PRIMARY SPELLING & PHONICS • CURRICULUM ARCHITECTURE TEACHER MASTER KEY INSTRUCTOR REFERENCE • PAGE 2 OF 2

Sentence Type	Grammatical Subject	Predicate Verb	Required Terminal Mark
Declarative	The clouds	bring (transitive)	Period (.) • States a factual truth
Interrogative	the merry children	Did ... gather	Question Mark (?) • Inquires for information
Declarative	The golden morning sun	shone (intransitive)	Period (.) • Describes a morning scene

Complete Answer Key & Solutions WHEELER'S EXERCISES

Exercise 1 (Sentence 1):
“The clouds bring showers for the thirsting flowers.”
[Subject: The clouds; Verb: bring; Object: showers; Modifier: for the thirsting flowers.]

Exercise 2 (Sentence 2):
“Did the merry children gather wild flowers by the brook?”
[Auxiliary: Did; Subject: the merry children; Verb: gather; Ends with ?.]

Exercise 3 (Sentence 3):
“The golden morning sun shone brightly through the window.”

Pedagogical Notes: Check that students capitalize the first word and do not omit the final punctuation mark.

Socratic Guiding Prompts & Pedagogical Insights INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

What two things must every sentence have to make sense? (A subject and a verb).
How does your voice sound at the end of a question compared to the end of a statement?
Look at 'thirsting flowers'. What figure of speech gives flowers a human thirst?

Dictation & Oral Application Sentences (Read slowly at normal speaking pace):

1. The dark clouds bring refreshing rain showers for the thirsting flowers.

2. Did the merry children gather sweet wild flowers along the meadow brook?

3. Every complete English sentence begins with a tall capital letter.

4. The bright morning sun shone cheerfully through the classroom window.