Conrad  the  Builder  

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

Twyla  Tuten  

Coaches  

Sentence Sally makes sure the sentence is built correctly

Definition Dave reminds Conrad of important definitions

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

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.      

I  can  do  it!  

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

A  subject  is  the  first  part  of  a  good  sentence.  

Conrad  is  confused,  but  his  teacher  helps  him  by  sugges>ng,  "Name  for  me  some  people,  places,  or  things-­‐-­‐all  subjects  that  

we  like  to  talk  about."  

A  subject  is  who  or  what  the  sentence  is  about.    A  noun  is  a  person,  place,  thing  or  idea    

Conrad  is  so  excited  by  what  his  peers  are  saying.    He  chooses:  the  girl.    His  teacher  decides  to  name  the  girl  Cindy.  

So  our  subject  will  be  about  Cindy.    What  else  do  we  

need  to  make  our  sentence  complete?  

Cindy  

Next,  the  teacher  asks  the  class  for  what  the  girl  will  be  doing.      

A  verb  is  an  ac>on  word.  

Conrad  decides  that  Cindy  should  read.      

Now  we  have  a  subject  and  a  

verb.  

This  is  a  simple  sentence  

Cindy   reads  

Conrad  begins  building  the  sentence.  

The  teacher  says  "Good  job,  Conrad!    I  want  you  to  tell  me  what  Cindy  will  read."    So  Conrad  con>nues  to  build  his  

sentence.      

An  object  receives  the  ac>on.  

Cindy   reads  books  

Now  the  teacher  tells  the  class  to    describe  Cindy.  

Adjec>ves  are  describing  words  

As  the  class  makes  sugges>ons,  the  teacher  lets  Conrad  choose  the  words  to  make  his  sentence  more  exci>ng.  

     

     

     

Cindy   reads  

Smart  

books  

"Excellent  choice,  Conrad.    Now  I  want  you  to  describe  the  book  that  Cindy  reads?  

It  doesn't  maRer  how  many  adjec>ves  you  have;  it  will  s>ll  be  a  simple  sentence  

Conrad  finishes  building  the  sentence:  Smart  Cindy  reads  mystery  books.  

     

Cindy  

Smart  

reads  

mystery  

books  

Conrad  is  so  proud  of  himself  for  building  a  sentence.    Before  Conrad  went  home  that  day,  he  asked  his  teacher,  "When  can  I  

build  another  sentence?"  

I  want  to  build  more  sentences!