Teaching page · Grade 2 · Lesson 8

Joining two ideas

Two whole sentences can become one longer sentence with and, but or because.

What it is

Two short sentences that belong together can be joined into one with and, but, or because. When you join them, only the FIRST word keeps its capital, and only the very end gets a period.

Watch it built

1
Two sentences that belong together.
It rained. The seeds grew.
2
Take out the period and the second capital.
It rained the seeds grew
3
Put the joining word in the gap, and one period at the end.
It rained and the seeds grew.
Remember
One capital at the front, one period at the end — however long it gets.
Ask yourself: “Does each half tell a whole thing on its own?”

Remember

Two ideas, one joining word.

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