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Open House at the Coast Guard Station

Read a story about a coast guard station open house, then find, sort and use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.3.1.h

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students tell coordinating conjunctions from subordinating conjunctions.
Students choose a conjunction such as whenever, even though or as soon as by its meaning.
Students join two ideas with a coordinating or subordinating conjunction.

How to use

Read the story together and review the two kinds of conjunctions, then let students answer on their own. Discuss the last two writing questions as a class.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.3.1.h

Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.

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Open House at the Coast Guard Station

Join ideas with conjunctions such as whenever, even though and yet.

Read the story

Read the story. Look for the words that join ideas.

A Visit to the Harbor Station

1On Saturday, the coast guard station by the harbor held an open house. Wendell and his little sister Pia went with their grandfather. Since Grandpa had worked on a fishing boat for many years, he wanted to thank the crew.

2Officer Ruth Lindgren met them at the gate. She led them to a dock where two rescue boats with bright orange sides were tied up. "We take a boat out whenever someone on the water needs help," she said. Pia wanted to climb aboard, but the boats had to stay ready for a real call.

3Next, Officer Lindgren showed them a wall of life jackets. The crew members wear them on the boats even though they are strong swimmers. Wendell tried on a jacket, and it hung down almost to his knees. Pia giggled, so Wendell made a silly face.

4In the radio room, a crew member listened to calls from boats. She writes down every message so that nobody forgets an important detail. As soon as a new weather report came in, she shared it with the boat crew.

5Before they left, Grandpa shook Officer Lindgren's hand. "You can visit again, or you can watch our practice drills from the pier," she said. Wendell was tired, yet he talked about the rescue boats all the way home.

Two kinds of conjunctions: A coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, so, yet) joins two ideas that are equally important. A subordinating conjunction (such as since, whenever, even though, so that or as soon as) begins a part of a sentence that cannot stand alone.

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