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Grade 2 Reading & Writing · World 8: Sentence Shipyard · Level 61
Complete Sentences
Who or what, plus what they do; fix fragments.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 61
- A complete sentence tells a whole thought. It has a naming part, who or what it's about, and a telling part, what they do.
- The little bird sang a happy song. The naming part is the little bird. The telling part is sang a happy song.
- A fragment is just a piece of a sentence. The big dog. What about the big dog? It needs a telling part.
- Ate all the cookies. Who ate them? This fragment needs a naming part.
- Your turn! Tap the naming part: who or what the sentence is about.
- Now build a complete sentence. Tap the parts in order.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 2.L.GC.2 — Recognize and compose coherent sentences that express complete thoughts.