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Next Steps (Level 1) | Writing and speaking | Making sentences

Sentence Snakes

A 36-square board with five snakes. Say a sentence with the word on your square, and stretch it to escape a snake.

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A six by six board of numbered squares, each with a word such as cat, run or happy, with five curved snakes drawn between squares, each with a head on a high square and a tail on a lower one.
Preview of page one. A six by six board of numbered squares, each with a word such as cat, run or happy, with five curved snakes drawn between squares, each with a head on a high square and a tail on a lower one.
Level
Next Steps (Level 1), ages 6 to 10
Skill
Writing and speaking
Theme
Making sentences
Pages
2
Paper
A4 portrait
File size
89 KB
Ink
Black and white, low ink
Copies
1 per group of 4

Teacher notes

  • Squares mix nouns, verbs and adjectives, so children meet all three word classes while they play.
  • The snake rule teaches sentence stretching: because, and, but, and adjectives.
  • Play it in writing: each player keeps a record sheet and writes the sentence they said, then compares at the end.
  • Print on card for a lasting board. Snakes are drawn as plain outlines so the board prints well in black and white.

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