Kindergarten Fall — Print Concepts, Letter Formation, and Oral Language for Writing
English · GR K (NC Y1 stretch) eng.gK.f.gr.sentence_concept

Sentence as a complete thought

Recognize that a sentence is a complete thought that begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark (period, question mark, exclamation point).

Mastery threshold
85%
Min instances
12
Typical minutes
25
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Prereqs
Successors
  • eng.gK.s.wr.dictate_one_sentence
    (not yet loaded)
  • eng.g1.f.gr.sentence_punctuation
    (not yet loaded)
Common misconceptions
  • Confusing 'long string of words' with 'sentence' (run-on)
  • Believing every utterance is a sentence (fragments accepted)
  • Confusing 'capital letter at start' with 'capital letter ANYWHERE'

Exercise pool (3)

Diff Stem Type
2 For each card, decide: SENTENCE or PIECE? Place in the right hoop. sort
3 Stretch this base sentence: 'The cat ran.' (Add a descriptor or a HOW or a WHERE.) oral stretch
4 Make this PIECE into a SENTENCE: 'Big red bus.' transform