Grade 1 · Lesson 64 — OR — a choice

U1 · Level One — Parts of Speech · Conjunctions · student sheet is G1_L64_Worksheet.html
Ask the question, then answer. Conjunction: “What two things is it holding together?”

How we did it together — keep looking at this

Whichdoyouprefer,geographyorgeophysics?1Ask: What two things is it holding together?2Try it — “__ or __” ✓ — so “or” is a conjunction.Same steps every time. The marks stay.
Before you mark: Meaning, not just membership.
  1. Find the conjunction.
    My brother and my sister walked to school.
    the conjunction in “My brother and my sister walked to school.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  2. Find the conjunction.
    The soup was hot but very good.
    the conjunction in “The soup was hot but very good.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  3. Find the conjunction.
    We can read now or we can read later.
    the conjunction in “We can read now or we can read later.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  4. Find the conjunction.
    He knocked and she opened the door.
    the conjunction in “He knocked and she opened the door.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  5. Find the conjunction.
    My father and my uncle built the shed.
    the conjunction in “My father and my uncle built the shed.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  6. Find the conjunction.
    The bread was warm but hard.
    the conjunction in “The bread was warm but hard.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
Secure looks like: Given three sentences, the child finds each conjunction AND names both things it joins — including one that joins two whole thoughts.
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