Grades 1–2
Naming Part and Telling Part
Match six naming parts to their telling parts, then write three of the sentences with a capital and a period.
Writing worksheet · Sentence building
Who Is Doing What?
Five picture sentence frames on handwriting lines: kids add what the bee, lion, monkey, robot and dog are doing.
- Grade level
- Grades K–1
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Topic
- Sentence building
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Complete sentences, Subjects and predicates, Sentence types, Combining sentences
What kids do
“A sentence tells who and what they do. Finish each sentence. Start with the word that is there.”
Teacher tip
Have kids act out what each animal is doing before they write the action word.
How to use it
- Build a sentence on the board with word cards before the sheet.
- Have kids clap once for the naming part and once for the telling part.
- Model the first answer on the board, thinking out loud as you write.
Watch for
Kids who think a long sentence must be a run-on. Length is not the problem; missing joins are.
Talk about it
- Can you find a sentence like this in your reading book?
- What did you change when you reread your work?
Take it further
Have kids find and fix one sentence in their own writing journal.
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