Conrad  the  Builder  

Israel  Butler,  Jason  Cribbs,    Mary  Lanhem,  Janessa  Senn,    

Twyla  Tuten  

Coaches  

Sally Subject loves nouns & pronouns, people, places, things, and ideas!

Pedro Predicate loves verbs and action!

Molly Modifier loves adjectives, adverbs, and descriptors!

Conrad  is  dreaming  of  construc>ng  a  building  during  class.      

   

Insert  picture  of  Conrad  day  dreaming  about  construc5ng  a  building  

Conrad's  teacher,  who  knows  him  well,  asks  him,  "Would  you  like  to  help  me  build  something  for  today's  lesson?"    Surprised,  Conrad  gives  

a  teacher  a  smile  and  nods  his  head.      

 insert  picture  of  Conrad's  teacher  asking  him  to  help  her  out  or  Conrad  smiling  at  the  teacher  for  asking  

Conrad's  teacher  asks,  "What  are  some  of  the  most  important  building  blocks  in  a  sentence?"    

 insert  picture  of  Conrad  thinking  about  building  

blocks  

Here  come  some  of  my  favorite  parts!  

Conrad  is  confused  when  the  teacher  asks,  "Name  for  me  some  people,  places,  or  things-­‐-­‐all  subjects  that  we  like  to  talk  about."  

 insert  picture  of  a  confused  Conrad  

Conrad  is  so  excited  by  what  his  peers  are  saying.    He  chooses  rollercoasters.  

 insert  picture  of  Conrad  choosing  the  noun.  

   

Good  choice!  

The  teacher  asks  for  a  person  who  will  be  on  the  rollercoaster.      

 Insert  picture  of  students  raising  hands  

"Good,"  says  the  teacher,  "now  that  we  chose  Cindy,  what  will  Cindy  do  on  the  rollercoaster?"  

 Insert  a  picture  of  Conrad  thinking  of  Cindy  and  

a  rollercoaster...math  equa5on?  

What  do  people  do  on  

rollercoasters?  

"Good  choice,  Conrad!    Cindy  will  ride  the  rollercoaster."  

 picture  of  simple  sentence,  built  by  Conrad  (in  

thoughts/on  blackboard?)  

I  think  we  can  make  this  sentence  more  

exci>ng!  

The  teacher  asks,  "Describe  Cindy  as  she  rides  the  rollercoaster."  

   

Insert  picture  of  adjec5ves  (wordle)    

"Good,  so  Conrad,  build  the  sentence:  Scared  Cindy  rides  rollercoasters."  

"Good,  now  how  can  we  describe  the  rollercoaster?"  

 Insert  picture  of  more  adjec5ves  

You  can  never  have  enough!