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Simple and complex sentences - subordinating connectives

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Last updated 17 May 2013, created 02 March 2009, viewed 242,162

This resource has been developed to support children in using subordinating connectives to extend simple sentences. It fits specifically with Strand 11 - Sentence structure and punctuation: Steps in learning Step 3 for Year 2. It is, however, useful in supporting sentence structure objectives for children across KS2.

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This will be great for oral language practice and for helping my ESL kids extend their sentences.

from marycarman, 17 May 2013
(report comment) 4 out of 5

ok

from salmaessawy, 12 May 2013
(report comment) 3 out of 5

Fantastic resource that looks good fun! Thank you so much!

from romo59, 08 May 2013
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Many thanks- love the pictures!

from Harryghost, 03 May 2013
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Great! Just what I was looking for!

from Birdinio, 01 May 2013
(report comment) 5 out of 5

This is brilliant. Thank you!!

from Majajo, 30 April 2013
(report comment) 5 out of 5

I love this- thank you!

from karconner, 29 April 2013
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Useful resource to illustrate and encourage comples senteces during whole class work.

from malagawolf, 26 April 2013
(report comment) 3 out of 5

Great resource will be using on Monday :)

from Mskatherine, 26 April 2013
(report comment) 4 out of 5

I love the powerpoint document and know my students will love them too! Thank you for letting us share your ideas! :)

from Sockettvass2, 13 April 2013
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Thank you, this will be very useful.

from eypyworthy, 08 April 2013
(report comment) 4 out of 5

great resource

from jennylweaver, 01 April 2013
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Brilliant!

from shavington1, 29 March 2013
(report comment) 5 out of 5

A great resource for my at risk students - many thanks

from GlendaMarie, 26 March 2013
(report comment) 5 out of 5

fabulous resource thnx alot.

from reenakhan, 25 March 2013
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Fab resource. Thank you!

from lizzie60, 21 March 2013
(report comment) 4 out of 5

A great resource for intervention work with my LA year 5. This will amuse them greatly and hopefully move them on. Thank you

from dingle girl, 16 March 2013
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Entertaining pictures and great for consolidation - thank you!

from TaniaKrikorian, 10 March 2013
(report comment) 5 out of 5

An excellent resource - thanks!

from crinkle, 03 March 2013
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Excellent - using each page as starter activity for my KS2 class!

from simonpatchett, 26 February 2013
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Thanks for sharing...

from gconn, 24 February 2013
(report comment) 5 out of 5

A super resource.

from zlcooper, 10 February 2013
(report comment) 4 out of 5

I've never written a review before but I just have too as this is excellent! So many ways to embed this! Thanks

from Getere, 08 February 2013
(report comment) 4 out of 5

This resource was used to support EAL pupils. It made a difficult lesson easire to understand. Thanks

from JackieCT, 27 January 2013
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Great resource, thank you.

from LynneOM, 23 January 2013
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Brilliant

from smithhelen, 22 January 2013
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Brilliant resource. Thank you.

from Khalouf2, 22 January 2013
(report comment) 5 out of 5

An excellent resource for teaching children to create complex sentences using subordinate clauses / subordinating connectives. It's perfect for using after teaching this skill, before expecting the children produce these sentences independently in their own writing. The pictures are hilarious.

from Chirimolla, 20 January 2013
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Fun and practical means of showing children how to make a simple sentence more engaging by using connectives.

from cooper2, 14 January 2013
(report comment) 4 out of 5

thanks this is just what I need.

from kathie6566, 12 January 2013
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Great resource-can be easily adapted/differentiated. Thank you!

from colettesmyth94, 20 November 2012
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Excellent! Thanks

from ramgorse, 18 November 2012
(report comment) 4 out of 5

This is fab! Love the hyperlinks!

from sjthacker, 14 November 2012
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Great, cheers!

from Wolfwood, 12 November 2012
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Super thanks!

from Stefanie Jay, 10 November 2012
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Very useful and generates further ideas.

from Tijurish, 07 October 2012
(report comment) 5 out of 5

I found this very useful in terms of informing my own planning, and teaching this skill in a simple way. Thanks for sharing!

from Matt Grant, 30 September 2012
(report comment) 4 out of 5

it's really good - using with my LA year 6 children. thanks.

