Lesson Plan: Complete Sentences for 5th Graders

Introduction: - Begin the lesson by asking students if they know what a complete sentence is and why it is important in writing. - Explain that a complete sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought and starts with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark. - State the objective of the lesson: To understand and identify complete sentences using common core standards.

Lesson Outline: 1. Review: Start by reviewing the parts of a sentence (subject and predicate) and the importance of capital letters and punctuation marks. 2. Definition: Provide a clear definition of a complete sentence and explain its components. 3. Examples: Show students various examples of complete and incomplete sentences, highlighting the differences. 4. Sentence Structure: Teach students about the different types of sentence structures (declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory) and how they affect the sentence’s meaning. 5. Practice: Engage students in activities to practice identifying and creating complete sentences. 6. Group Discussion: Encourage students to share their own examples of complete sentences and discuss why they are important in effective communication.

Questioning: 1. What is a complete sentence? 2. What are the components of a complete sentence? 3. How do capital letters and punctuation marks contribute to a complete sentence? 4. Can you identify the different types of sentence structures? 5. Why is it important to use complete sentences in writing?

Assessment: - Distribute a worksheet with sentences for students to identify as complete or incomplete. (Worksheet resource: https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/sentences/complete-incomplete.pdf) - Have students write three complete sentences of their own and share them with a partner. - Assess students’ understanding through class discussions and their ability to identify complete sentences.

Differentiation: 1. ELL Differentiation: Provide sentence frames or sentence starters for English Language Learners to help them construct complete sentences. (Resource: https://www.teachstarter.com/us/teaching-resource/sentence-starters/) 2. Visual Learners: Use visual aids such as anchor charts or posters to display the components of a complete sentence. 3. Kinesthetic Learners: Incorporate hands-on activities, such as sentence building with sentence strips or sentence puzzles, to engage kinesthetic learners.

ELL Differentiation: - Use video resources to support ELL students’ understanding of complete sentences: 1. “Complete Sentences” by English Singsing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bXUyD4b3Y0 2. “Complete Sentences” by Grammaropolis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bXUyD4b3Y0 - Provide sentence frames or sentence starters for ELL students to help them construct complete sentences. (Resource: https://www.teachstarter.com/us/teaching-resource/sentence-starters/)

By incorporating various resources and differentiation strategies, this lesson plan aims to engage all students in understanding and identifying complete sentences according to common core standards.