WHAT IS A SENTENCE?

A sentence is a group of words that tells acomplete thought. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark (.?!).

I like to use Vachel Lindsay "The Little Turtle" poem.

THE LITTLE TURTLE by Vachel Lindsay
There was a little turtle.
He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle.
He climed on the rocks.

He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea,
He snapped at a minnow.
And he snapped at me.

He caught the mosquito,
He caught the flea,
He caught the minnow.
But he didn't catch me.

ACTIVITIES
WORD-ORDER FUN
Materials: sentence strips, constuction paper, or flash cards.
1. Write the words of "THE LITTLE TURTLE" or any other poem, one word per piece.
2. Provide your child with words.
3.Ask child to reconstruct the poem by putting the words in order. Then have him/her read poem aloud.