Grade 3 · Lesson 36 — Commas with conjunctions

U1 · Punctuation — the comma system · Commas with conjunctions · student sheet is G1_L36_Worksheet.html
Ask the question, then answer. Subject: “Who or what is this about?” · Action Verb Predicate (AVP): “What does the subject do?” · Direct Object: “Verb — what? or whom?”

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Children,highabovethebook,puttheirthoughtsdownandlooked.1Ask: Who or what is this about?2Try it — “Children” ✓ — so “Children” is a subject.3Ask: Verb — what? or whom?4Try it — “book” ✓ — so “book” is the direct object.Two questions. Two answers. One sentence — the marks stay.
Before you mark: REVIEW DAY. Choose the focus from the last assessment, not from a plan made months ago — then use this sheet on it. No new content — the focus comes from the last assessment, not from a plan made months ago.
  1. Find the subject.
    The boy ran fast.
    the subject in “The boy ran fast.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  2. Find the action verb predicate (avp).
    The boy ran fast.
    the action verb predicate (avp) in “The boy ran fast.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  3. Find the direct object.
    The boy kicked the ball.
    the direct object in “The boy kicked the ball.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  4. Find the subject.
    My brother helps my dad.
    the subject in “My brother helps my dad.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  5. Find the action verb predicate (avp).
    My sister read the book.
    the action verb predicate (avp) in “My sister read the book.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  6. Find the direct object.
    She read the book.
    the direct object in “She read the book.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
Secure looks like: Answers the right question for each item without prompting, and self-corrects when they realize they answered the previous one.
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