Grade 1 - Animals and Habitats

28 Animals and Habitats: Supplemental Guide 1B | What Is a Habitat?

 Syntactic Awareness Activity^5 minutes

Conjunction and

Note: The purpose of these syntactic activities is to help students

understand the direct connection between grammatical structures

and the meaning of text. These syntactic activities should be used

in conjunction with the complex text presented in the read-alouds.

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

Allow for these variations, and restate students’ sentences so

that they are grammatical. If necessary, have students repeat the

sentence after you.

1. Conjunctions are a kind of word we use to connect words and
   phrases.


2. We use the conjunction and to join words and phrases that go
   together.
   Listen to Rattenborough’s sentences about his habitat. I will
   emphasize the conjunction and as I read:
   Take a look around. What do you see? There are trash cans
   and boxes; drains and dripping pipes; old buildings and
   gutters. It’s a perfect home for a rat.


3. Notice that in this sentence, Rattenborough uses the conjunction
   and when he describes different things about his habitat.


4. The conjunction and is used to join words and phrases that
   go together. Let’s listen to another sentence.
   Our school has a cafeteria and a gym.


5. Now you try joining two words or phrases together using and.

• Tell your partner two things about your home.


• Tell your partner two things about our school’s playground.