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Lena's Face Paint Letter

Read a friendly letter about a school face paint booth, then make commands, questions, and compound sentences and add details.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 9 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
ELA
Question types
Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students choose the statement, question, command, or exclamation that fits a prompt.
  • Students tell simple sentences from compound sentences and split a compound sentence.
  • Students expand simple sentences with words that tell where, when, or what kind.

How to use

Read the letter aloud together, then let students answer the questions. Before the last two questions, build one compound sentence and one longer sentence as a class.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.1.1.j

Produce and expand complete simple and compound statements, questions, commands, and exclamations in response to prompts.

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Lena's Face Paint Letter

Find commands, build compound sentences, and add details.

Read the letter

Read Lena's letter. Each paragraph has a number.

Lena's Face Paint Letter

1Dear Aunt Nadia,
Our school had a fun night on Friday! I helped at the face paint booth.

2Mr. Cho is our art teacher. He painted the faces, and I handed him the brushes. I held up a mirror after each one.

3A little boy asked for a tiger face. He sat very still on the stool. Mr. Cho painted orange and black stripes on his cheeks.

4The boy looked in the mirror. "Wow, I look so fierce!" he shouted.

5I had the best night! Do you like face paint? Come to fun night with me next spring. Please write back soon.
Love,
Lena

Sentences in the letter

A command tells someone what to do. A compound sentence is two sentences joined with a comma and a word like and, but, or so.

1.
Read paragraph 5 again. Underline the 2 commands.

I had the best night!Do you like face paint?Come to fun night with me next spring.Please write back soon.

2.
Read paragraph 2 again. Lena wrote, "He painted the faces, and I handed him the brushes." Which two sentences did she join?
  • A. He painted. I handed him.
  • B. He painted the faces and I. Handed him the brushes.
  • C. He painted the faces. I handed him the brushes.
  • D. He. Painted the faces and handed him the brushes.
3.
Is it one simple sentence or a compound sentence? Sort the sentences.
I wanted a star, but the line was too long.My friends and I ate popcorn.We went home after the fun night.The boy wanted a tiger, so Mr. Cho got the orange paint.Mr. Cho had red, blue, and gold paint.The music was loud, and the gym was full.Lena held the mirror, and the boy smiled.He sat very still on the stool.
Simple sentenceCompound sentence

Build sentences

Make sentences that fit, and add details to make them longer.

4.
Read what each child wants to do. Match it to the sentence the child could say.
  1. Ask Mr. Cho for a star.
  2. Tell what color the paint is.
  3. Tell a friend to sit still.
  4. Show that you feel very happy.
  1. A. Sit still, please.
  2. B. Can you paint a star on me?
  3. C. I love my new face!
  4. D. The paint is bright blue.
5.
Lena wants to ask Mr. Cho if she can paint a face too. Which question could she ask?
  • A. I would like to paint a face too.
  • B. Let me paint a face too, Mr. Cho.
  • C. What a fun face you painted!
  • D. May I paint a face too, Mr. Cho?
6.
You can make a sentence longer by adding words that tell where, when, or what kind. Sort the groups of words.
on Friday nightshiny goldat the boothbig orangeafter dinneron his cheek
Tells whereTells whenTells what kind
7.
Lena made a short sentence longer.
Short: The boy got a tiger face.
The longer sentence is below. Highlight the 2 parts she added.

Thelittleboygotatigerfaceat the booth.

8.
What face would you like to have painted? Write a compound sentence about it. Use and, but, or so.
9.
Make this sentence longer. Add words that tell where or when: Lena held the mirror.

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