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toppled• If something has toppled over, ithas fallen down. • All the blocks toppled over.• Have you every • toppled over?

welcoming• We are welcoming if we say hello

or greet someone in a pleasant way.

• The children will be welcoming to the new girl.

• Are you welcoming to new children?

This woman is welcoming her

friends by shaking hands.

wreck• To wreck something is to ruin it. • Do not wreck my work. • Can you wreck a sand castle?

How?

• Which one is a wrecked building?

• Which one is a wrecked building?

circle• This is a circle: a shape that is

round.

• I run around in a circle.

toward• I am running toward the house.• What is the opposite of toward?• Amswer: away. • I am running away from the house.

Amy is running toward the house.

The children are going away from the house

grew• Past tense of grow. • What grew in your backyard?• A flower grew in my backyard.

leave• Leave is to go away• What is the opposite of leave?• Answer: to come.

The children are leaving from the house

Amy is coming to the house.

Cause and Effect• Cause is why something happens.• Effect is what happens next or

what happens because of another event.

Cause and Effect • Cause = Why• Effect= What happens next.• Cause = What happens first• Effect= What happens next.

Cause and Effect• Example: The paper bag broke

because it was filled with heavy cans. • Cause: Why did the the paper bag

broke?• Because it was filled with heavy cans. • Effect: What happens next?• The paper bag broke.

Grammar: Combining Sentences with “and”

• You can use “and” to combine two sentences that have the same subject.

• Example: Joy made a circle of shops. Joy put the houses toward one end of town.

• Joy made a circle of shops and put the houses toward one end of town.

Grammar: Combining Sentences with “and”

• You can use “and” to combine two sentences that have the same predicate.

• Example: Joy was making a town. Ron was making a town.

• Joy and Ron were making a town.

Excercises Combining

• Joy added a flag. Ron added a flag.

• The kids added a house. The kids added a school.

Excercises Combining

• Joy added a flag. Ron added a flag.• Joy and Ron added a flag

• The kids added houses. The kids added a school.

• The kids added houses and a school.