Grammar Lesson 1.3
To be used with Writing Lesson 1.3
Letters vs. Words
M-
Review what makes a sentence: Ask what is at the beginning of a sentence (capital letter) and what is at the end (period or question mark).
Although the child has been using this skill already, review the difference between a letter and a word. Take a sentence – either from the Writing Lesson or from a book and have the child point to a letter (name it and call it a letter) and then point to a word (read it and call it a word). Have the parent point to one or the other as well, naming the letter or reading the word, and ask the child to say if it’s a letter or word. Point out that words are always separated by clear spaces (the spaces should be about the size of a single letter).
T-
Review what makes a sentence: Ask what is at the beginning of a sentence (capital letter) and what is at the end (period or question mark).
When the child is done writing (copying or tracing) the daily sentences, have the child go back and make a circle in the spaces between the words using a different color pen/pencil.
Play another game as was done on either Wed or Thur of last week to review question marks.
W –
Make a copy of a page from a children’s book (or print something). Have the child make shapes around each separate word (for example, circle the first in red, put a blue box around the next, then a red circle again, etc. to make a pattern).
Th –
Review capitalizing names.
Use the following worksheets: Capital Letters with Names, and Names and Fist Letters. Have the parent read the sentence and have the child re-write it with correct capitalization. If you feel that this is too advanced for your child at this time (these are much harder sentences than what your child can probably read on their own), then simply read the sentence to them and have the child circle the first letter in the sentence and re-write that single letter. Then ask the child what the name in the sentence was, point out that word to the child, and the child can circle the first letter in that name and re-write that single letter.
F –
Review any of the following:
To be used with Writing Lesson 1.3
Letters vs. Words
M-
Review what makes a sentence: Ask what is at the beginning of a sentence (capital letter) and what is at the end (period or question mark).
Although the child has been using this skill already, review the difference between a letter and a word. Take a sentence – either from the Writing Lesson or from a book and have the child point to a letter (name it and call it a letter) and then point to a word (read it and call it a word). Have the parent point to one or the other as well, naming the letter or reading the word, and ask the child to say if it’s a letter or word. Point out that words are always separated by clear spaces (the spaces should be about the size of a single letter).
T-
Review what makes a sentence: Ask what is at the beginning of a sentence (capital letter) and what is at the end (period or question mark).
When the child is done writing (copying or tracing) the daily sentences, have the child go back and make a circle in the spaces between the words using a different color pen/pencil.
Play another game as was done on either Wed or Thur of last week to review question marks.
W –
Make a copy of a page from a children’s book (or print something). Have the child make shapes around each separate word (for example, circle the first in red, put a blue box around the next, then a red circle again, etc. to make a pattern).
Th –
Review capitalizing names.
Use the following worksheets: Capital Letters with Names, and Names and Fist Letters. Have the parent read the sentence and have the child re-write it with correct capitalization. If you feel that this is too advanced for your child at this time (these are much harder sentences than what your child can probably read on their own), then simply read the sentence to them and have the child circle the first letter in the sentence and re-write that single letter. Then ask the child what the name in the sentence was, point out that word to the child, and the child can circle the first letter in that name and re-write that single letter.
F –
Review any of the following:
- Capitalizing at the beginning of a sentence
- Capitalizing the word 'I'
- Capitalizing names
- Period or question mark at the end of a sentence
- A question mark indicates that a question is being asked (and a response is expected)
- Words vs. Letters
- Words are separated by spaces.