Sentence Fragments Grade Copyright © 2014 by Write Score LLC

What are Complete Sentences? Complete sentences have a subject and a predicate. subject = who or what the sentence is about predicate = describes what the subject is doing   love eating lunch with their friends. predicate Fourth graders subject

What are Sentence Fragments? Incomplete sentences Missing a subject or a predicate Holly. Rode a bike to the park. My brother and my sister.

How Do We Fix Fragments? Ask yourself, “Is this a complete sentence?” Think, “What’s missing?” Add a subject (who or what) or a predicate (what the subject is doing). Holly___________________________________. _____________________ rode a bike to the park. My brother and my sister ___________________.

Practice in a Small Group! Take turns forming complete sentences from the fragments. Tammy and Brian before school each day completes homework Monique and her mother it is noisy inside the cafeteria love to read and write the puppy gets into trouble the best book I’ve ever read

Independent Practice Fragment Cards Directions: Draw a card. Lay the card face up in the middle of the group and read it aloud. 2. Each student will turn the fragment into a complete sentence in his or her writer’s notebook. 3. If the card is already a complete sentence, read the card aloud but don’t write anything. 4. It is the next student’s turn.

Fragment Cards: the ocean is full of beautiful creatures sharks eat sea lions, fish, and even dolphins are majestic and graceful as they glide through the water humans dolphins can sometimes get tangled up in nets swimming in the ocean killer whales