Build vocabulary, improve sight word recognition and increase fluency with this fun box of sentence-building puzzle pieces. Ideal for introducing grammar and practising punctuation, each puzzle piece features a word that can be clipped together with other pieces to form sentences. Colour-coded by the part of speech it represents, the puzzle pieces are ideal for a range of activities around sentence construction. Includes 250 puzzle pieces (50 x 50 mm) plus 4-page booklet with teaching suggestions and games.

Learning Outcomes:

Aims

The overarching aim for English in the National Curriculum is to promote high standards of language and literacy by equipping pupils with a strong command of the spoken and written word.

• Acquire a wide vocabulary, an understanding of grammar and knowledge of linguistic conventions for reading, writing and spoken language

• Write clearly, accurately and coherently, adapting their language and style in and for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences

• Use discussion in order to learn; they should be able to elaborate and explain clearly their understanding and ideas

Year 1 - Writing Composition

• Pupils should be taught to write sentences by:

• Saying out loud what they are going to write about

• Composing a sentence orally before writing it

• Re-reading what they have written to check that it makes sense

Writing – vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

• Beginning to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark

Year 2 Reading

• Pupils should be encouraged to read all the words in a sentence and to do this accurately.

Year 2 Writing Composition

• Encapsulate what they want to say, sentence by sentence

• Re-read to check that their writing makes sense

• Proof-read to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation [for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly]

Writing – vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

• Learn how to use sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command.