Kindergarden - Plants

Plants: Supplemental Guide 3B | The Life Cycle of a Plant 87

Extensions 15 minutes

 Syntactic Awareness Activity

Expanding Simple Sentences

Directions: I will show you a picture. Then I will ask one question at a

time. Each time a question is answered, we will add it to our sentence to

make our sentence expand.

Note: There may be variations in the sentences created by your class.

Allow for these variations and restate students’ sentences so that they

are grammatical. Repeat each sentence for the students. If necessary,

ask students to repeat your sentence.

 Show image 3A-8: Mature oak

1. What do you see in this picture? (a tree)
   I see a tree.


2. Is the tree tall or short? (tall)
   I see a tall tree.
   I see a tree that is tall.


3. What is on the tree? (leaves)
   I see a tall tree with leaves.
   The tall tree has leaves.
   Leaves are on the tall tree.


4. What color are the leaves on the tree? (green)
   I see a tall tree with green leaves.
   The tall tree has green leaves.
   The leaves on the tall tree are green.
   Extending the Activity
   Choose another image from this lesson and ask questions to prompt the
   class to produce and expand a simple sentence.

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