Sentence Menu

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

• Write the following sentence on the board: “Susan’s dog was bigger than all the cats.”
• Explain that the sentence contains many different types of words. Tell students that the word “Susan’s” is possessive because the 's means that dog belongs to Susan.
• Explain that the word “dogs” is a plural noun because it refers to more than one dog.
• Finally, share that the word “bigger” is called a comparative because it compares two things (in this case Susan’s dog and the cats.)

Guided Practice

• Tell students to work in pairs to write a sentence that fits the following rules:
  • Contains a comparative
  • Contains a plural noun
• Give students time to write their sentences, then have them share them with the group.

Independent working time

• Pass out the Wacky Sentences worksheets. Have students complete the worksheet independently.
• After they finish, have students work in partners to give each other sentence challenges (similar to the Wacky Sentences worksheet).