A group of a sentences clumped together, staying on the same topic.
What is a paragraph?
100
20+8=
What is 28?
100
Mary had 15 apples. Bob gave her 10 more apples. How many does Mary have in all?
What is 25?
200
Did you have ball practice last night
What is a question mark?
200
A feather.
What is a solid?
200
A well written paragraph stays on topic or has a ______ _______.
What is a main idea?
200
53+20=
What is 73?
200
There were 35 beautiful red apples hanging from a tree. A powerful wind came and blew 15 apples off the tree. How many apples are left hanging on the tree?
What is 20?
300
Look out for that hole
What is an exclamation mark?
300
A pillow
What is a solid?
300
This introduces a paragraph and grabs the reader's attention.
What is a topic sentence?
300
84-40=
What is 44?
300
There were 36 ducks swimming in Lucien Lake. Then 12 ducks flew to Stoney lake. How many ducks are left swimming in Lucien Lake?
What are 24 ducks?
400
We love school, cheered the Grade 2/3 Class.
What are quotation marks?
400
The rain.
What is a liquid?
400
This is at the end of a paragraph and "sums" up what the paragraph was about.
What is a concluding sentence?
400
22+14=
What is 36?
400
Mark gave Marissa 5 cookies. He now has 15 left. How many cookies did Mark start with?
What s 20?
500
This is used to make long words shorter. For example: January- Jan. or Friday- Fri.
What is an abbreviation?
500
Air
What is a gas?
500
A good paragraph will have many of these to support the topic sentence (middle of the sandwich).
What are supporting details?
500
75-25=
What is 50?
500
Cookie Monster loves cookies. Elmo gave him 70 cookies and Oscar gave him 15 cookies. Cookie Monster ate 6 of his cookies. How many does he have left?