Sentence openers activities

Do you need some help with opening and closing statements for writing? I have a list of ideas that will help any student begin their writing or end it with a bang! Opening and closing statements can either make or break the student's final piece of writing. Does their opening statement hook readers? Or does their ending leave the reader hanging? Years ago, I met with a group of teachers to create a list of ideas and examples for opening and closing statements. The list below is what we came…

Teaching elaboration might seem impossible sometimes, but I recommend this engaging and authentic activity to better help students understand what it means.

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This secret sentence activity is a sure way to engage your students while they are practicing their beginning sounds, sight words and CVC words. To complete the activity, they write the beginning sound of each picture to reveal the secret sentence and then they rewrite the sentence using proper punctuation. They will love cracking all the different sentences and will be super excited to complete this activity. These sheets are great to use in literacy centers, whole-class activities…

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The Sentence Game Let’s face it, writing is hard. It takes lots and lots of practice to master the many skills a writer needs. But practice can be boring. Not now! I’ve created a sentence writing game your kids will love. With this game they’ll write sentence after sentence without complaining, because it’s a game. It’s very simple, but practices very essential skills- capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling. The game can be played with 2 or more players. There’s even a way to…

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Stretching sentences for writing workshop use with simple sentences, compound sentences and complex.

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Emily Garcia | Education to the Core on Instagram: "Here's an anchor chart idea to help your students elaborate and write complete sentences! 📝 Pair it with our Stretch a Sentence center or Sentence Basics packet for students to practice independently. Comment SENTENCE for the links! 🥳"