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Sentence Building Soft Touch™ Dice: Set 1
and how they’re used in a sentence, before having students work
with the Dice on their own.
Congratulations on your purchase of Sentence Building Soft
Touch™ Dice: Set 1, a hands-on activity that introduces or
strengthens grammar and parts of speech.
Model the Activity
Objective
Start by going over simple combinations: Article + noun,
noun + verb, and adjective + noun. Demonstrate building a
complete sentence by rolling first an article, then a noun, and
finally, a verb. Place the Dice next to each other in order and
read them aloud, for example, “The man walk.” Write the words
and ask students to tell you where you might change or add
letters to make the sentence read correctly. Add an s to make
“The man walks.” (“The men walk” is also acceptable.) Sometimes
the verb will need to be changed to give it a tense, as by adding
ed. Add or switch out Dice.
Students build and record sentences.
Meeting State Standards
This type of practice in sentence building helps students meet
grade-level expectations and prepare for standardized testing.
Sentence Building Soft Touch™ Dice Set 1 can also help
improve their grammar and understanding of sentence
structure.
This Really Good Stuff® product includes:
• 10 Dice
• This Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide
Variations
• Students roll a selection of Dice and see how many sentences
they can make within a certain time limit.
• Students build the sentence as they record, rolling one Die at
a time.
• Leave out the Dice for some words, and students fill them in
as needed.
• Students have the opportunity to re-roll Dice when words
don’t work, such as “An girl.”
• Give students all the Dice at once and let them discover the
sentence structures.
• Provide a sentence frame and one or two Dice for the parts of
speech you want students to practice. For example, provide
noun and adjective Dice to fill the frame “The ____ ____ runs.”
(“The puppy quietly runs,” etc.)
• Students build a sentence with an article, a noun, and a verb,
and then roll the orange adjective Die to determine how many
adjectives make sense in the context.
• Students label parts of speech when they record sentences.
Building sentences using Dice is a fun way for students to learn
sentence structure and other grammar skills. With Sentence
Building Soft Touch™ Dice: Set 1, students roll Dice that are
color-coded by part of speech, and try to build sentences with
the random selection of nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Articles are
also included to complete the sentences.
Silly Sentences
Many of the words rolled won’t make very realistic statements.
Although the semantics might be awkward, a grammatical
sentence may be formed, for example “A giant doctor bites.” You
can have students re-roll one or more Dice to get words that
make more sense in the sentence. Or have students record all
grammatical sentences, and later share their funniest
sentences built with the Dice.
Sentence Building Game
Using a timer, have students take turns rolling a selection of
Dice and, without moving the Dice around, see who can make
and record the most sentences within five minutes. Vary the
time limit to the students’ abilities as needed.
Managing the Center-in-a-Bag
• Copy and file this Activity Guide for future use.
• Place the Dice in a center for an individual or group activity.
• Demonstrate how to tidy the center when the activity
is complete.
Sentence Building Cube Activity
One to four students
Materials: Selection of Dice, pencil, paper
1. Roll the Dice.
2. Place the Dice in logical order to make a sentence.
3. Record the sentence, changing or adding letters as
needed to make it grammatical.
Introducing Sentence Building Soft Touch™
Dice: Set 1
There are 10 Dice color-coded by parts of speech. (See the list
below.) Do not overwhelm students by giving them all the Dice at
once, unless they are ready to distinguish which will work
together to make sentences. Go over the words on all the Dice,
All activity guides can be found online:
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Sentence Building Soft Touch™ Dice: Set 1
Sentence Building Soft Touch™ Dice Set 1
Capitalized Articles
Adjectives
Nouns
Verbs
A
Size and Shape
People
Movement
An
big
boy
jump
The
small
girl
fly
A
tall
man
run
An
tiny
doctor
leave
The
short
mom
swim
giant
teacher
walk
Personality
Animals
Other Verbs
brave
bird
drink
busy
dog
eat
funny
duck
sleep
nice
fish
bite
old
pig
read
young
snake
play
Feelings
cry
shy
laugh
excited
talk
tired
smile
scared
sing
sad
listen
hungry
Physical/Appearance
soft
cute
hairy
dirty
fast
green
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