Connecting Words with Conjunctions!

English Language Arts Grades Pre-K 8:31 Video
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Lesson Description

Learn about conjunctions, the words that help connect other words and sentences together, making our language more interesting!

Video Resource

Conjunctions for Kids | Learn about coordinating, correlative, and subordinating conjunctions

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Duration: 8:31
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Key Concepts

  • Conjunctions are joining words.
  • Conjunctions connect words and sentences.
  • Understanding how conjunctions make sentences easier to understand.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify conjunctions within simple sentences.
  • Understand that conjunctions connect words and sentences.
  • Use basic conjunctions (and, but, or) in spoken sentences.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students what they know about joining things together. Show examples like linking blocks or connecting train tracks. Introduce the idea that words can also be connected.
  • Video Viewing (7 mins)
    Play the 'Conjunctions for Kids' video by Learn Bright. Encourage students to pay attention to the examples of conjunctions used in the video.
  • Discussion (5 mins)
    After the video, ask students what they learned about conjunctions. Reiterate that conjunctions are like glue that holds words and sentences together.
  • Activity: Sentence Building (8 mins)
    Write simple sentences on separate pieces of paper, such as 'I like apples' and 'I like bananas.' Then, introduce the conjunction 'and' and help the students combine the sentences: 'I like apples and bananas.'
  • Activity: Simon Says with Conjunctions (10 mins)
    Play a modified version of Simon Says. Give instructions that involve choices and use the conjunction 'or.' For example, 'Simon says touch your head or touch your toes.' This will help them grasp the concept of 'or'.

Interactive Exercises

  • Conjunction Matching Game
    Create simple cards with sentences missing a conjunction, and separate cards with conjunctions. Have the students match the correct conjunction to complete the sentence. Example: 'I like to play ___ sing.' (and)

Discussion Questions

  • What is a conjunction?
  • Can you give me an example of something that connects two things?
  • Why do we use conjunctions?

Skills Developed

  • Listening Comprehension
  • Vocabulary Development
  • Sentence Construction

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

A conjunction is a word that helps _______ things together.

Correct Answer: Connect

Question 2:

Which word can connect 'I like dogs' and 'I like cats'?

Correct Answer: And

Question 3:

Which of these is a conjunction?

Correct Answer: And

Question 4:

I can eat an apple ______ an orange.

Correct Answer: Or

Question 5:

I like to play ______ read books.

Correct Answer: And

Question 6:

You can have cake ______ ice cream.

Correct Answer: And

Question 7:

Is 'but' a conjunction?

Correct Answer: Yes

Question 8:

What helps sentences connect?

Correct Answer: Conjunctions

Question 9:

What is 'or'?

Correct Answer: A conjunction

Question 10:

Do conjunctions help us read sentences?

Correct Answer: Yes

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

Conjunctions are like _______ that holds sentences together.

Correct Answer: glue

Question 2:

I like dogs ______ cats.

Correct Answer: and

Question 3:

We can go to the park ______ the zoo.

Correct Answer: or

Question 4:

It is raining, _______ I have an umbrella.

Correct Answer: but

Question 5:

A _______ helps connect sentences.

Correct Answer: conjunction

Question 6:

Apples ____ bananas are my favorite fruit.

Correct Answer: and

Question 7:

A train uses a _______.

Correct Answer: junction

Question 8:

Cake _____ ice cream are great!

Correct Answer: and

Question 9:

I want pizza ______ pasta tonight.

Correct Answer: or

Question 10:

Dogs barks, _____ cats meow.

Correct Answer: but

Educational Standards

PK.1.L.1:Students will actively listen using agreed-upon rules with prompting. PK.2.PA.1:Students will count spoken words in a three- to four-word sentence with one-syllable words. PK.4.W.1:Students will begin to use new vocabulary to produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities. PK.5.R.2:Students will hear different parts of speech through conversations, read-alouds, and interactive reading: concrete objects as persons, places, or things (i.e., nouns), words as actions (i.e., verbs), color adjectives, spatial and time relationships such as up, down, before, and after.

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