from poetsdownhere, 25 September 2012
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Great, thank you.

from K T, 18 September 2012
(report comment) 5 out of 5

top quality resource, thank you

from zoobiezoo, 18 September 2012
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Really good resource, the boys in my literacy group will love this ppt :))) hopefully it will get them writing !! Thank you for sharing.

from pandas66, 09 September 2012
(report comment) 4 out of 5

very useful for me. thanks for sharing with us!

from shahinshahin, 25 August 2012
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Really like this activity sequence.

from jen111, 16 August 2012
(report comment) 3 out of 5

Great resources.

from pedrosharon888, 15 August 2012
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Thanks for sharing!

from Kayleighmb, 29 June 2012
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Thanks alot, just what I needed to challenge my Year 5 sentence construction.

from feb9264, 26 June 2012
(report comment) 5 out of 5

What a fantastic presentation. My children were enthralled and go really inventive. Thank you so much.

from Dannae, 23 May 2012
(report comment) 5 out of 5

thanks so much for sharing-great images and a real time-saver!

from mary cahill, 22 May 2012
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Wonderful for my ESL senior students

from glennie1, 08 May 2012
(report comment) 5 out of 5

This is exactly what I was looking for. A really helpful resource for getting children to think about complex sentences and using connectives.

from sammyjj89, 02 May 2012
(report comment) 5 out of 5

great work, thank you for sharing

from blondine, 22 April 2012
(report comment) 5 out of 5

This is great! You have saved me a lot of time. Thanks so much. What a fun teacher you must be!

from isaacreedy45, 19 April 2012
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Fantastic pictures. Really inspired the children. Super squirrel and praying kitten were the favourites!

from SueMThorn, 17 April 2012
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Excellent resource! Great to use as a starter to run across the week of literacy lessons. Thank you so much.

from pottfan, 15 April 2012
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Very funny pictures will capture the children's imagination. Thank you.

from margaretdean, 12 April 2012
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing!

from woofwoof, 25 March 2012
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Thanks so much - great visuals!

from slinkywin01, 16 March 2012
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Thank you.

from 2009jd, 16 March 2012
(report comment) 4 out of 5

A great resource and Super Squirrel made me laugh out loud Thanks.

from Helen Poore, 14 March 2012
(report comment) 5 out of 5

brilliant!

from mushroomofjoy, 28 February 2012
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Wonderful

from Cioconnor, 11 February 2012
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Thanks for sharing.

from clawthorpegirl, 05 February 2012
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Thanks. Superb work. Really useful in improving writing in my Year 4 class.

from daniel0905, 14 January 2012
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Thank you wonderful power point,great photos

from GosiaP, 09 January 2012
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Lovely web sight! Thank you very much indeed!

from malabika, 11 December 2011
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Many thanks - really useful time saver - love the pictures.

from yoyo1, 04 December 2011
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Really good - thanks so much!

from highway61, 30 November 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Thanks for sharing, great to extend my year 3s.

from Rosyjan, 08 November 2011
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Love it - so will the children! Thanks!

from helenmcook, 29 October 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

very good use for touition or little groups

from hollyjoe01, 13 October 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Like it! Thanks for sharing.

from angbeall, 09 October 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Life saver!!

from vjrock, 06 October 2011
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Thank you, this is really helpful. The pics are also very interesting :)

from sscthw, 06 October 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

I love the use of the pictures to engage the kids in writing more complex sentences. Looking forward to trying with my class.

from amymbee, 28 August 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

What an excellent activity in writing sentences! Thanks for sharing!

from bebot96, 22 August 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

My pupils were very engaged by the pictures - especially Super Squirrel - brilliant, thank you!

from melon40, 20 August 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Will provide useful early morning activity material. Many thanks.

from landseer, 18 August 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

I love this! Thank you so much.

from annettegear, 17 August 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Thank you, going to use it with my top Y2s.

from cloudgazer, 30 June 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Very useful. Thanks

from happylucky, 24 June 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

This is great thank you very much. It does the job with some humour too

from donnamt, 16 June 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

This is really good and could be used for classes and for one to one sessions. Thank you.

from EvDenison, 13 June 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Great powerpoint, thanks for uploading.

