First Grade SENTENCES
Grade Level & Subject Area:
1st Grade – Language Arts
Standards/Framework:
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
Conventions of Standard English: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when
writing or speaking.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.J
Produce and expand complete simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and
exclamatory sentences in response to prompts.
Theme/Series of Lessons:
End of the series of basic conventions of English including nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and
interrogative, declarative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.
Time: 1 day 45 minute lesson
What do the students already know?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.B
Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.D
Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns (e.g., I, me, my; they, them, their, anyone, everything).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.F
Use frequently occurring adjectives.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.G
Use frequently occurring conjunctions (e.g., and, but, or, so, because).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.I
Use frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., during, beyond, toward).
Objective:
Students will understand the differences between sentences that show expression (exclamatory),
sentences that make a statement (declarative), sentences that make a command (imperative), and
sentences that ask a question (interrogative).
Students will be able to produce simple and compound sentences that fall under the above
categories.
Students will review our lesson on standard English conventions.
Materials:
Marker board, markers
Punctuation cards
Pencils/paper
Jeopardy! Powerpoint
Procedure:
I will begin the lesson by passing out punctuation cards. Each student will have three cards, and
on each card there will be a red period, a black period, exclamation point, and a question mark.
We will discuss the different kinds of sentences and play a short game. I will say a sentence and
each student will hold up the appropriate ending punctuation and say what kind of sentence it is.
The red period will be imperative, and the black period will be declarative. Afterwards, I will
pass out a review sheet on nouns, pronouns, and adjectives. Lastly, we will play the Jeopardy!
Game. I will divide the students into groups and they will have marker boards and markers to
declare their answers.
Assessment:
I will take up the review sheets for a grade and I will assess the children as they play both games.
Each student will have a turn to explain their answers. This will all be review for upcoming tests.
A Brief Description Of The Entire Lesson - Plus Any Additional Information to be
Included:
This lesson will cover the four different kinds of sentences: declarative, imperative, exclamatory,
and interrogative. I will have a teaching and group discussion time with students, and then they
will play a short game using the punctuation cards. Afterwards, I will pass out a review sheet on
nouns, pronouns, and adjectives. Upon completion, students will separate into groups and we
will play Jeopardy! This will conclude our units on conventions of English.