Fill in the blanks with a worksheet that focuses on for and since. As kids read 20 time-related phrases, they decide whether to use for, since, or no reply.

Concepts

parts of speech, prepositions of time, Grammar

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Include in a grammar assessment or homework packet
• Use as a warm-up activity before your language arts lesson

Classroom Considerations

• Some phrases are nuanced and idiomatic; you'll need to provide more guidance for struggling readers

Pros

• Provides an answer key

Cons

• Does not supply complete sentences, which hinders kids' ability to use context clues
• Some sentences do not require answers, which is confusing for kids

Common Core

RL.5.1 L.4.1.a RL.6.1 RL.7.1 RL.8.1