Daily Lesson Plan -- Lesson 48

Sentence

Subject: English | Class: Prep | Series: Skillford

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Overview

In this lesson children learn that a sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense on its own. A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop. They compare "a bird" with "A bird is in the nest." and then tick or cross eighteen items to say whether each one is a sentence.

Learning Objectives

• Understand that a sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense on its own
• Tell the difference between "a bird" and "A bird is in the nest."
• Know that a sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop
• Tick the items that are sentences and cross the items that are not

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Day 1: What Is a Sentence? (35 minutes)

Materials

• Textbook page 71, two cards: "a bird" and "A bird is in the nest."

Warm-Up (5 minutes)

• Say a short group of words, such as "the pencil". Ask children if it tells us everything. Then say a full sentence, such as "The bus is red."

Main Activity (20 minutes)

• Read the rule: "A sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense on its own."
• Read both examples on page 71 aloud: "a bird" and "A bird is in the nest."
• Ask what the second one has that the first one has not (as in the Teacher's Note). Guide children to see the capital letter, the full stop and the words that tell us more.
• Read the second rule: "A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop."
• Point to the capital "A" and the full stop in "A bird is in the nest."

Wrap-Up (10 minutes)

• Say a group of words. Children stand up if it is a full sentence and stay sitting if it is not.

Differentiation

• Support: Look only at the two bird examples and point to the capital letter and the full stop
• Extension: Children say another sentence about the bird picture

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Day 2: Activity Time (40 minutes)

Materials

• Textbook page 71, pencils

Warm-Up (5 minutes)

• Read the two bird examples again. Ask which one is the sentence.

Main Activity (25 minutes)

• Read the instruction: "Tick if it is a sentence and cross if it is not."
• Read the eighteen items aloud, one at a time. Let children decide before anybody marks anything. Together the items are:
  • Sentences (tick): Ali is writing. / The bus is red. / I am reading a story. / Aden is at home. / The falcon is in the air. / You are a girl. / This is a book. / I am happy. / We are clever. / The sun is a star.
  • Not sentences (cross): The pencil. / Is nice. / Are animals. / Is pigeon. / On the planet. / Red apples. / Am sad. / Are in the space.
• For each item ask: "Does it make complete sense on its own?"
• Children tick or cross each box

Wrap-Up (10 minutes)

• Choose one item that is not a sentence, for example "The pencil.", and make it a sentence together: "The pencil is red." Read it aloud.

Differentiation

• Support: Do the first column together, then let children do the second column
• Extension: Children turn two of the crossed items into full sentences and say them to a partner

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Teaching Tips

• Read the two examples at the top together and ask what the second has that the first has not
• Read the items aloud and let learners decide before anybody marks anything
• Ask "Does it tell me everything?" to help children decide whether it makes complete sense