Below (in orange) are some more sentences for your child to write at home. It’s helpful to follow this process…
- Read the sentence to your child.
- Ask them to repeat the sentence several times. They could whisper it, shout it or say it in a silly voice.
- Count the words.
- Say the sentence word by word for your child to write.
- Remind them to use a capital letter, a full stop and finger spaces.
- Ask your child to read the sentence back to check they have written every word.
- Write the sentence together, modelling how to read back.
- I must not tramp on the flowers.
- I kept bumping into things in the dark.
- A crab crept into a crack in the rock.
- Milk is good for children’s teeth.
- A drip from the tap drops in the sink.
- The clown did tricks with a chimpanzee.
- I can hear twigs snapping in the wind.