Notes to the Teacher

This warm-up PowerPoint is intended to be used as revision for

Key Stage 1 pupils.

The games and activities on these slides can be used one at a

time as introductory activities or as lesson starters.

These activities are ideal for reinforcing previous learning - why

not do one activity every day?
Pirate Petra has found these bottles washed up on the beach! They
each have a message inside, but the sea has washed away all the
full stops. Can you put them back in so that the messages make
sense?

Please help me.

me IIam
am
stuck on a desert I have buried the
island. Youare
island You aremy
my treasure. Youwill
treasure You will
only hope.
hope never find it.
it

I know where the

treasure is hidden.
hidden II I have been captured
have found a map by the pirates. They
pirates They
that tells me where it are keeping me
is.
is locked up on their
ship.
ship

Show Can you write your own messages in a bottle

answers without full stops? Can a friend add in the full
stops?
This is the capitals machine! When sentences go in to it that do not
start with a capital letter, the machine adds a capital letter in the
right place.
Can you write whatwith
he played will come
the out when these sentences are put in?
ball.
we made cakes with our
grandma
it was a lovely
day for a picnic.

He played with the

Capitals
ball.
Machine

We made cakes with our

grandma

It was a lovely
Show day for a picnic.
answers
Oh no! The capitals machine is malfunctioning! Sentences have
been put in and the machine has added the capital letters in the
wrong place! Can you correct the machine’s mistakes?

We
we hanG
hang the
the washing
washing
on the line On
on a sunny
Day.
day.

Capitals
Machine
my
My best frieNd
friend is good
at
At making bracelets.
Bracelets.

we
WeaRe
are going to gO
go to
the fair Tomorrow.
tomorrow.

Show Can you write your own sentence with capital

answers letters in the wrong place for a friend to correct?
This text about taking care of rabbits has no full stops! Can you
work out where the sentences should begin and end and add in the
full stops?

Rabbits can be fun pets.

pets ItItisisimportant
importantto tolook
look
after them so they stay safe and happy. happy
Rabbits have big front teeth to help them bite
their food.
food They
Theyshould
shouldhave
havelots lotsof
ofhay
hayto toeat
eat
and water to drink.
drink Rabbits
Rabbitsneed needaawarm,
warm,safesafe
place to sleep.
sleep They
Theycan
canlive
liveinside
insideororoutside
outside.
They need space to run, hop and skip. skip Rabbits
Rabbits
like to live with at least one other rabbit.
rabbit They
They
can get lonely by themselves.
themselves

Show Can you write your own sentence about

answers rabbits using a full stop?
Can you write two sentences to describe this picture using a capital
letter at the beginning of your sentences and a full stop at the end?

tre
e

vegetable
s

table
barbecu
e gardenin
g
Example: The man is cooking sausages on the
Show Can you check a friend’s sentences to
barbecue. The boy is gardening next to him.
answers make sure they have used capital letters
and full stops?
Can you write two sentences to describe this picture using a capital
letter at the beginning of your sentences and a full stop at the end?

breakfast cere
al
television chair

armchair

Example: The children are sitting at the table

Show eating
Can cerealafor
you check breakfast.
friend’s The pets
sentences to are having
answers their used
make sure they have breakfast too.
capital letters
and full stops?
Can you write two sentences to describe this picture using a capital
letter at the beginning of your sentences and a full stop at the end?

men
cafe window u

waitres
s
burge
r

milkshake
s tabl
e

Example: The waitress writes down the woman’s

Show Can you check a friend’s sentences to
order. The woman is ordering three milkshakes.
answers make sure they have used capital letters
and full stops?
Read the story of Princess Sara. Can you add in the missing capital
letters? Then can you rearrange the capital letters you have added
in to make the magic words?
once upon
Once upon aa time,
time, there
there lived
lived aa very
very forgetful
forgetful princess
princess
called Sara. princess
Princess Sara
Sara was
was always
always forgetting
forgetting things.
things.
eventually, one day the queen set her a test. “never
Eventually, “Never
forget these magic words,” said the queen, so every day,
Sara wrote down the words in case she forgot them. soon, Soon,
months went by and slowly, the princess forgot to write
them every day. everyone
Everyone was happy, until until one
one day,
day, a
a
bad dragon kidnapped the queen and locked her up in a
castle. sara
Sara decided
decided sheshe would
would rescue
rescue the
the queen
queen and
and
when she arrived at the door of the castle, it spoke to her.

