3rd Grade Reading & Language Arts — Stories of Faith — Reading and Writing with Purpose
Students will learn to write complete sentences with correct capitalization and punctuation while writing about God's creation.
A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. Every sentence needs two things: a subject (who or what the sentence is about) and a predicate (what the subject does). For example: 'God created the earth.' The subject is 'God' and the predicate is 'created the earth.'
Every sentence must start with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark. A statement ends with a period. A question ends with a question mark. An exclamation ends with an exclamation point. 'God is great!' is an exclamation because it shows strong feeling.
There are four types of sentences: A declarative sentence makes a statement: 'God made the animals.' An interrogative sentence asks a question: 'What did God create on the third day?' An imperative sentence gives a command: 'Thank the Lord for His creation.' An exclamatory sentence shows excitement: 'How wonderful is God's world!'
When we write about God's creation, we can use all four types of sentences to make our writing interesting and complete.
Good writers also use details to make their sentences more interesting. Instead of writing 'God made birds,' we could write 'God made colorful birds that sing beautiful songs in the morning.' Adding details helps the reader picture what we are describing.
Write one of each type of sentence (declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory) about something God created. Then choose your favorite day of creation and write a short paragraph (4-5 sentences) describing what God made on that day. Remember to use capital letters and correct punctuation!