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Grade 5 Reading & Writing · World 5: Sentence Shipyard · Level 37
Sentence Structure
Use structure to understand long sentences, and tell simple, compound, and complex sentences apart.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 37
- Welcome to the Sentence Shipyard! Good sentences are built like ships. A simple sentence has one main clause.
- A compound sentence joins two main clauses with a comma and a word like and, but, or or.
- A complex sentence has a main clause, and a part that can't stand alone.
- To understand a long sentence, find the main clause first. The extra parts add when, why, or how.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 5.L.GC.2.a — Apply understandings of sentence structure to comprehend a wide variety of grade-level texts. (I)
- 5.L.GC.2.b — Use a variety of simple, compound, and complex sentences to strengthen clarity and coherence, maintaining consistent verb tense throughout the entire text. (C)