Super Sentences

One of our first units in Grammar is that of sentences. We learn what a sentence is, what the parts are, what the the different types of sentences are, and how to write longer, complex, elaborated sentences.

One of the things that the students find most fun is silly sentences...

First I give them a topic, like a frog for instance.

One side of the room will write a subject of that sentence.
The other side of the room will write the predicate of the sentence without knowing what the other side wrote.
Then we put them all together and read them out loud. It's hysterical, and the kids all crack up. It's also a good way to show how sentences won't show a complete thought if we don't have both a subject AND a predicate!

​For some reason this year we had a little theme going of squirrels and egging?!?

Next we take that same skill and take it further by making compound subjects and compound predicates.

And finally, we take it a step further and write compound sentences. It is amazing to watch the progression through our learning!