Description
“If” Sentence Maker: high repetition scaffolded compound sentences for young students using high quality photographs of real world situations
In this pack, we connect semantically-linked ideas with pairs of high quality, colour photographs.
In the first part of the resource, we provide 20 fully-worked sentence examples to help teachers, speech pathologists, and parents to model a variety of “if” sentences to students in a focused and time-efficient way. In the second part of the resource, we provide an additional 20 pairs of photographs complete with ‘sentence starters’ so that students can have a turn at generating their own “if” sentences.
This resource is suitable for one-to-one, small group and whole class delivery. It can be printed, but the high quality photos are designed to look their best on electronic displays, e.g. on a mobile phone, iPad or other device, or on a computer or smart board.
Background
At around the age of 36-42 months, typically developing children start to understand and use complex sentences containing the subordinating conjunction “if”. “If” is a very useful word that allows people to understand and predict things that might happen, as well as understanding conditional instructions in the classroom and in extra-curricular activities like sports. It is a word used frequently in negotiations, planning activities, stories and instructions.
Aside from our Language Workout If Sentences, young school-aged students who have yet to understand or use “if” in spoken sentences correctly may also benefit from a more sophisticated approach, including real world situations and problems to build background knowledge about the world.
This resource is designed to support young students who need extra help with “if” sentences at school. It’s suitable for students with developmental language and other learning difficulties as well as some students who are learning English as an additional language who have yet to understand “if”, or to master complex sentences using subordinating conjunctions like “if”.
Additional resources
Once students have had lots of practise using “if” in spoken sentences with this resource, we recommend stepping up into structured writing practice, using Think then Write 1 resource to provide further practice with compound and complex sentences, combining oral and written language exercises.
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