Ms. Brubaker's
3rd Grade
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Email: brubaker.rebecca@mail.fcboe.org
In this room, we don't do EASY.
We make easy happen through HARD WORK & LEARNING!
Reading
Kinds of Sentences
Declarative
A declarative sentence is a statement.
It ends with a period. ( . )
My birthday was last Saturday.
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Interrogative
An interrogative sentence is a question.
It ends in a question mark. ( ? )
Did you go to the zoo this weekend?
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Exclamatory
An exclamatory sentence is an exclamation.
It ends with an exclamation mark. ( ! )
My mom made the most amazing cupcakes!
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Imperative
An imperative sentence is a command or request.
It ends with either a period or an exclamation mark. ( . ! )
Please write a thank you note to Matt.
Go clean your room now!
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Simple Sentences
A simple sentence has just one independent clause.
Matt went to beach.
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Compound Sentence
A compound sentence is two sentences put together using a FANBOYS conjunction. It has two independent clauses.
Matt went to the beach, and he went to the store.
FANBOYS - for, and, nor, because, or, yet, so
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Complex Sentences
One part of the sentence relies on the other part of the sentence to make sense. It has one independent clause and one dependent clause.
After dinner, we went to play at the park.
After dinner - is the dependent clause.
Comparative Adjectives - used to compare two things. Usually ends in er.
bigger, smaller, richer, poorer, smarter
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Superlative Adjectives - used to compare three or more things usually ends in est.
biggest, smallest, richest, poorest, smartest
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Quirky Ones - don't follow the rule
good, better, best
bad, worse, worst
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Commas
Commas - are used when you list things
I love pizza, soda, chips and ice cream.
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Commas - are used BEFORE a conjunction
Maddie lost her pencil, but found an eraser.
Matt hates macaroni, so he brought pizza.
Parts of Speech
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Nouns - person, place, thing or idea
teacher, grass, giraffe, tree, road, boy, girl
The girl sat in the grass. - girl is the noun
Plural Noun - more than one person, place or thing
dogs, people, cats, bones, trees, mice
The dogs like to eat bones. - dogs is the plural noun
Singular Possessive Noun - shows ownership by one person, place or thing
dog's, cat's, boy's, girl's
The dog's bone is in his mouth. - dog's is the singular possessive noun

Plural Possessive Noun - shows ownership by more than one person, place or thing
dogs', cats', boys', girls'
The dogs' bone is in the middle. - dogs' is the plural possessive noun
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Pronoun - a word that takes the place of a noun or nouns
he, she, it, we, her, they, them, him, us, you
What are you doing? - you is the pronoun
Action Verb - a word that shows action that someone is doing
climb, run, stomp, leap, crawl, sewing, baking
Matt is baking a cake. - baking is the action verb
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Linking Verb - links one part of the sentence to the other
am, is, are, was, were, have, has, had
Pizza and soda are some of the things Ethan likes. - are is the linking verb
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Helping Verbs - help the main verb to show action
have, has, had, am, is, are, was, were, will
Tyler has written his name on his paper. - has is the helping verb
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Adverbs - tell how, when, how much or where about a verb
quickly, nicely, carefully, neatly,
Maddie ran quickly to the park. - quickly is the adverb
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Adjectives - describe/tell you about the noun
pretty, funny, purple, little, happy
The pretty girl sat down on the bench. - pretty is the adjective
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Conjunctions - join words and sentences together
and, or, but, however, so, therefore
Matt likes ice cream but he likes pizza better. - but in the conjunction
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Prepositions - tell where or how something happened
under, between, on, in, beside
The ball is under the bed. - under is the preposition
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Interjections - show emotion or surprise
Wow!, Yippee!, Bop!
Wow! You won the race. - Wow! is the interjection
Subject & Perdicate
Subject - the subject of a sentence is the one who is doing something
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Predicate - the predicate of a sentence tells what the subject is doing and how they are doing it.
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Simple Subject - is only the subject or subjects no other words
My dog runs as fast as the wind. - dog is the simple subject
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Complete Subject - is the words that come before the subject/s too
My dog runs as fast as the wind. - My dog is the complete subject
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Simple Predicate - is only the verb that usually comes right after the subject/s
My dog runs as fast as the wind. - runs is the simple predicate
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Complete Predicate - is all the words that come after the subject/s
My dog runs as fast as the wind. - runs as fast as the wind is the complete predicate
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Remember there can be more than one subject and predicate in a sentence.
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Quotation Marks
Quotation Marks - are used to show when someone is talking
Ms. Brubaker said, "Please use a pencil to answer the questions."
"Can I have a cookie please?" murmured Matt
How to Write an Address
Ms. Brubaker
123 Purple Trail
Fayetteville, Georgia 30215