Topic Sentence and Detail Sentences

What Can You Do? Writing Write to Respond: Opinion Sentences

Writing ModelTopic Sentence and Detail Sentences

The Scariest Animal

The lizard is the scariest animal in the story.

The lizard is scary because he wants to eat the little red ant.

He can also blow down an anthill!

The topic sentence tells your opinion.

Detail sentences tell the reasons for your opinion.

Talk About It 1. What is the job of the topic sentence?

2. What is the job of the detail sentences?

3. Does the fi rst sentence tell a fact or an opinion? Explain.

4. What does the word because mean in the second

sentence?

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Grade 1, Unit 6: Three Cheers for Us!

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to tell your opinion

to tell the reasons for your opinion

an opinion; everyone might not agree that the lizard is the scariest animal

The word because means “for this reason.”


Writing ModelTopic Sentence and Detail Sentences

The Scariest Animal

The lizard is the scariest animal in the story.

The lizard is scary because he wants to eat the little red ant.

He can also blow down an anthill!

The topic sentence tells your opinion.

Detail sentences tell the reasons for your opinion.

Talk About It 1. What is the job of the topic sentence?

2. What is the job of the detail sentences?

3. Does the fi rst sentence tell a fact or an opinion? Explain.

4. What does the word because mean in the second

sentence?



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What Can You Do? Introduce Comprehension Text and Graphic Features

Text and Graphic Features

Red Cliff School Scores on Fit Test!

Jill Taplin set a jump rope record!

The scores from the fit

test are in. The kids at Red

Cliff got the best marks this

school has ever had. They

also got the best marks in

the county.

“I am so happy for our kids!” said Mr.

Han. He has been the gym teacher here for

six years. “They worked hard and did well.”

Text and Graphic Features Use the T-map to show text and

graphic features and what they do.

Feature Purpose

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What Can You Do? Introduce Comprehension Text and Graphic Features


Red Cliff School Scores on Fit Test!

Jill Taplin set a jump rope record!

The scores from the fit

test are in. The kids at Red

Cliff got the best marks this

school has ever had. They

also got the best marks in

the county.

“I am so happy for our kids!” said Mr.

Han. He has been the gym teacher here for

six years. “They worked hard and did well.”

Text and Graphic Features Use the T-map to show text and

graphic features and what they do.

Feature Purpose

title

bold print

quotation marks

illustration

caption

to tell what the article is about

to draw attention to the words

to show a speaker’s exact words

to show something that happened

to tell more about the illustration

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What Can You Do? Comprehension Text and Graphic Features

T-MapWhat Can You Do?

Feature Purpose

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Feature Purpose

photo of girl in pool

photos of boy reading and doing math

show girl who is proud of learning to float

shows the difference between how the boy feels when he does something easy for him and does something difficult


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Feature Purpose






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Feature Purpose



photos of children reading, building, playing soccer, looking through binoculars



shows some of the different kinds of things children can be good at


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Feature Purpose




photos of adults helping children play violin and write

photos of children doing many different activities




show that children need help to learn

show the different kinds of things children can do and help the reader figure out what he or she is good at doing



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What Can You Do? Grammar Kinds of Sentences

Question or Exclamation?A question asks something. It ends with a question mark (?).

An exclamation shows strong feeling. It ends with an

exclamation point (!).

What can you do?

I love to ski!

Draw a line from each question to the question mark (?).

Draw a line from each exclamation to the exclamation

point (!).

1. Can you ice skate ?

!

2. Ricky is the best skater ?

!

3. Where does he skate ?

!

4. The skating rink is fun ?

!

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Question or Exclamation?A question asks something. It ends with a question mark (?).

An exclamation shows strong feeling. It ends with an

exclamation point (!).

What can you do?

I love to ski!

Draw a line from each question to the question mark (?).

Draw a line from each exclamation to the exclamation

point (!).

1. Can you ice skate ?

!

2. Ricky is the best skater ?

!

3. Where does he skate ?

!

4. The skating rink is fun ?

!


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What Can You Do? Writing Write to Respond: Sentence Fluency

Sentences with BecauseFinish these sentences that tell your opinion about

learning something new.

Topic Sentence

Learning to is .

Detail Sentence

One reason is because

.

Detail Sentence

Another reason is because

.



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What Can You Do? Writing Write to Respond: Sentence Fluency

Sentences with BecauseFinish these sentences that tell your opinion about

learning something new. Possible responses shown.

Topic Sentence

Learning to ice skate is hard .

Detail Sentence

One reason is because ice is very slippery

.

Detail Sentence

Another reason is because you might fall down

.



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What Can You Do? Fluency Intonation

Changing PitchesGood readers think about what feeling is being expressed

in a sentence.