“After you
“after you speak
speak the
the magic
magic words,
words, II will
will open,”
open,” said
said the
the
door.
“magic words…?” Sara asked. eyes
“Magic Eyes tight
tight shut,
shut, she
she
thought hard and at that very moment, Sara remembered
the magic words and spoke them to the door...
Show
What are the magic words? OPEN ____ SESAME
______
answers
This astronaut has met some fast-talking aliens. But there are no full stops in
alien language so it is hard to understand them! Can you add in the full stops
so that the astronaut can understand them?
I would love to know
Welcome
Welcome to our planet
to our We eat space plants
what it is like on
Itplanet.
is a dusty
It is old rock
a dusty and crater weeds
Earth. We have
Watch
old rockout for the
Watch outbad
for Sometimes when we
heard lots of stories
aliens
the bad aliens. get very hungry we
about it. Please tell
eat moon rocks
us everything.

I would love to know

I would love to know
what it is like on Earth.
what it is like on Earth
We have heard lots of
We have heard lots of
stories about it.
stories about it Please
Please tell us
tell us everything
everything.

Can you write what the astronaut would say

Show back to the aliens? First write it with full stops
answers and then without so the aliens can understand.
Let’s play ‘Ten Strikes and You’re Out!’ Click on the letters that you
think are missing to try to make the contracted word in the
sentence. Every time you guess a letter incorrectly, press the ‘Uh-
oh’ button to make a pin disappear! Can you guess all of the
missing letters before you strike out?
M y birthday is in June.
F riday is my favourite day of the week.
W hen grandad looks after us, we eat ice
cream for tea.
T he superhero is fast and strong.
Uh-Oh! L ook at how many toys she has.
S trawberries are juicy and red.
R oses smell sweet.

A B C D E F G H I
J K L M N O P Q R
S T U V W X Y Z
These superheroes are here to help make these sentences super!
If the sentence needs a full stop adding you need Full Stop Girl!
If the sentence needs a capital letter you need Captain Capital!
Click on the superhero needed for each sentence.

The children are feeding the

goats
The children are feeding the
goats.

Full Stop Girl Captain Capital

Try
Correct!
again!
These superheroes are here to help make these sentences super!
If the sentence needs a full stop adding you need Full Stop Girl!
If the sentence needs a capital letter you need Captain Capital!
Click on the superhero needed for each sentence.

super heroes always save the

day.
Super heroes always save the
day.

Full Stop Girl Captain Capital

Try
Correct!
again!
These superheroes are here to help make these sentences super!
If the sentence needs a full stop adding you need Full Stop Girl!
If the sentence needs a capital letter you need Captain Capital!
Click on the superhero needed for each sentence.

My mum has a fast, red car

My mum has a fast, red car.

Full Stop Girl Captain Capital

Try
Correct!
again!
These superheroes are here to help make these sentences super!
If the sentence needs a full stop adding you need Full Stop Girl!
If the sentence needs a capital letter you need Captain Capital!
Click on the superhero needed for each sentence.

at my party we played pass the

parcel.
At my party we played pass the
parcel.

Full Stop Girl Captain Capital

Try
Correct!
again!
These superheroes are here to help make these sentences super!
If the sentence needs a full stop adding you need Full Stop Girl!
If the sentence needs a capital letter you need Captain Capital!
Click on the superhero needed for each sentence.

Fran and Oliver are going to the

shops
Fran and Oliver are going to the
shops.

Full Stop Girl Captain Capital

Try
Correct!
again!
These superheroes are here to help make these sentences super!
If the sentence needs a full stop adding you need Full Stop Girl!
If the sentence needs a capital letter you need Captain Capital!
Click on the superhero needed for each sentence.

don’t forget to drink 8 glasses of water a

day.
Don’t forget to drink 8 glasses of water a
day.

Full Stop Girl Captain Capital

Try
Correct!
again!