Words Work Together - Foundation

Help children connect who or what is named with what a sentence tells. Begin with whole spoken messages and familiar pictures, then build, reread and explain linked word groups.

The five lessons cover naming groups, doing and being information, missing-part repair, cooperative construction and transfer to a new scene. A being message such as “The bag is red.” is treated as a complete idea. Children compare fitting messages and explain what each partner group contributes.

The teacher guide provides explicit modelling, guided and independent practice, support and extension, practical keys and formative recording. Teachers read directions and word cards aloud. Children can respond with speech, pointing, AAC, arranged cards or adult scribing. Assessment focuses on meaning and word relationships.

What's included

• 41-page Unit Plan PDF: contents page, 13 pages of teacher guidance and 27 resource pages.
• Editable 18-slide teaching presentation.
• Editable 22-slide quiz with ten question-and-feedback pairs.
• Two colour displays.
• Six low-ink worksheets, each immediately followed by its answer or sample-answer page.
• Eighteen word-group cards, cooperative game mat, rules, worked turn and six-set key.
• Sorting mat, playground workshop, sentence-assembly mat and six challenge cards.
• Student conference, teacher record, four-criterion rubric and transfer page.
• Full 81-page watermarked preview of the same Unit Plan and decks.

Learning focus

Build complete messages.

Connect naming groups with doing or being information.

Repair missing information in a stated sentence-building task.

Explain a word relationship and transfer it to a fresh scene.

Classroom use

Five flexible lessons, whole-class modelling, guided groups, partner work and literacy centres. Spread short individual assessment conferences across rotations or a further block as needed. Resources can be displayed digitally; pointing offers an alternative to cutting and writing.

Teacher benefits

Picture-supported tasks reduce reliance on independent decoding.

Doing and being examples support accurate sentence-meaning teaching.

Cooperative routines require children to explain a connection.

Fresh assessment scenes allow teachers to record transfer and actual support used.

Digital product and licence

Digital classroom teaching files; no physical item is included.

Requires a PDF reader and software that opens PPTX files.

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