Lesson 3: Complete Statements - Teacher Answer Key & Explanatory Guide

Question-to-Statement Inversion: Transform direct inquiry prompts into full declarative statements (e.g., "What is..." → "My name is...").
Authentic Personal Application: Apply Lesson 2 sentence stems to the student's own authentic identity and environment.
Syntactic Completeness: Overcome the natural tendency of early learners to provide single-word or fragmentary replies.

Common Core ELA-LITERACY:

• L.1.1.j: Produce and expand complete simple declarative sentences in response to prompts.

• W.1.8: Recall information from personal experience to answer questions.

• L.1.2.b: Use end punctuation for sentences.

Item	Inquiry Prompt	Acceptable Complete Sentence Patterns	Key Evaluation Criteria
1	What is your name?	• My name is [Student Name]. • I am [Student Name].	Must be a full sentence (not just the name alone). Both first and last names capitalized.
2	What is your age?	• I am [seven / eight] years of age. • I am [7 / 8] years old.	Uppercase pronoun I. Accept either word form or digit for age. Terminal period required.
3	On what street do you live?	• I live on [Maple] Street. • I live on [Nguyen Trai] Road.	Correct preposition on. Both the street name and the designation (Street, Road, Ave) capitalized.
4	In what city do you live?	• I live in the city of [Hanoi]. • I live in [Da Nang].	Correct preposition in. City name capitalized; city is lowercase unless part of official title.
5	To what school do you go?	• I go to [Greenfield] School. • I go to the [Third District] School.	Correct preposition to. All content words in the school's proper name capitalized.
6	Who is your teacher?	• [Miss Smith] is my teacher. • My teacher is [Mr. Davis].	Title (Mr., Ms., Mrs., Miss) and teacher's surname capitalized. teacher remains lowercase.

4 - Advanced All 6 answers formulated as complete declarative sentences; flawless capitalization and periods.

3 - Proficient All 6 answers are complete sentences; 1–2 minor punctuation or preposition errors; legible.

2 - Developing Mixes complete sentences with single-word fragments; frequent omission of periods or capital letters.

1 - Beginning Provides only one-word answers (e.g. writes just "7" for age); requires direct verbal scaffolding.

The One-Word Reflex: When asked "What is your age?", a child's natural reflex is to write "8". Teach the "Echo Trick": "Borrow words from the question to build your sentence: 'I am eight years of age.'"
Preposition Matching: Highlight how "On what street" leads to "I live on..." and "In what city" leads to "I live in...".
Paired Interview: Have students pair up and take turns asking these 6 questions orally before writing them down.

Lesson 3: Complete Statements • Teacher Answer Key & Guide