Lesson · Grade 1 · English Language Arts
A Sentence Tells a Whole Idea: Who Did What
- Grade 1
- English Language Arts
- 42 s
- British Columbia
- BC1-EN-17
A dog stands above the words "The dog", followed by a blank line and a question mark: the words say who, but not what the dog did, so they are not a whole idea yet. The dog jumps, "jumped." fills the blank under a "did what" label next to the "who" label, and the class reads "The dog jumped." together as a whole idea, which makes it a sentence.
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In one sentence
The question this lesson answers
What is a sentence? Let's find out!
Look at these two words: the dog.
Transcript
What the lesson says
What is a sentence? Let's find out!
Look at these two words: the dog.
What did the dog do? We do not know.
So these words are not a whole idea yet.
A sentence tells a whole idea, like who did what.
Who is it about? The dog!
And what did the dog do? It jumped!
Read it with me: The dog jumped.
Now it tells a whole idea. It is a sentence!
A sentence tells a whole idea, like who did what.
Curriculum
Where this fits
- British Columbia, Grade 1
English Language Arts, Language features, structures, and conventions: sentence structureBC1-EN-17
Previous: Blending and Splitting Sounds: c, a, t Makes catNext: How Do We End a Sentence? Period, Question Mark or Exclamation Mark
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