Sentence Types
Every sentence has a job. It can tell you something, ask you something, or tell you to do something.
Preview how it deepens, Grades 1 through 3.
Build one yourself.
Pick one chip at each station and snap them together. The Mayor inspects the finished sentence, a quick taste of how the parts combine.
1 · the sentence
2 · the end mark that matches the job
A change order drops: make it plural, give it an adverb, swap in a pronoun. Re-tool the sentence and roll it back onto the line.
Play Sentence Surgeon →Slang builds a sentence that follows every rule of grammar and still means nonsense. Catch which rule he really broke, and let the Mayor judge.
Play Garbage Sentences →The end mark has to match the job.
This sentence asks a question, but it ends with a period. The end mark does not match the job.
An asking sentence ends with a question mark, boxed so you can see the part that changed.
The characters host. The sentence is the star.
The same concept, deeper every grade.
Sentence Types runs the length of the Factory, Grades 1 through 3. The lesson meets the standard at each grade, across all four frameworks.