In our guided reading groups this week the word “but” keeps coming up! We said that when “but” is in the middle of a sentence it often means that what comes after it will be the opposite of what came before it. For example: Mark was really tired, but he read his chapter book anyway!
This afternoon, Pablo gave me a great example of the use of “but” as well as an idiom! Here’s what happened:
Pablo loves going up stairs, but he’s not very good at coming back down. Looks like he’s bit off more than he can chew!
