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Trout Tanks and Tag Questions: A Hatchery Field Trip

Grade 5 comma practice with a story about a class trip to a fish hatchery: set off yes and no, tag questions and direct address.

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Aligned toL.5.2.c

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 5
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 explain why commas set off yes, no, tag questions and names in a story.
Students place commas correctly in sentences with yes or no, a tag question or direct address.

How to use

Read the story aloud and have students listen for the pause at each comma. Then let them answer the questions; partners can read the fixed sentences aloud to check.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.5.2.c

Use commas to set off yes and no, a tag question, and a direct address, such as Yes, thank you and It's true, isn't it.

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Trout Tanks and Tag Questions: A Hatchery Field Trip

Use commas with yes and no, tag questions and names in a field trip story.

Read the story

Commas show readers where to pause. Use a comma to set off:
the word yes or no at the start of a sentence (No, the tank is empty.)
a tag question at the end of a sentence (The water is cold, isn't it?)
the name of the person you are speaking to (Wen, look at this. / Look at this, Wen.)

A Morning at Pine Creek Hatchery

1On a cool Tuesday morning, Mr. Castellano's fifth-grade class stepped off the bus at the Pine Creek Fish Hatchery. Long concrete pools stretched across the yard, and the air smelled like wet stones. A woman in tall rubber boots waved to them from beside a low green building.

2"Welcome to Pine Creek," she called. "I'm Ms. Begay, and I help raise the trout here. Before we go inside, does anyone have a question?"

3Priya raised her hand right away. "Ms. Begay, how many fish live here?"

4"Thousands," Ms. Begay answered. "Some are shorter than your little finger, and others are as long as a ruler."

5Inside, the building hummed with the sound of running water. Rows of shallow tanks held tiny, wiggling fish. Jonah leaned over the edge of one tank. "These baby fish are hungry, aren't they?" he asked.

6"Yes, they're hungry all day long," Ms. Begay said with a laugh. "We feed them small pellets many times a day."

7She let Wen sprinkle a pinch of food into the water. The fish rushed to the top, and the water seemed to bubble and boil. Jonah grinned. "Mr. Castellano, can I try next?"

8"Yes, but just one small pinch," Mr. Castellano said.

9Next, Ms. Begay led the class outside to the long pools, which she called raceways. Cold water from the creek flowed through them day and night. "Trout need cold, clean water," she explained. "Cold water holds more oxygen than warm water does."

10Priya peered into a raceway full of bigger trout. "These fish will live here forever, won't they?"

11"No, they'll leave when they're big enough," Ms. Begay said. "Then we carry them in a tank truck to lakes and streams and let them go."

12Before the class climbed back on the bus, Wen had one more question. "Ms. Begay, do you ever give the fish names?"

13Ms. Begay smiled. "No, there are far too many of them. But the big, grumpy trout in our display pond is named Captain. You'll come back and visit him, won't you?"

14"Yes, we will!" the whole class shouted.

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