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Scientists have discovered a revolutionary way to connect sentences and ideas.

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are special words that join words or groups of words together. Just like glue!

Read with us: Professor Jones bought a microscope and a magnifying glass.

Read with us: Professor Lucas likes bugs, but he hates touching them.

Read with us: Professor Smith refuses to touch bugs, nor will she touch birds!

Read with us: Professor Lee looked everywhere, yet he could not find the magnet!

Read with us: Is this an animal, or is it a plant?

Read with us: Don’t drop the beaker, because it is very fragile!

are special words that join words or groups of words together.

are glue words! for and but nor yet or so

and dog so but run or hat

Coordinating conjunctions are used to join individual words, phrases, and independent clauses.

Coordinating Please meet FAN BOYS!

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Find the conjunction and write it on your whiteboard. Dr. Jones and Dr. Fields love science!

Find the conjunction and write it on your whiteboard. Plants nor animals can survive without water.

Find the conjunction and write it on your whiteboard. We looked carefully, yet we could not see the cells.

Find the conjunction and write it on your whiteboard. They worked all night, so they were very tired.

Find the conjunction and write it on your whiteboard. Dr. Philips got a fright, for he heard a loud noise!

Find the conjunction and write it on your whiteboard. Do you prefer purple or green acid?

Find the conjunction and write it on your whiteboard. We tried very hard, but the experiment did not work.

When do you use a comma before a conjunction? Always put a comma before a conjunction if it joins two independent clauses. When two “stand alone” sentences are merged with a conjunction we always use a comma.

Complete the sentence by choosing the correct conjunction.

(a) and SC IEN CE MAT H (b) yet (c) but Dr. Smith loves Science _____ Math.

(a) or (b) yet (c) nor She studied for hours, _____ she did not give up!

(a) but (b) so (c) or Would you like a blue microscope _______ a red microscope?

(a) so (b) nor (c) for I don’t like bugs, ______ do I like bees.

(a) or (b) nor (c) but I used the magnifying glass, ______ I could still not see the cells.

(a) or (b) so (c) but I mixed the liquids, ______ I could see the new color!

(a) for (b) so (c) but Dr. Lemons knew what to do, ______ he was the smartest scientist.

Identify the conjunction in each sentence. Write it on your whiteboard.

I wrote a report, for I knew the work very well.

We dug in the soil, so we could find an earth worm.

I did thirty experiments, yet I could not find an aswer.

Do you prefer frogs or snakes?

Dr. Henderson tried to wash the beaker, but he dropped it!

? ? I can’t find the dropper, nor can I find the beaker!

We do experiments and make discoveries!

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