Writing simple sentences about people who help us
I can write a sentence about people who help me.
Writing simple sentences about people who help us
I can write a sentence about people who help me.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- A sentence is one idea that makes complete sense
- A space must be left in between each word so someone can read our writing
- Sounding out a word before writing helps to spell a word
- Rehearsing a sentence out loud before writing it helps us to remember it
- A sentence starts with a capital letter and mostly ends with a full stop
Keywords
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Adjective - describes a noun
Simple sentence - a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense
Capital letter - the upper case formation of a letter
Full stop - a punctuation mark used at the end of a sentence
Common misconception
Children may struggle to spell more complex adjectives or nouns, such as soldier or ambulance.
Provide a word bank for more complex words to encourage pupils to use if necessary. Provide sentence stems and scaffolds if necessary.
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To help you plan your year 1 english lesson on: Writing simple sentences about people who help us, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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Equipment
You will need a copy of the 2020 Hodder Children's Books edition of 'A Superhero Like You' by Dr. Ranj.
Licence
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Dr Ranj
police officer
kind
Exit quiz
6 Questions
a naming word of a person, place or thing
the upper case formation of a letter
a punctuation mark at the end of a sentence
describes a noun