Teaching page · Grade 1 · Lesson 29

Short sentences

Two short sentences become one longer sentence with AND.

What it is

A dictated sentence asks for more than spelling: you must hold the whole sentence while you write the first word. Repeat it silently before you start, and again whenever you lose it. The capital and the period are part of the sentence — a sentence without them is not finished.

Watch it built

1
Listen to the whole sentence. Say it back in your head before writing.
The dog ran.
2
Write it, spelling each word by its sounds.
The dog ran
3
Check the two things that are always checked.
Capital T at the start. Period at the end. → The dog ran.
Remember
Say it back first. Capital at the start, period at the end.
Ask yourself: “Are both halves whole ideas?”

Remember

Two ideas, one word to join them.

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