Teaching page · Grade 1 · Lesson 26
Key nouns — meet the words
Some nouns name things you can touch. Others name ideas — and those are the ones writers need.
The words
Watch how it is built
1problem means about the same as something wrong.
The problem was that the seed died.
2idea means about the same as a thought.
She had an idea for the model.
3fact means about the same as a true thing.
It is a fact that rain is water.
Two ways to say it
✗ The something wrong was that the seed died. — this is not wrong, but it is everyday talk.
✓ The problem was that the seed died. — this is how a writer says it.
Ask yourself: “Does my sentence still make sense without the word?”
Remember
Write it in your own sentence, not mine.
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