from butterbeer, 10 June 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Excellent! Great way to encourage students to vary the structures of their sentences and build detail! The kids loved the Super Squirrel slide too!

from beth_hookey, 06 May 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Thanks so much for a fantastic resource - my booster groups will love it ;D

from ingestrestables, 05 April 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Thank you, just what I was looking for. You've saved some of my Sunday! :-)

from Miss_Priss, 27 March 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Thank you, this looks brilliant.

from hattii, 22 March 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Just what I was looking for - you have saved me ages!! Thanks!

from annie77, 07 March 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

very imaginitive - thanks so much for sharing.

from helenrocci, 06 March 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Really useful - straight forward and easy to use. Thank you

from mrs mississippi, 27 February 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Superb pictures that really focussed the children's attention. Thanks!

from Winky123, 27 February 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Fastastic pixs - really entertained the children and made them think. Thanks

from msheph2, 27 January 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Fab, pictures are stimulating and amusing, prompts are excellent, many thanks

from Dancer16, 26 January 2011
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Great starter, well done and thank you for sharing this!

from leewignall, 20 December 2010
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Great stimulus!

from Tina282, 12 December 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Great! a useful early morning starter.

from fizz bomb, 10 December 2010
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Super resource - just the thing for my lot too.

from sebflyte, 07 December 2010
(report comment) 4 out of 5

This will be brilliant to boost my lower ability writers. Thank you

from sophias, 01 December 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Exactly what i was looking for! Thank you!

from edsb2, 25 November 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Love the pictures. Thank you.

from MissChilly, 25 November 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

I have searched for a very long time to find a resource for connectives. This is fantastic, the best I have seen.

from 434hilary, 17 October 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

So good i just spent an hour trying to refind it when my computer crashed - yes i will save it this time

from dgames, 12 October 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

I think the humour in the pictures and the way in which the process is broken down will really help many of my pupils, thanks.

from RDT, 06 October 2010
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Very engaging images. Children will love subordinating now. Thank you.

from pamelagough66, 26 September 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Brilliant pictures, just what I need to keep my lively lot focussed, thank you for sharing.

from minisue59, 18 September 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

A brilliant resource - the pictures are really entertaining and add interest to an otherwise dull subject. Thank you.

from Raich, 14 September 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

this is fab :) thank you!

from jpocrew77, 13 September 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Fab!. Great resouce, just what I needed

from Year1_teacher, 10 June 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Very funny!. Thank you - my kids loved the photos

from katiejelly, 04 May 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Thanks. Thanks for sharing this great resource.

from stevenbarella, 03 May 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Marvellous. This is an absolutely terrific resource which is so easy to use and impacts quickly and effectively on learning. Very rare that I find exactly what I'm looking for but, on this occasion, this is it. Many thanks.

from paulasargeant, 03 May 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

HILARIOUS!. Really made me hoot - especially King kitten and Super squirrel. Will I be able to stop them laughing enough to get down to some work, though? Thanks so much. Good ideas for quick starters.

from flono, 02 May 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Just what I needed!. Great pictures to encourage interesting sentences. Thanks!

from blueye, 30 April 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Fantastic. Brilliant! Thanks you soooo much, a lovely visualing stimulating resource.

from GedThomason, 22 April 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Funny!. Love the pictures, my class will love them and I hopefully will love the amazing sentences I get in return! Thanks.

from jillsach, 19 April 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Great timesaver!. Just what I was looking for :) My class are going to love the pictures!

from sirenne, 18 April 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

SUPER. REAL LIFE PICTURES USED MAKE IT VERY STIMULATING AND RELEVANT FOR PUPILS

from jashaparan, 10 April 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Fantastic!. This is a fantastic PowerPoint, great pictures which will help the children stay engaged. Thanks

from goldie81, 08 April 2010
(report comment) 3 out of 5

nm. 5 star brilliant resource not 2star!!!!!!!!!!!!!

from nmanley, 28 March 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Fab. Thanks for sharing my class will love this x

from susebailey, 21 March 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Fantastic Resource. Brilliant! Great as a starter for my Yr5s.
Thanks for the resource.

from bedingfield, 21 February 2010
(report comment) 3 out of 5

Thank you. What a super and amusing resource!

