Super Sentences: Understanding What Makes a Sentence!

English Language Arts Grades 1st Grade 6:22 Video
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Lesson Description

Learn all about sentences! This lesson will teach you what a sentence is, the two parts of a sentence (subject and predicate), and how to write a sentence correctly.

Video Resource

What Is a Sentence? - Language Skills: Level B for Kids!

Miacademy Learning Channel

Duration: 6:22
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Key Concepts

  • A sentence expresses a complete thought.
  • A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with punctuation.
  • A sentence has two parts: a subject and a predicate.

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to define what a sentence is.
  • Students will be able to identify the subject and predicate of a sentence.
  • Students will be able to recognize and use capitalization and punctuation in a sentence.
  • Students will be able to build a sentence

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students what they think a sentence is. Write their ideas on the board. Then, introduce the video and explain that it will teach them all about sentences.
  • Video Viewing (5 mins)
    Play the YouTube video: 'What Is a Sentence? - Language Skills: Level B for Kids!' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUCPkTLPNo8). Encourage students to pay close attention to the definitions and examples.
  • Discussion (5 mins)
    After the video, review the key concepts: What is a sentence? What are the two parts of a sentence? What does every sentence start and end with?
  • Subject and Predicate Practice (10 mins)
    Write sentences on the board. Have students identify the subject and predicate in each sentence. Start with simple sentences and gradually increase the complexity.
  • Sentence Writing (10 mins)
    Have students write their own sentences. Remind them to start with a capital letter and end with punctuation. Encourage them to identify the subject and predicate in their own sentences.
  • Quiz Time (5 mins)
    Distribute quizzes. Review quizzes for any mistakes

Interactive Exercises

  • Sentence Sort
    Prepare cards with phrases and sentences. Have students sort the cards into two categories: 'Sentence' and 'Not a Sentence'. This helps them understand the concept of a complete thought.
  • Subject-Predicate Matching
    Write subjects and predicates on separate cards. Have students match the subjects with appropriate predicates to form complete sentences.

Discussion Questions

  • What is the most important thing to remember when writing a sentence?
  • Can you give an example of a sentence and identify the subject and predicate?
  • Why is it important for a sentence to express a complete thought?

Skills Developed

  • Sentence construction
  • Reading comprehension
  • Critical thinking
  • Grammar
  • Writing

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

What does a sentence tell us?

Correct Answer: A complete thought

Question 2:

What does every sentence begin with?

Correct Answer: A capital letter

Question 3:

What do we usually put at the end of a sentence?

Correct Answer: A period

Question 4:

What is the 'subject' of a sentence?

Correct Answer: Who or what the sentence is about

Question 5:

What is the 'predicate' of a sentence?

Correct Answer: What the subject does or is

Question 6:

In the sentence 'The dog barks,' what is the subject?

Correct Answer: The dog

Question 7:

In the sentence 'The cat sleeps,' what is the predicate?

Correct Answer: Sleeps

Question 8:

Which of these is a sentence?

Correct Answer: I like to read

Question 9:

Which of these is NOT a sentence?

Correct Answer: Red car

Question 10:

What kind of letter starts the sentence?

Correct Answer: uppercase

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

A sentence tells a complete _________.

Correct Answer: thought

Question 2:

We always start a sentence with a _________ letter.

Correct Answer: capital

Question 3:

We usually end a sentence with a _________.

Correct Answer: period

Question 4:

The subject tells us who or _________ the sentence is about.

Correct Answer: what

Question 5:

The predicate tells us something about the _________.

Correct Answer: subject

Question 6:

In the sentence 'The bird flies,' the subject is _________.

Correct Answer: bird

Question 7:

In the sentence 'The dog barks,' the predicate is _________.

Correct Answer: barks

Question 8:

A _________ has two parts: a subject and a predicate.

Correct Answer: sentence

Question 9:

I _________ to school

Correct Answer: walk

Question 10:

My mother makes very good _________.

Correct Answer: pies

Educational Standards

1.2.PC.1:Students will recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., capitalization of the first word, ending punctuation: period, exclamation point, question mark). 1.5.R.1:Students will recognize simple sentences. 1.5.W.1:Students will compose simple sentences that conclude with an end mark. 1.5.R.2:Students will recognize parts of speech in sentences: nouns as concrete objects (i.e., people, places, and things), regular plural nouns, present-tense verbs as actions, color, size, and number adjectives, prepositions, the pronouns I, me, you, and we, the conjunctions and, or, and but, the adverbs too and very.

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