Connectives KS1

KS1 Connectives & Joining Words | PowerPoint, 3 Worksheets + Teacher & TA Guide

Help pupils join ideas, choose suitable joining words and check that their sentences make sense. This colourful KS1 English resource combines a ready-to-use teaching PowerPoint with three black-and-white printable activities and a practical Teacher & TA Quick Guide.

Start with and, then explore but, when, so, because and if through illustrated examples, partner talk, sentence choices and independent writing.

What’s included?

• 19-slide widescreen PowerPoint: 17 pupil-facing slides and two teacher-reference slides covering teaching principles and curriculum links.
• Worked examples, oral rehearsal, sentence starters, a quiz with answers and optional extension material.
• Join the Ideas: combine ideas using and or but.
• Choose the Joining Word: complete sentences and explain each choice.
• My Connectives Comic: draw a six-panel park adventure and write accompanying sentences.
• Teacher & TA Quick Guide: suggested answers, teaching reminders, assessment checks, challenge ideas and support for TAs and pupils with SEN.

Pupils rehearse sentences aloud, explain their choices and reread their writing for meaning. Support includes starting with and, offering two word choices and scribing where needed. Challenge prompts encourage pupils to justify choices and use a wider range of joining words.

Suitable for Year 1 and Year 2 whole-class teaching, small-group practice and consolidation.

Files supplied: one PowerPoint and four A4 printable PDFs.