from caroline.a.moore, 19 February 2010
(report comment) 3 out of 5

Fab!!!. Many thanks for sharing this resource. My kids love unusual pictures - these fit the bill. Hoping for some great sentences.
Thanks

from Stephmullen, 17 February 2010
(report comment) 4 out of 5

complex sentence pp. great to introduce complex sentences and also for basic skills work thanks for sharing

from christinekenny, 10 February 2010
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Brilliant. Fantastic for animal lovers!

from WendyJaneSchofield, 02 February 2010
(report comment) 3 out of 5

Love this. These images are fantastic

from Amylicorice, 30 January 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

eye catching!. fab resource - thanks!

from trishachilds, 30 January 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Motivating images. I really liked this resource especially the great photos!

from Edv_Munch, 30 January 2010
(report comment) 3 out of 5

Clare Collins. Absolutely brilliant! Thanks - just what my literacy target work needed!

from clarecollins, 30 January 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

fantastic. I am going to use this in my yr3 class to prepare them for Naplan

from ozscot, 30 January 2010
(report comment) 4 out of 5

really useful. This will be brilliant for my class as warm-ups as the pictures will cause a lot of laughter! ( hopefully inspiring fantastic sentences at the same time)
Thanks

from shropshire_lass, 30 January 2010
(report comment) 3 out of 5

WOW!. The kids will love this. Thank you.

from Jzografakis, 29 January 2010
(report comment) 3 out of 5

Really Helpful. Great pics, children will love them thanks

from sunny33, 14 January 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

thanks so much for sharing. Wonderful stimulating resources

from Lara mfl 05, 08 January 2010
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Fantastic Resource. Thanks so much, what fantastic resource. It must have taken you ages to put it together!

from lynjenn, 23 November 2009
(report comment) 3 out of 5

Brilliant resource. Thanks a lot - my class really responded to this

from Shoetastic, 22 November 2009
(report comment) 3 out of 5

Great resource. Looks really usefull. My year2 class will love it.

from FiFoJo Jo, 22 November 2009
(report comment) 3 out of 5

Thnx - it's gr8!. Going to use use it this week

from lynnedunn, 22 November 2009
(report comment) 3 out of 5

Thanks for this!. This will be a great help with my lower level y5

from lizm62, 21 November 2009
(report comment) 4 out of 5

Can't Wait!. What a lovely set of slides! Thank you so much - I can't wait to use them with my Yr 4 class!!

from Eliza_C, 21 November 2009
(report comment) 3 out of 5

you're a star. I am just about to do connectives again with my class and this will be PERFECT!!! Thank you so much for sharing. And I LOVE the photos you have used. Thank you.

from deebeedee, 20 November 2009
(report comment) 3 out of 5

great resources. this will make conjunctions/connectives really explicit for my EAL pupils

from tamsin wood, 18 November 2009
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Brilliant, thanks!. Fantastic - really helped engage the my Year 7s in something that sounds more complicated than it is!!!

from Veenee, 26 October 2009
(report comment) 3 out of 5

Thanks a lot. Fab! Thankyou ! Vey funny.

from moonling, 21 October 2009
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Great Stuff. I'm adapting this for my Year 6 class - fantatic visual stimulation. Well done!

from kirstenly, 13 October 2009
(report comment) 3 out of 5

Thank you!. Super resource. The children will love it! The pictures will relly stimulate their brains!!! Thanks for sharing K :o))

from kay king, 02 May 2009
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Finally.... ...I love this resource- it is simple and very effective!

from cas1980, 23 March 2009
(report comment) 3 out of 5

Brilliant love this resource!. Thanks so much for sharing this great resource. Really love those pictures!

from Catz240, 07 March 2009
(report comment) 5 out of 5

TIME SAVER. Many thanks. You have saved me so much time!!! LOVED the pictures

from thegoodsamaritan, 06 March 2009
(report comment) 5 out of 5

My Yr 3 class loved this.. It really helped them to use connectives in their story writing. Thank you!

from kirstycraven, 05 March 2009
(report comment) 5 out of 5

Love this resource!. Really useful - thanks for sharing!

from sellyeve, 02 March 2009
(report comment) 5 out of 5
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