More About This Resource
These science of reading-aligned, differentiated decodable sentence-building activities give beginning readers practice reading and writing words and sentences that contain targeted phonics skills. This resource is the perfect extension activity to use with my Decodable Passages bundle and can be used for student review, independent work, or as a literacy center!
Each sentence is a phonics-based controlled text sentence that contains target phonics skill words, previously taught phonics skill words and irregular high-frequency words. The science of reading shows us that the connection between what our students learn in phonics and what they read & write is imperative for building a strong foundation in early reading!
After building each sentence with word cards, students write the sentence on their printable. They then use the student self-check to edit for accuracy. Students will also have the opportunity to practice their reading fluency by reading to themselves or a friend.
This resource contains the following options in order for the teacher to easily differentiate based on student needs:
- 2 versions of each printable recording sheet: One version has a sentence stem that requires the student to fill in the blank with a target phonics skill word. The other version does not have a sentence stem and instead requires the student to write the entire sentence.
- 2 versions of sentence building word cards: Large word cards are perfect to pair with a pocket chart and small cards can be used at a small group table or student desk.
Included in this resource: ***See Preview File***
- master sentences list for the teacher
- 210 phonics-based controlled sentences
- 74 recording sheets (2 differentiated versions of each for a total of 24)
- 210 sets of sentence building word cards (2 differentiated versions of each)
- teacher tips for use
- 210 digital sentence building Google Slides
- PNG backgrounds included for Seesaw (this is NOT a premade Seesaw activity)
Phonics skills included:
- Short a
- Short e
- Short i
- Short o
- Short u
- L blends
- S blends
- R blends
- Final m/n blends
- Final l blends
- Final s blends
- Final t blends
- Three letter blends
- a_e
- i_e
- o_e
- u_e
- e_e
- Open syllable e
- Open syllable i
- Open syllable o
- Long a: ai, ay
- Long e: ee, ea
- Long o: oa, ow
- Long i: _y
- Long i: igh
- Long u: ew, ue
- R-controlled ar
- R-controlled er
- R-controlled ir
- R-controlled ur
- R-controlled or
- R-controlled or, ore
- R-controlled are, air, ear
- Short oo
- Long oo
- Diphthong ow
- Diphthong ou
- Diphthong oi
- Diphthong oy
- Variant vowel au/aw
- Long i and long o: (i)nd, (o)ld, (i)ld
- Long i and long o: ie, oe
- Long e: _y, ey, ie, ei
- Review
Denise Ash (verified owner) –
I just started using this resource. It seems to be helping my students write a sentence better. They were really struggling with writing a sentence, so I’m hoping that I made a good choice!
D. Ash
denmotherof3 (verified owner) –
I’m excited to use this as a whole group to help my students write complete sentences. This seems like such a fun engaging activity. I will continue using this resource during small group instruction to help my students until they become more independent. Just the resource I was looking for! Thank you!
Danielle Szaro (verified owner) –
My kids love this resource! I have been using it during small group instruction. It is a choice in their writing center. They enjoy unscrambling the cards and then writing the sentence down. I have seen their confidence grow as writers! It is also helpful for differentiating because of all of the different types of phonics skills (cvc, cvce, r-controlled, etc). Highly recommend getting this!
MONIQUE REXER (verified owner) –
These are very helpful to support writing and comprehension in addition to word recognition.
Julie Cone (verified owner) –
I can’t wait to use this resource with all my special ed. students, grades 2-3.
rmclear (verified owner) –
Creating a balanced literacy program is Christina’s forte! After purchasing the Decodable Passages bundle, I was drawn to this resource. Knowing the decodable sentences in this bundle provide an extension to the reading passages, made this an easy additional purchase. I can’t wait to witness my children grow in their reading confidence because Christina has provided all the necessary support (systemic instruction) and made learning to read FUN!
jenoleary10 (verified owner) –
Amazing resource. I’m using it at centres and it is great for student practice of skills!