Y1 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling
What is a Question? Lesson
This What is a Question? lesson covers the prior learning of recognising sentences, before moving onto the main skill of understanding what a question is.
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: (1G5.3) Introduction to question marks to demarcate sentences
English Year 1: (1G5.3) Beginning to punctuate sentences using a question mark
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2 Teaching Support
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Teaching PowerPoint
This teaching PowerPoint guides pupils through the prior learning of recognising sentences, before moving onto the main skill of understanding what a question is. 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 Summer Block 1 – Questions
This is a free scheme of work for Year 1 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling. This resource is the second block in the teaching sequence and includes 4 small steps with guidance for teaching.
1 Prior Learning
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Prior Learning Activity
This What is a Question? Prior Learning Activity recaps the prior learning of recognising sentences, before moving onto the main skill of understanding what a question is.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 1 Recognising Sentences Game is designed to check your child’s understanding of identifying the beginning and end of sentences.
2 Varied Fluency
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Mixed Activity
This main activity includes varied fluency, reasoning and application questions for pupils to practise the main skill of understanding what a question is.
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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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Matching Activity
This Year 1 Questions Matching Game supports pupils’ understanding of when to use a question mark.
2 Application
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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 What is a Question? lesson.
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Application and Reasoning
This differentiated worksheet includes application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.
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.