Read each group of sentences.

Tell what feeling is being expressed.

1. Gram has a big back porch. Digger Fox always likes to

go there.

2. Digger Fox tastes a grape. “Yuck,” he grumbles, “it

tastes like a pickle!”

3. Gram sees Digger Fox wiggle up and then tumble down.

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What Can You Do? Fluency Intonation

Changing PitchesGood readers think about what feeling is being expressed

in a sentence.

Read each group of sentences.

Tell what feeling is being expressed.

1. Gram has a big back porch. Digger Fox always likes to

go there. happy

2. Digger Fox tastes a grape. “Yuck,” he grumbles, “it

tastes like a pickle!” shock, surprise

3. Gram sees Digger Fox wiggle up and then tumble down. sad, scared

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What Can You Do? Deepen Comprehension Text and Graphic Features


Graphic Feature Purpose

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What Can You Do? Deepen Comprehension Text and Graphic Features


Graphic Feature Purpose

photographs on pp. 56–60

photographs on p. 61

photographs on pp. 62–63

go with the text on the pages; show children doing activities

show more children doing more activities

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Three Kinds of SentencesA statement tells something. It ends with a period (.).

A question asks something. It ends with a question

mark (?). An exclamation shows a strong feeling. It ends

with an exclamation point (!).

He is a good runner.

Can she sing?

She loves to act!

Write each sentence correctly.

1. did Luis learn to swim (question)

2. my friend is a great dancer (exclamation)

3. she writes stories (statement)

4. can he play soccer (question)


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Three Kinds of SentencesA statement tells something. It ends with a period (.).

A question asks something. It ends with a question

mark (?). An exclamation shows a strong feeling. It ends

with an exclamation point (!).

He is a good runner.

Can she sing?

She loves to act!

Write each sentence correctly.

1. did Luis learn to swim (question)Did Luis learn to swim?

2. my friend is a great dancer (exclamation)My friend is a great dancer!

3. she writes stories (statement)She writes stories.

4. can he play soccer (question)Can he play soccer?


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Planning My SentencesWhich activity in What Can You Do? is the most fun?

Write sentences that tell your opinion.

Write your opinion. Then write reasons that tell why.

My Opinion

Second Reason

First Reason



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Planning My SentencesWhich activity in What Can You Do? is the most fun?


Write your opinion. Then write reasons that tell why.

Possible responses shown.

My OpinionSoccer is the most fun.

Second Reasonscore goals

First Reason play with friends



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What Can You Do? Vocabulary Strategies Classify and Categorize

Classify and Categorize Emotion Words

joyful glad sad happy eager gloomy excited

Classify Emotion Words Categorize Emotion Words

glad, , how I feel when I am in a

good mood

sad, how I feel when

excited, how I feel when

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What Can You Do? Vocabulary Strategies Classify and Categorize

Classify and Categorize Emotion Words

joyful glad sad happy eager gloomy excited

Classify Emotion Words Categorize Emotion Words

glad, joyful , happy how I feel when I am in a

good mood

sad, gloomy how I feel when I am in a bad mood

excited, eager how I feel when I am about to do something fun

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Drafting My SentencesWhich activity in What Can You Do? is the most fun?


Title:

Topic Sentence

Tells your opinion

Detail

Sentences

Tell the reasons for your opinion



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Drafting My SentencesWhich activity in What Can You Do? is the most fun?


Title: Soccer Fun

Topic Sentence

Tells your opinion

Soccer is the most fun sport!

Soccer is fun because you play with your friends.

It is exciting to score goals.

Possible responses shown.

Detail

Sentences

Tell the reasons for your opinion



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Revising Raul’s DraftRead Raul’s draft. Then help Raul think of ways to make

his sentences better.

Fun on Skis

Skiing is a winter sport.

It is exciting.

I like jumping over big

piles of snow.

because you can go fastbecause you can go fast

Talk About It Did Raul use the word because to explain one reason?

Did Raul’s topic sentence tell his opinion?

Do Raul’s sentences begin and end correctly?

Are Raul’s words spelled correctly? How can he use a

dictionary to help him check his words?



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Revising Raul’s DraftRead Raul’s draft. Then help Raul think of ways to make

his sentences better.

Fun on Skis

Skiing is a winter sport.

It is exciting.

I like jumping over big

piles of snow.

so much fun!so much fun!

because you can go fastbecause you can go fast

Talk About It Did Raul use the word because to explain one reason?

Did Raul’s topic sentence tell his opinion?

Do Raul’s sentences begin and end correctly?

Are Raul’s words spelled correctly? How can he use a

dictionary to help him check his words?

also



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