Dictation Wednesday

Today we are going to do some dictated sentences – we used to do them in the morning to warm up our brain 🧠. Miss Murray would read out a sentence and you had to write the sentence on your whiteboards – do you remember? 

Just like in class – have a go and try your best!

Warm Up:

• Warm up your brain by reading these words on the video – can you read them before the man on the video says them?

Main Activity:

• For this activity you will need to ask nicely for an adult or a brother or sister to help you. Ask them to please read out the sentences below and then you write them down in your jotter

• When your helper is reading the sentences, ask them to please read them slowly and read them a few times so you remember them

• Remember a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop. Try and write in your neatest handwriting with small, tall and fall letters. 

• Read your sentences back after you have finished to make sure you haven’t missed any words. 

Dictated Sentences

1.       He has a big, red car.

2.       My pet crab sits on the rug.

3.       She had fish and chips for lunch.

4.       This pond is not deep for the frog.

5.       I went to the shop with my dog.

6.       I hurt my foot in the park.

7.       The sheep went to church with the farmer.

8.       Three is not a big number.

9.       The shark has lots of sharp teeth.

10.   The man needed a stamp for his box.

Extra Challenge: 

• Why not draw your own illustrations to match your sentences.

• Can you make up some dictated sentences for someone in your house? Remember to mark their work afterwards and make sure their sentences are correct!

Game to Support Learning: 

• Click on the picture below and have a go at ordering sentences with Writing Runway