Subordinate Conjunctions Lesson Plan for 4th Grade Example Students

Topic: Subordinate conjunctions

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to identify and correctly use subordinate conjunctions in a sentence.

Materials

• List of commonly used subordinate conjunctions (e.g. "because, though, if, then, when, while")
• Examples of sentences using subordinate conjunctions

Warm-up

• Ask students to think of a time when they had to wait for something.
• Ask them to share their experiences with the class and explain how they felt during the wait.
• Encourage students to use subordinate conjunctions (e.g. "because", "though", "if") in their explanations.

Direct Instruction

• Introduce the concept of subordinating conjunctions and explain that they are words that connect clauses or phrases and make them dependent on each other.
• Provide examples of subordinating conjunctions such as "because", "although", "when", and "if".
• Demonstrate how to use subordinating conjunctions to start a sentence and connect clauses or phrases.

Guided Practice

• Provide students with a sentence starter and a list of subordinating conjunctions.
• Have students work in pairs to complete the sentence by adding a subordinating conjunction and connecting the clauses or phrases correctly.
• Go over the completed sentences as a class and provide feedback and guidance.

Independent Practice

• Provide students with a list of sentence starters, including a variety of types of clauses and phrases.
• Have students choose a sentence starter and create a complete sentence by using a subordinating conjunction to connect the clauses or phrases correctly.
• Encourage students to use a range of subordinating conjunctions and to try different sentence structures.
• Have students present their completed sentences to the class and explain their choices and reasoning.

Closure

• Review the different types of clauses and phrases that can be used as sentence starters.
• Ask students to share their favorite examples of sentences using subordinating conjunctions and explain their choices and reasoning.

Assessment

• Collect the written assignments and evaluate the students' ability to correctly use and identify subordinating conjunctions in sentences.