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WRITING
STRATEGIES
Student Book page 127: Read the directions aloud with the class. Have students
refer to the sentence they wrote in the Connecting section about places that are
within walking distance of their home. Next, ask them to create a list of places
they visit in their communities. Ask students to enrich their sentences by including
descriptions of what they do at each place. As you circulate among students, help
them to practice correct subject-verb agreement.
Vocabular y Review
VOCABULARY
DEVELOPMENT
Have students review the Key Vocabulary list. Have them write a sentence with
each vocabulary word that tells about a person in their community. Remind them
that they may have to make changes to the words in the list in order to write the
sentences correctly. For example, they may write
Children ride their bicycles to the
park
, but they may not write
My brother ride his bicycle to school.
In that sentence,
they should add
-s
to the end of the word
ride
to correctly write
My brother rides
his bicycle to school.
Unit 4
My Community
126a
Direct Instruction
To be sure a subject and verb agree
in person:
Q
If the subject is first person
singular (I), then the verb must
be conjugated accordingly. For
example:
I am tired. I go to
Parkside Elementary School. I sit
in the front of the classroom.
Q
If the subject is first person
plural (we), then the verb must
be conjugated accordingly. For
example:
We are in third grade.
We go home after school. We sit
together for lunch.
Q
If the subject is second person
either singular or plural (you),
then the verb must be conjugated
accordingly. For example:
You are
smart. You go first. You sit here.
Q
If the subject is third person,
singular (he, she, or it), then
the verb must be conjugated
accordingly. For example:
He is
fast. She goes to band camp.
It sits on the table.
Q
If the subject is third person
plural (they), then the verb must
be conjugated accordingly. For
example:
They are coming. They
go on vacation. They sit with us.
Help students practice identifying
subjects and verbs.
Q
Write as many simple sentences
on the board or on chart paper
as you have students in the class.
Include some that are incorrect.
Q
Ask students to come up
individually and help them
underline the subject of one
sentence. After they have
correctly underlined the subject
of the sentence, ask them to circle
the verb.
Then, ask them to tell the class if the
subject and verb agree, and how
they know.