1. Sentence Fragments
Grade
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2. 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

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

4. 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 ___________________.

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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