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
Elaine S. –
I absolutely loved using this resource in my classroom! It was student-friendly, visually appealing, and kept my students actively engaged. Everything was easy to prepare and use. Thank you for creating such a useful and high-quality resource!
Meghan Cameron –
The decodable sentence activities provided lots of practice with reading, building, and writing simple sentences. I love having both print and digital options. Easy to use and very helpful for literacy centres or independent work.
Primary Autism Teacher –
Helped my students write sentences and made modifying easy. Thank you
Lynda M. –
This bundle has been incredibly helpful for my modified students who are still developing their reading and writing skills.
Tina Hornbeak –
Fits perfectly with her other resources for beginning readers.
Victoria W. –
There is so much to this resource! The sentences are actually decodable, and the activities are engaging for students. SO much to choose from!
Sparkles and Students –
This is a great interactive activity for students to work on sentence building!
lisa M. –
My kids love this center. And I love that it hits different aspects of what we are learning.
Crystal K. –
This was exactly what I was needing – thank you!!!
Kenley’s Creations –
Thanks for this, it was easy to use and very helpful!
Cynthia May –
Great product for writing sentences. I have used this with kindergarten and second grade, as well as ESL students.
Kelly S. –
This Decodable Sentence Building and Sentence Writing BUNDLE is a wonderful resource for reinforcing phonics and sentence structure skills. The print and digital options make it versatile and easy to use in centers, small groups, or independent work. It’s engaging, low-prep, and perfect for helping early readers build confidence in both reading and writing.
Amanda G. –
This has helped my lower readers with reading and writing sentences. The picture clues and easy words help them do this as a regular center independently.
Jessica D. –
I like to to use this resource as a supplement to our phonics program. It’s great in a center or for independent work.
Maxleen V. –
Great resource for teachers, especially for small group activities!
Mrs H Hearts Learning –
I use this activity yearly! The kids really enjoyed it!
Alison R. –
So excited to use this Sentence Building/Writing resource with my students. They loved the original theme-based ones. This new Science of Reading set will help me better meet my students individual needs.
Teach it Taylored –
Great resource for centers and easy enough to use for the students to use on their own!
Tarheelstate Teacher –
Purchased this sentence writing resource to give my kindergarten daughter an interactive way to practice handwriting–bonus that she has to work on sentence structure and reading the words at the same time and that we can focus on different word patterns that become more complex as she works through the resource. Thanks so much Christina!
Mandy G. –
This was a great resource for literacy stations and small groups.