About the
Command Sentences: Take Me To Your Leader
Lesson
Summary
This is an introductory lesson about command sentences.
Lesson Objectives
• to introduce the concept of command sentences;
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to provide brief examples and descriptions of telling, asking, and command sentences;
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to test students’ understanding with an appropriate exercise.
Suggested Grades
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
Lesson Excerpt
Some sentences are telling sentences. They tell something or state a fact.
• Jupiter is the largest planet.
• Life does not exist on Jupiter.
Other sentences are asking sentences. They ask a question. Asking sentences usually begin with a word that asks. Who, what, when, where, why, did, and does are all words that ask questions.
• Have you ever looked through a telescope?
• Do you believe aliens live on Pluto?
A third type of sentence is a command sentence. This kind of sentence commands someone to do something. If an alien decided to visit earth, he might command something like this:
• Take me to your leader.
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