Teaching page · Grade 1 · Lesson 9

Copy a sentence exactly

Copying means reproducing every letter, space, capital and period exactly as they are.

What it is

Copying exactly is a way of learning to LOOK. Every capital, every space, and the period all have to match. Copy in pieces — a few words at a time — because copying letter by letter is slow and copying the whole thing from memory is how mistakes get in.

Watch it built

1
Read the whole sentence first.
The sun rose over the hill.
2
Copy the first few words, then look back and check them.
The sun rose
3
Copy the rest, then check the capital and the period one last time.
The sun rose over the hill.
Remember
Copy a few words at a time, then check. Capital and period last.
Ask yourself: “Is mine the same as the model, mark for mark?”

Remember

Copy it exactly — every mark.

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