Description
Mastering this essential writing skill is an important stepping stone to help your students move from writing simple sentences to complex sentences.
This resource includes differentiated gameplay working on combining sentences. This product includes teaching posters for explicitly teaching how to combine sentences to ensure student understanding. Visual student bookmarks are also included to provide an additional scaffold during gameplay. Student-friendly directions will ensure all students can access the materials independently during centers. For student accountability, a recording sheet is also provided. The combining sentences game also includes several variations and extensions to provide multiple practice opportunities for students of all ability levels. Additionally, this low-prep resource includes blank templates to allow for full customization of the sentences students read during gameplay.
This resource is for you if you are in need of a product that provides the materials to successfully teach and practice combining sentences through:
*Explicit Preteaching
*Visual Skill Reminder Bookmarks
* Variety of Independent Practice
* And most of all… providing multiples ways to provide different levels of skill scaffolding to ensure this is adaptable to students of ALL ABILITY LEVELS.
This resource includes:
- Visual teaching posters
- Visual student bookmarks
- Student-friendly directions
- Printable board game templates (2 variations)
- Student recording sheet
- Sentence cards (advanced challenge cards included)
- Blank version of cards for customization
Setup is QUICK and EASY – just print, laminate (if you wish) and GO!
Benefits of this resource:
- Your students will be able to practice combining sentences, allowing them to transfer this skill into their writing practice as they shift from writing simple to more complex sentences.
- Differentiation is built in- no need to pull materials from different sources
- LOW PREP – print and go!
- Academically engaging
- Recording sheet for student accountability and formative assessment
Who should purchase this resource?
- Teachers looking for ALL IN ONE, LOW-PREP resources that are both engaging and beneficial for student learning.
- Teachers looking for resources that can easily be differentiated for learners of all abilities.
- Teachers looking for activities that support student understanding of sentence structure and boost writing skills!
Standards & Topics Covered
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.3.A:
“Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.”
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