Writing simple sentences about people who help us
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can write a sentence about people who help me.
Key learning points
- A sentence is one idea that makes complete sense
- A space must be left in between each word so someone can read our writing
- Sounding out a word before writing helps to spell a word
- Rehearsing a sentence out loud before writing it helps us to remember it
- A sentence starts with a capital letter and mostly ends with a full stop
Keywords
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Adjective - describes a noun
Simple sentence - a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense
Capital letter - the upper case formation of a letter
Full stop - a punctuation mark used at the end of a sentence
Common misconception
Children may struggle to spell more complex adjectives or nouns, such as soldier or ambulance.
Provide a word bank for more complex words to encourage pupils to use if necessary. Provide sentence stems and scaffolds if necessary.
Teacher tip
Make this lesson more purposeful by putting the sentences into thank you cards or letters. Alternatively, you could focus on your school community and share letters to them (office staff, cleaning team, kitchen staff etc.)
Equipment
You will need a copy of the 2020 Hodder Children's Books edition of 'A Superhero Like You' by Dr. Ranj.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the word to its word class.
Q2.Identify the adjectives.
Q3.Finish this sentence. All sentences begin with a __________.
Q4.Identify the nouns.
Q5.Correct the spelling of the word in bold. I like hte scientist.
Q6.Which of these is a sentence that makes complete sense?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Correct the spelling of the word in bold in this sentence. The helpful nurse helps mee.
Q2.Correct the spelling and punctuation of the word in bold in this sentence. hte helpful nurse helps me.
Q3.Identify the adjective in this sentence: The proud police officer helps me.
Q4.Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Q5.Match the word to its definition.
Q6.Correct the spelling of the word in bold. The helpfull soldier helps me.
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