Lesson Plans for CASTLES level Q

Building Skills

Word Work
Capitalization and Punctuation
Write the following sentence on the board: one of the most important places in the castle was the great hall. Have children write this sentence with proper punctuation and capitalization on a piece of scratch paper. Now have children look at page 11 in the book. Ask: Does your sentence match the one in the book? Punctuate and capitalize the sentence on the board and explain each change to the sentence as you make it. One must be capitalized because it is the first word of the sentence. Great Hall must be capitalized because it is a proper name. A period should be added to the end of the sentence because it is a declarative sentence. Explain that a declarative sentence is a sentence that is not a question and that it is the most common sort of sentence they will encounter in writing.

Multiple Syllable Words
Write the words castle, Medieval, moat, comfortable, defense, and enemies on the chalkboard. Say the words, pausing between syllables as children clap on each and count. Write the number of syllables children count next to each word. Now, have volunteers come to the board and draw lines between syllables. If they have trouble, have them say the words slowly, clapping on the "beats" of the syllables.


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