Sentences

Sentences activity tries to develop the children's understanding of sentences too.

Explain to the children that having a capital letter at the beginning of a line of writing, and a full stop at the end, does not make a sentence. The words in between must make sense too.

Here I present an activity in which students have to read each line of text and decide whether it is a proper sentence. If they think it is correct, thy copy the sentence underneath. If not they write the sentence correctly underneath. 

SENTENCES NOTEBOOK: click here!

Sentence sticking

The aim of Sentence sticking is to develop the children's understanding of sentences.

First of all, teacher has to explain that sentences help to organise words and to make meaning clear. Then s/he read a passage aloud, ignoring all the punctuation. Ask the children what is wrong and how they know where a sentence begins and ends.

In the activity, the students have to unscramble the words to make a sentence. Remind them to look for the capital letter to go at the beginning, and the full stop to go at the end.

SENTENCE STICKING NOTEBOOK: click here!

Rainbow Capitals

Rainbow Capitals tries that children develop their ability to recognise and write capital letters and also develop their knowledge of the alphabet.

In this activity children have to write inside the outlined letter, using a coloured pencil. Then, they have another go, writing the letters with a different coloured pencil. Their lines will cross over each other inside the outlines, but this does not matter. The children keep writing the letters, using a different coloured pencil each time, until each letter is filled with its own "rainbow"

An extension acitivity could be that children put letters into alphabetical order using tables, puzzles...

RAINBOW CAPITALS NOTEBOOK: click here!

Group 7 - Jolly Phonics

GROUP 7 - qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar

1. Introducing the sound through some flashcards that contain the sound:

 2. Action and rhyme of the sound:

3. Song of the sound:

4. Introduction to writing:

5. Activities: 

GROUP 7: click here!

Group 6 - Jolly Phonics

GROUP 6 - y, x, ch, sh, th

1. Introducing the sound through some flashcards that contain the sound:

2. Action and rhyme of the sound:

3. Song of the sound:

4. Introduction to writing:

• Writing rhyme:

• Practising the pattern of the letter:

5. Activities: 

GROUP 6: click here!

Group 5 - Jolly Phonics

GROUP 5 - z, w, ng, v, oo

1. Introducing the sound through some flashcards that contain the sound:

2. Action and rhyme of the sound:

3. Song of the sound:

4. Introduction to writing:

• Writing rhyme:

• Practising the pattern of the letter:

5. Activities:

MAGIC E

Now, I present even more materials and activities to work on magic e with children in class: 

• Video to introduce magic e: 

• High tech activities:

 

• Low tech activities:

GROUP 5: click here!

Group 4 - Jolly Phonics

GROUP 4 - ai, j, oa, ie, ee, or

1. Introducing the sound through some flashcards that contain the sound:

2. Action and rhyme of the sound:

3. Song of the sound:

4. Introduction to writing:

• Writing rhyme:

• Practising the pattern of the letter:

5. Activities: 

 

 

GROUP 4: click here!