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Joining Words with the Meerkat Guard

Grade 1 joining words practice: read a short fact text about meerkats, then use and, but, or, so, and because to join ideas.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.1.1.g

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1 Common Core standard
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10 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 1
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students choose and, but, or, so, or because to join two ideas.
Students use because to tell why and so to tell what happens as a result.
Students decide if a joining word makes a sentence make sense.

How to use

Read the meerkat text aloud together, then let students answer on their own. Afterward, read a few sentences from the sort aloud so students can hear when a joining word does not make sense.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.1.1.g

Use frequently occurring conjunctions, such as and, but, or, so, and because.

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Joining Words with the Meerkat Guard

Use and, but, or, so, and because.

Read about meerkats

Read the text. Then answer the questions.

Meerkats on Guard

1Meerkats are small animals that live in dry places in Africa. They stay in big groups, and they dig burrows under the ground.

2In the morning, the air is cool, so the meerkats sit in the sun to get warm. Then they look for food. A meerkat may dig for a beetle, or it may chase a lizard.

3One meerkat stands tall on its back legs. It is the guard. The guard does not hunt, but it keeps watching for danger.

4Sometimes the guard sees a hawk. Then it gives a loud call. All the meerkats run into the burrow because they want to be safe.

Read paragraph 4. The joining word because tells why. Why do the meerkats run into the burrow?