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Explain to students that they are going to sort sentences into categories. The categories are simple, compound, and complex. Share with students that this is a way for them to independently review what simple and compound sentences are and to learn what a complex sentence is.
15 cze 2023 · Providing a variety of sentence sizes and complexities in writing is a standard for 4th and 5th grade. This set includes two different posters: simple and compound sentences. It also provides the definition and an example of an independent and a dependent clause. 14. Complex Sentence. The complex sentence anchor charts include two columns.
Compound sentences join two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction (and, or, but, yet, so, for, nor). Complex sentences contain a main clause and a dependent clause beginning with a conjunction like (before, after, because ....).
28 maj 2018 · An Anchor Chart. When I use this anchor chart, I stress two things: the FANBOYS acronym and the use of the comma. Especially when working with older students, I point out that a comma is only used when a coordinating conjunction joins together two independent clauses.
Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences. A simple sentence has one subject and one predicate. Fruit is a healthy snack. A compound sentence has two independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction.
We created a FANBOYS anchor chart to review the conjunctions that we can use in compound sentences. Students worked with a partner to write a sentence using the FANBOY. Then, we traded sentences to edit. Students shared their sentences and added them to the chart.
INSTRUCT. Tell students that when sentences share related ideas, they can be combined into a more sophisticated sentence called a complex sentence. Review the concept of an independent clause (i.e., a simple sentence).
