Short sentences

Teacher edition · Grade 1 · Lesson 18 · Dictation & encoding

Writing Book 1 · sheet 57

Choose the word that fits the gap.

2. Your turn

Write each item the teacher says: The dog ran. A cat sat.. Check every one against the board.

Below is what a full, correct answer looks like. Children's wording will differ and should — mark the thing this lesson taught, not everything at once.

Point to the one you had to fix.model — accept any answer that does the same job

3. Before you finish

Point to the one you had to fix.

Watch forA child who matches every pair but cannot fill a gap has learned the list, not the words. The CHOOSE rung is where you see it.