Sentences Lesson, Grades 3-4: Fixing Run-On Sentences

"The puppy ran outside it rolled in the mud." What happened here? In about 40 minutes, students learn that in this lesson a run-on sentence is two complete sentences run together with no mark between them, or with only a comma. They learn two fixes: split it with a period and a capital letter, or join it with a comma and and, but, or or so.

What's inside

• 15 slides, with speaker notes on all 15
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Rule Notes, 1 student page
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page
• Print-all PDF, 6 pages: lesson plan, Rule Notes, worksheet and answer key together

Answer key included

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