![]() ![]() Provide lined paper or journals for this stage. The final stage is Independent Practice. This happens when children write sentences on their own without a visual model, and it is an important part of your lesson to help students develop independence with writing sentences.Students need direct instruction prior to and continued guidance during this stage so they practice correctly. Resist the temptation to let workbook and worksheet practice be independent work as they can copy incorrectly and reinforce bad habits. While students write, teachers should walk around and closely monitor and guide their students. The next stage is Guided Practice. This requires that teachers guide students to their workbook or worksheet where they copy sentences from a model.This step assures students are watching and learning how to write correctly, which is a foundation piece for good habits. To get all eyes on you as you demonstrate, say, “My Turn! Watch me write the sentence.” Explain the important concepts as you write such as capitalization, spacing, and punctuation. Then say, “Your Turn,” indicating it’s their turn to imitate you in their workbook, worksheet, or lined paper. The first stage is Direct Instruction. During this stage, you directly instruct by actively demonstrating how to write a sentence.There is an important, three-step process that sets children up for success when learning. This process can not only be used when teaching sentence structure but also for handwriting instruction and so many other skills! ![]() Three Instructional Stages for Teaching Successfully Want your students to have success with writing sentences? The formula is simple!Īctive Teaching + Good Materials = Writing Success. Ex: The dog wags her tail when I get home.Complex Sentence: Contains at least one independent clause and one dependent clauseĪ dependent clause is a group of words with a subject and verb that expresses a complete thought, so it cannot stand alone (e.g., “when I get home”).Ex: I open the door, and the dog wags her tail.Compound Sentence: Two or more independent clauses joined together by a coordinating conjunction (i.e., and, but, for, or, nor, yet, so).Simple Sentence: One independent clause with a subject and a predicate.There are three main types of sentence structures: contains a subject (someone or something) and a predicate (what the someone or something is being or doing).ends with punctuation (period, question mark, or exclamation point).is a group of words that expresses a complete thought that can stand alone (also called an independent clause).How exciting it is when children move from being able to express their ideas only by drawing pictures to writing sentences that everyone can read! Before we can help children learn to write a sentence, we first need to teach them what a sentence is! Then we need effective teaching strategies and good materials to make teaching and learning sentences fun. So, your student can write letters and is developing early literacy skills to read high-frequency words and sound out some new words. What comes next? Sentence writing, of course! ![]()
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