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Words Make Sentences
Reading and Language Arts: 0.0-1.9
Standard 1: Demonstrate skills that serve as the foundations for reading
1. Learning Objective(s):
Recognize that words make sentences.
2. Materials and Resources: “Word Order” worksheet (see link), computer
access, index cards, paper, pencils, and pens
Additional resources: Scrabble board game and Apple/Android Device
3. Activities:
Warm-up & Review
 Review previous lessons.
Introduction:
 Building on previous lessons of word building, help student use those words to
now create sentences. Fill in the gaps with new words that you will put on
additional index cards.
Activities and Practice
A. Word Order Worksheets
 Download the Word Order worksheets here.
 Put these words on index cards or cut them out. Have the student rearrange
each word group to make a sentence.
 Your student may struggle with some of the vocabulary. This is a great time to
help your student decode words or research the meanings of words.
B. Pictures to Words & Word Association
 Watch this video and follow the instructions: Pictures to Words & Word
Association Video
C. Language Experience Stories
 The student dictates a sentence or story to you.
 To get started, ask the student to think of a story he would like to tell a young
relative or friend. Give examples of stories or story prompts for the student.
 Neatly write what the student says. Use correct spelling but do not change the
student’s grammar. One to three sentences are enough in the beginning.
 Read the story to the student.
 If possible, have the student read it to you.
 This can be done several times until the student is comfortable with his or her
reading.
 Ask the student to copy the sentences.
 Use words from the story to teach as sight words, writing them on index cards.
4. Wrap-Up and Feedback
 Be sure to ask for feedback on the lesson.
 Review building sentences with different words
 If needed, create more language experience stories and repeat the
activity.
(Other: Back-up Plan/Activities)
 Create sentences using scrabble pieces
 Sentence Reading Magic
Challenger Correlations for this Benchmark:
Lesson 2 – Writing book
Lesson 1 p.7 -8 Challenger Workbook