How Words Make Sentences - PowerPoint

An educational resource aimed at Year 1 and 2 pupils focuses on the fundamental skill of constructing sentences. The material introduces the concept of a sentence, emphasising that it must start with a capital letter, end with a punctuation mark (full stop, question mark, or exclamation mark), contain a verb, and represent a complete thought. Through interactive exercises, students are encouraged to identify and correct improperly punctuated sentences, such as 'the cat sat on the mat', by adding the appropriate capitalisation and punctuation. The resource further helps students to distinguish between correctly and incorrectly structured sentences, reinforcing the rules of sentence construction.

The teaching resource also includes activities that challenge students to order jumbled words into coherent sentences, such as 'dog The a ate bone.', and to understand that sentences can have multiple correct orders, as demonstrated by 'big a dog ate bone. small The'. To enhance their understanding, students are tasked with changing highlighted words in given sentences while ensuring the sentence still makes logical sense. Worksheets complement the lessons, prompting students to add punctuation, fill in missing words, and rearrange words to form sentences, thus reinforcing their learning about how words work together to make sentences.