Lesson 1.3: Sentences Print Lesson

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Easy-to-use, rigorous curriculum for teaching your gifted child foundational sentence grammar.

Is your child comfortable writing complete sentences as their default? Do they know the elements of a complete sentence? Lesson 1.3: Sentences teaches kids about the foundational grammar structure of sentences and introduces them to key concepts such as verbs and nouns, all while unleashing their creativity. Our lessons combine original writing challenges suitable to the physical and emotional ability of younger children and multiple-choice questions that tease their powerful brains. We minimize repetition and draw on the deep wisdom of cats.

Included in this booklet:

✔️ 1 fun video lesson
✔️ 4 fun and age-appropriate assignments to practice and build on the skill
✔️ 3 extension practices on common problem areas, including “to be” verbs
✔️ 1 end-of-lesson quiz
✔️ Answer key: Robust explanations of the answers plus tips for assessing your child’s original writing

When you purchase this lesson, you’ll receive an email with a PDF booklet to download.

Length: 54 pages

Easy-to-use, rigorous curriculum for teaching your gifted child foundational sentence grammar.

Is your child comfortable writing complete sentences as their default? Do they know the elements of a complete sentence? Lesson 1.3: Sentences teaches kids about the foundational grammar structure of sentences and introduces them to key concepts such as verbs and nouns, all while unleashing their creativity. Our lessons combine original writing challenges suitable to the physical and emotional ability of younger children and multiple-choice questions that tease their powerful brains. We minimize repetition and draw on the deep wisdom of cats.

Included in this booklet:

✔️ 1 fun video lesson
✔️ 4 fun and age-appropriate assignments to practice and build on the skill
✔️ 3 extension practices on common problem areas, including “to be” verbs
✔️ 1 end-of-lesson quiz
✔️ Answer key: Robust explanations of the answers plus tips for assessing your child’s original writing

When you purchase this lesson, you’ll receive an email with a PDF booklet to download.

Length: 54 pages

Skills in focus:

  • Sentences communicate a complete and ordered idea using a subject and a predicate.

    • The subject of a sentence is generally a noun or pronoun.

      • A noun is a word used to identify a person, place, or thing.

      • A pronoun is a generic substitute for a noun that specifically refers to a person, group, or thing in the text (e.g., we, I, it).

        • Two other types of pronouns can serve as subjects: demonstrative (this, that, these, those) and indefinite (someone, anybody, few, all).

    • A predicate is what’s said about the subject in a sentence or clause. Predicates consist of a verb and other stuff. 

      • A verb is the action word–the thing that your subject is doing in the sentence.

      • The other stuff in a predicate is optional.

  • The subject and verb of your sentence should agree.

  • Capitalize the first letter of the sentence and end the sentence with ending punctuation.

  • There are four types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory.

    • Imperative sentences often have invisible subjects.

    • Interrogative sentences usually use a helper verb in addition to a main verb. Other types of sentences may also have helper verbs.

  • It’s OK to deviate from these conventions for specific and intentional impact, but not too often.