Make Sentences With The Sentence Maker: Book 3 (4-7 years)

Book 3 of the Sentence Maker series tells a short story about Zoggy; children cut out word cards, put together a folding sentence maker and use it to build the story's sentences, such as "Zoggy sits in the sun."
Year levels
Pre-school (Early Years), Foundation–Year 1
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Updated Feb 21, 2024

Subject
Writing, English
Topic
Sentence Building, Reading
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Australian Curriculum content descriptions
AC9EFLA06 — recognise that sentences are made up of groups of words that work together in particular…

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Make Sentences With The Sentence Maker: Book 3 (4-7 Years) helps young students practise building basic sentences. Educators can use this resource in small groups or as individual practice. Students will follow step-by-step instructions to cut out words and assemble them into grammatically correct sentences. As they complete each sentence, students sound out the words aloud to practise early reading skills. This hands-on activity allows children to actively build important early writing skills like basic sentence structure and sight word recognition. Sentence Maker Book 3 works well for differentiation in early primary literacy centres or stations. Educators can adjust the difficulty by adding more complex words over time. This resource helps set students up for later writing success through interactive, hands-on sentence building practice.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Put words in the correct order to form a sentence

  • Read simple story sentences built from word cards

Teaching tips

  • Assembling the sentence maker takes folding plus glue or staples, so building it before the reading session keeps the focus on sentences.

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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

  • AC9EFLA06 — recognise that sentences are made up of groups of words that work together in particular ways to make meaning

Core concepts

  • Sentence building

  • Word order

  • Early reading

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