{"id":734,"date":"2018-11-01T11:49:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T15:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theteachingrabbit.com\/home\/?p=734"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:46:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:46:47","slug":"making-sentences-with-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theteachingrabbit.com\/home\/making-sentences-with-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Simple Sentences with Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

One of the most important skills for primary students to develop is learning how to read and write sentences.\u00a0 After teaching a few sight words and some basic punctuation, you may be ready to teach your students how to make simple sentences.<\/p>\n

Sentence Structure<\/h2>\n

Here are a few things students should know about sentences:<\/p>\n

A sentence has a subject<\/strong> (thing\/person the sentence is about) and a predicate<\/strong> (tells something about the subject).<\/p>\n

All sentences start with a capital (uppercase) letter.<\/p>\n

A sentence ends with a period (or question mark or exclamation mark).<\/p>\n

For example: The dog is brown.<\/p>\n

When beginning to compose sentences, it is best to use familiar words like sight words or short 2-3 letter words.\u00a0 A picture is also a good clue to help decode any unfamiliar words.\u00a0 Here are some examples of easy sentences with picture clues for beginners.<\/p>\n

\"making<\/a><\/p>\n

\"winter<\/a><\/p>\n

Capital Letters<\/h2>\n

If you break sentences down into individual words, you can show students that the word with the capital letter<\/em> will likely come first.\u00a0 This won’t always be the case because some sentences will have names of people, places or things that also require a capital letter.\u00a0 For beginning learners though, we don’t need to use sentences with more than one word with a capital letter.<\/p>\n

\"fall<\/a><\/p>\n

In the example above, the words “I” and “eat” should be recognizable.\u00a0 The only unfamiliar words might be “pumpkin” and “pie”.\u00a0 A picture card allows students to either copy the sentence word for word or serve as a self checking tool at the end of the task.<\/p>\n

Punctuation<\/h2>\n

Students should also be familiar with the period<\/em>.\u00a0 When you are starting out you can tell them that the period always goes at the end of a sentence.\u00a0 As they learn about different types of sentences, you can then teach them about question and exclamation marks!<\/p>\n

\"insects<\/a><\/p>\n

Reading & Writing Skill Development<\/h2>\n

When students are done arranging the words into a complete sentence, they can copy it into their notebooks.\u00a0 This way they are developing both reading and writing skills!\u00a0 They can also read their sentence aloud to the class to develop confidence in their reading skills.<\/p>\n

\"spring<\/a><\/p>\n

\"summer<\/a><\/p>\n

Some of the sentences you see in the photos are from my Sentence Building Centers Bundle<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

These activities are ideal for kindergarten and first grade students who are just beginning to read and write.<\/p>\n

The bundle comes with centers for Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Calming Strategies, Back to School, <\/em>and the Original Center<\/em>.<\/p>\n

You can check it out here:<\/p>\n

\"sentence<\/a><\/p>\n

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More Sentence Centers<\/h2>\n

\"animalAnimals Sentence Building Center<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"ValentinesValentine’s Day Sentence Building Center<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"summer<\/a>Sports Sentence Building Center<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Weather Sentence Building Center<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Teaching Punctuation?<\/h2>\n

If you are also teaching punctuation, you might want to check out this fun Punctuation Practice Activity<\/a>.\u00a0 It can help you teach students how identify, complete, and write sentences\u00a0(statements, questions<\/strong>, and\u00a0exclamations)<\/strong>\u00a0using correct the punctuation marks!<\/p>\n

\"punctuation<\/a><\/p>\n

Are your students more advanced?\u00a0 Looking for something a littler harder?\u00a0 You might like reading this Sentence Editing Blog Post<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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