405 Review
Convention: Contraction _I’m_
👩🏫 Teacher’s Guide
Objective
Students will review sentence fluency skills from Unit 4 and practice using the contraction I’m correctly when writing about themselves.
Teaching Notes
- Review Unit 4 skills: writing sentences, adding describing words, writing longer sentences, and connecting ideas.
- Explain that I’m is a contraction for I am.
- Model sentences using I’m at the beginning of a sentence.
- Remind students to use a capital I in I’m.
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🧒 Student Worksheet
Helping Material
Good writers write smooth sentences.
They make sentences longer and connect ideas.
The contraction I’m means I am.
It always starts with a capital I.
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Modeled Improvement (Before → After)
1. Before: I am happy.
After:
Why it’s better:
2. Before: I am ready to go.
After:
Why it’s better:
3. Before: I am learning to read.
After:
Why it’s better:
4. Before: I am not scared.
After:
Why it’s better:
5. Before: I am at school.
After:
Why it’s better:
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Writing Choices Q&A
1. What does I’m mean?
2. Is I’m a contraction?
3. Does I’m start with a capital letter?
4. Should I’m be used when writing about yourself?
5. Do contractions make sentences smoother?
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Mini Activities
1. Use the Contraction
I am happy.
2. Fix the Sentence
im ready
3. Choose the Best Form
(I am / I’m) tired.
4. Say It Smoothly
I am learning.
5. Draw and Write
Draw yourself doing something.
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Writing Samples
(5 samples · 3–5 sentences · review of sentence fluency + I’m)
About Me
At School
After School
Trying Hard
Feeling Happy
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Reflection
- How did using I’m help your sentence?