Teaching page · Grade 3 · Lesson 30

Two-sentence dictation

Two dictated sentences are held together and written in order.

What it is

Holding two sentences is not twice as hard as one — it is harder, because the second starts fading while you write the first. The method is to hold them as MEANING rather than as words: know what happens, and the words come back. Write the first completely, including its period, before you reach for the second.

Watch it built

1
Listen to both. Say back what HAPPENS, not the exact words.
It rained, and then something grew.
2
Write the first sentence and finish it properly before going on.
It rained all night.
3
Now recall the second and write it.
It rained all night. In the morning the seeds had sprouted.
Remember
Hold the meaning, not the words. Finish sentence one before starting two.
Ask yourself: “Have I got both, in the right order?”

Remember

Hold both, write the first, then the second.

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