Teaching page · Grade 1 · Lesson 7

Two words, one space

Words are separated by a space wide enough to see.

What it is

Words need air between them or a reader cannot tell where one stops. The space is about as wide as your finger, and it goes between words — never in the middle of one.

Watch it built

1
Write the first word.
the
2
Put one finger on the paper after it.
the |
3
Start the next word on the other side of your finger.
the  cat
Remember
One finger of space between words. None inside a word.
Ask yourself: “Can I fit my finger between them?”

Remember

One finger of space.

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