What your child is learning in Language

Present tense verbs: it is happening now
Example: I am shopping for my sisters birthday present.

Past tense verbs: it has already happened

Example: I walked to school yesterday.






 There are two parts of a sentence (the naming part and the telling part).
*The children played at the park. ("The children" is the naming part and "played at the park" is the telling part)



*A sentence tells a complete idea.

Jill kicked the ball.
(The sentence is about Jill. It tells about something that she did.)

Jill ball.

(This does not give a complete idea. This is not a sentence.)

* Always begin a sentence with a capital letter.
*End a telling, or statement with a period. (.)
*End an asking sentence or question, with a question mark. (?)


*Nouns*
A noun names a person, place, or thing.

Listed below is a list of compound words to review with your child.

afternoon
airline
airplane
anybody
anyone
anything
anyway
anywhere
armchair
artwork
ballpark
bareback
barnyard
baseball
bathroom
bathtub
bedroom
bluebird
birthday
breakfast
boxcar
campfire
campground
cannot
cardboard
cobweb
corncob
cornmeal
cowboy
cowgirl
cupcake
daybreak
daydream
daylight
doghouse
doorbell
doorknob
doormat
doorway
doughnut
downhill
downstairs
driveway
drumstick
earring
earthquake
eggplant
everything
everywhere
eyelid
farmland
eyelash
fireplace
flashlight
flowerpot
football
football
footprint
mealtime
overtime
paintbrush
springtime
waterfall
upright
wallpaper
washcloth
within
woodland
without
woodland
yourself
patchwork
starfish
spaceship
sidewalk
seasaw
understand