Telling Complete Stories
Understand that sentences need a subject and predicate
Identify the 'who or what' and 'what they do' in a sentence
Recognize complete vs. incomplete sentences
“Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”
— Proverbs 16:24 (WEB)Words matter, and how we put them together can bring joy and understanding
Gather students in a circle. Explain that today we'll learn how sentences are like little stories with two important parts.
Every sentence needs two main parts: a subject (who or what) and a predicate (what they do). Like a team, these parts work together to tell us something!
Students will use puzzle pieces to match subjects and predicates, creating complete sentences.
Simpler: Teacher helps match pieces
Challenge: Students create their own puzzle pieces
Recap what we learned about sentence parts
Dear Jesus, help us use our words to tell good stories and share Your love.
Coming up: Tomorrow we'll build more sentences like little bridges of words!
“Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”
— Proverbs 16:24 (WEB)🎯 Activity: Whisper the verse like sweet honey
First graders are learning basic sentence structure
Distinguishing between subject and predicate
Child can identify who/what in a sentence and what is happening