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Saturdays at Holloway's Salvage Yard

Read a story about a boy who helps at his aunt's salvage yard, then sort, choose and write simple, compound and complex sentences.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.3.1.i

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

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What students practice

Students tell simple, compound and complex sentences apart.
Students see that a sentence with two subjects or two actions can still be simple.
Students join simple sentences into compound and complex sentences.

How to use

Read the story aloud, then review the box that explains the three sentence types. Students can work alone and share their own sentences at the end.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.3.1.i

Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.

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Saturdays at Holloway's Salvage Yard

Find and build simple, compound and complex sentences.

Read the story

Read the story. Notice how some sentences have one complete idea and some have more.

Old Doors and Round Windows

1Desmond's aunt, Greta Holloway, runs a salvage yard at the edge of town. A salvage yard sells old parts of buildings so that people can use them again. Tall wooden doors lean against the fence. Desmond helps his aunt every Saturday morning.

2When an old building is taken apart, workers save the pieces that are still good. Aunt Greta buys doors, windows and sinks, and she brings them back in her truck. Some doors are painted bright blue. Others are plain brown wood.

3Last Saturday, a man came to the yard because he needed a round window for his attic. Desmond and Aunt Greta searched every row. They found a window with a chipped frame, but its glass was perfect. The man smiled and paid for it.

4Before the yard closed, Desmond swept the path. Aunt Greta locked the gate, and they walked to the corner cafe for lunch. Desmond was tired, yet he could not wait for next Saturday.

Sentence types: A simple sentence has one complete idea. It can still name two people or two actions, as in "Mom and I laughed" or "I ran and jumped." A compound sentence joins two complete ideas with a comma and a word such as and, but, or, so or yet. A complex sentence has one complete idea and one part that cannot stand alone, such as a part that starts with when, because, before, although or so that.

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