How to answer a question in a complete sentence

Today I am sharing a strategy for answering those open-ended Reading response question that are all the rage in the "big tests" now (Common Core, PARCC, Smarter Balanced, or TNReady as we're now calling it). It has a simple acronym to remember: TAG-IT... this started out as just TAG as in "TAG your answer," but I realized I needed to add just a bit more scaffolding for the 4th graders, so TAG-IT was born! Each year we create an anchor chart together. Then I take a picture, copy 4-to-a-page…

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100 Imperative Sentences, Examples of Imperatives Imperative Sentence Example When you want to warn, give orders, or communicate informally in English in daily life, imperative sentences are preferred as a type of communication. Imperative sentences have an easier structure in terms of establishment compared to other sentences. Because when you want to make an imperative sentence, you don’t need to use a verb. So it has a fairly simple setup. The use of imperative sentences in English is…

English WH Question Words, Definition and Example Sentences Question Words Meaning Example Sentences WHO Person Who’s that? That’s George. WHERE Place Where do you live? In Texas. WHY Reason Why will I have to clean up? There are guests. WHEN Time When do you wake up everyday? HOW Manner How will you like your meat? With tomato sauce. WHAT Object, idea or action What is your job? I am an engineer. WHICH Choice Which one was your car? The red one. WHOSE Possession Whose notebook did you…

Last week we looked at the beautiful language and sentence fluency in All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan. I decided to do a small writing project with the kids to help them adopt a more fluent writing style and to write more like Patricia MacLachlan. We noticed that all the places the characters loved in her book had to do with nature. I modeled for students how I thought of a place in nature that I love (the Horicon Marsh), followed by nouns that I see, feel, smell, hear, and…

10 Interrogative Sentences, Examples with Interrogative Sentences ) An interrogative sentence contains a direct question and a interrogation mark is put at the end of the sentence. As with other sentences in English, it should include subject and verb in interrogative sentences, and the word order is often changed to put the verb in front of the subject. Question Words; What Who Whom Where When Which Why Here are 10 Interrogative Sentences Examples; When will you visit your moms? Where do…

Different Ways to Begin Sentences

Getting students back into the swing of things can be rough. Especially when they forget everything we taught them (not literally of course). The beginning of the year is a great time to set up your expectations and gauge your students’ abilities. I have two different open ended comprehension passages for free (fiction, and non-fiction. ... Read More about Comprehension

English Interrogative Sentences, Definitions and Examples, 10 interrogative sentences INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES Throughout our life, we constantly question things, and therefore we have many questions in our minds. In order to learn new information, to eliminate confusion and clarify a subject we are curious about, we construct questioning sentences. An interrogative sentence contains a direct question and a interrogation mark is put at the end of the sentence. As with other sentences in…