Teaching page · Grade 2 · Lesson 29
Key adjectives — use the words
A word is yours when you can put it in a sentence that needed it.
The words
important
worth caring about
Watch how it is built
1important means about the same as worth caring about.
Water is important for plants.
2common means about the same as seen a lot.
Robins are common here.
3similar means about the same as almost the same.
The two rocks are similar.
Two ways to say it
✗ Water is worth caring about for plants. — this is not wrong, but it is everyday talk.
✓ Water is important for plants. — this is how a writer says it.
Ask yourself: “Would my sentence still work if I took the word out?”
Remember
Describe it so a reader can see it.
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