "evidence"?

200

In this book, a boy had to survive after a plane crash. 

What is Hatchet?

300

These vowel teams make the long /e/ sound.

What are ee, ea, and ey?

300

This part of speech describes a noun.

What is an adjective?

300

These words tell you what time something happened. 

What is "when" and "after"?

300

This sentence explains more about what you think and why. 

What is elaboration?

300

This book was about a boy writing poetry after his dog died. 

What is Love That Dog?

400

This suffix means that it happened in the past.

What is -ed?

400

This part of speech describes a verb. 

What is an adverb?

400

These words help you say more about what you think. 

What is "also" and "because"?

400

This paragraph comes at the beginning of the essay. 

What is an introduction?

400

In this book, we learned about how blood moves through the body. 

What is The Circulatory Story?

500

These digraphs make an "n" sound. 

What are pn, kn, and gn?

500

This part of speech tells you when or where something is or when and where something happened. 

What is a preposition?
500

This phrase lets you give an example to support your idea. 

What is "for example"?

500

This sentence is the last sentence of your essay. 

What is a "strong final thought"?
500

We watched a movie based on this story. 

What is "All Summer in a Day"?