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Kangaroo Care

Identifying Fragments
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DISCUSS:
After reading this do you know everything Sal did today? Why or why not?
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Listen for the subject and action. Hold up 1 paw or 2 paws.
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Listen for the subject and action. Hold up 1 paw or 2 paws.
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Listen for the subject and action. Hold up 1 paw or 2 paws.
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Listen for the subject and action. Hold up 1 paw or 2 paws.
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Listen for the subject and action. Hold up 1 paw or 2 paws.
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Time to put together Sal's Care Log!
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Get your supplies.
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Cross out the sentences that are not complete.
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Trace the first complete sentence.
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Trace the second complete sentence.
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Get your scissors.
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Cut along the dotted lines.
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Cut along the dotted lines.
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Put the Sal's Care Log worksheet next to the sentences you cut out.
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Write your name.
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Glue the first sentence to the box.
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Glue the second sentence to the box.
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sentence


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a group of words that tells a whole idea
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subject


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a who or what a sentence is about
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action


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what the subject is doing in a sentence
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Kangaroo Care
Identifying Fragments

Students will...

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  • learn that a sentence has a subject and an action.

  • identify complete sentences.

  • identify the missing part of sentence fragments.

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What you’ll need for students
Messy Log worksheet 30 copies
New Care Log worksheet 30 copies
Glue Sticks
30
Scissors
30
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First Grade Lesson 3: Kangaroo Care

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