Y1 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling
Recognising a Sentence Lesson
This Recognising a Sentence lesson covers the prior learning of recognising verbs in sentences, before moving onto the main skill of recognising a sentence.
The lesson starts with a prior learning activity to check pupils’ understanding. If they need more practice, you can choose other resources for that step. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning with engaging reasoning and application tasks.
National Curriculum Objective
English Year 1: (1G3.3) Joining words and joining clauses using ‘and’
English Year 1:(1G3.1) How words can combine to make sentences
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2 Teaching Support
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Teaching PowerPoint
This teaching PowerPoint guides pupils through the prior learning of recognising verbs in sentences, before moving onto the main skill of recognising a sentence. There are some modelled varied fluency and application and reasoning questions included at the end.
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Modelling PowerPoint
This PowerPoint can be used to model the questions that the children will complete on the varied fluency and application and reasoning worksheets as part of this lesson.
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Free Year 1 GPS Scheme of Work Spring Block 1 – Conjunctions
This is a free scheme of work for Year 1 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling. This resource is the first block in the teaching sequence and includes 8 small steps with guidance for teaching.
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Video Tutorial
Katie looks at how to organise words into sentences so that they make sense this Combining Words to Make Sentences Video Tutorial.
1 Prior Learning
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Prior Learning Activity
This Recognising a Sentence Prior Learning Activity recaps the prior learning of recognising verbs in a sentence, before moving onto the main skill of recognising a sentence.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 1 Verbs Game tests pupils’ understanding of identifying and using verbs correctly.
2 Varied Fluency
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Varied Fluency
This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to support the teaching of this step.
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Mixed Activity
This main activity includes varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of recognising a sentence.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 1 Combine Words to Make Sentences Game aims to support pupils’ grammar skills.
2 Application
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Application and Reasoning
This differentiated worksheet includes application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.
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Application
This application task includes a challenge activity which can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the Recognising a Sentence lesson.
2 Homework
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Homework
This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.
