Sentences Lesson, Grades 3-4: Fixing Sentence Fragments

"Went to the store." "Because we needed milk." What is wrong with this note? In about 40 minutes, students learn that a sentence fragment is a group of words that is not a complete sentence: it may be missing a subject, missing a predicate, or start with a word like because or when and stop before the thought is complete. Then they fix fragments three ways: add a subject, add a predicate, or join the fragment to a sentence.

What's inside

• 14 slides, with speaker notes on all 14
• 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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