Writing Letters - Small and… · B2 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B2.4.3.1.3 - Space words appropriately in sentences

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify where one word ends and another begins in a written sentence.
Use a single finger space between words when copying sentences from the board.
Copy a simple sentence of 4 to 6 words with correct spacing between every word.
Check their own copied work and fix any places where words are too close together or too far apart.
Display their completed work neatly for others to see and give simple feedback to a friend.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Writing (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Writing Letters - Small and Capital (4.3)
Content standard: B2.4.3.1 - Use general skills, strategies and knowledge of letter sounds to enable them write legibly and boldly Printed p.56 gives this standard as "knowledge of letter sounds to enable them write legibly and boldly" and printed p.57 as "knowledge of letters to enable them write legibly and boldly". The p.56 wording is transcribed.
Indicator: B2.4.3.1.3 - Space words appropriately in sentences
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 1 (Week 25 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

content standard text - p.56
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 57
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Write the sentences on the board.
- Let learners copy the sentences, paying attention to spacing of words in the sentence.
- Encourage learners to display their work.