More About This Resource
This is a free sample of my Decodable Sentence Building Activities. These differentiated decodable sentence building activities give kindergarten, first and second grade students practice reading and writing words 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!
⭐️ ⭐️ This freebie is a sample of my resource: DECODABLE SENTENCE BUILDERS ⭐️ ⭐️
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 the FULL RESOURCE:
- 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
Phonics skills included in the FULL RESOURCE:
- 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
Stephanie C. –
This helped to build confidence in my writers. They are more comfortable now and will try to write even more difficult sentences.
Cecilia P. –
My students love using these to fulfill their writing requirements.
Jill M. –
My students think this is great. They really enjoy this product.
Erin O. –
Great resource to support students who struggle with writing; this helps them understand the structure of sentences.
Krystal C. –
This is a great resource that is well laid out and minimal prep. Highly recommend!
Lynn S. –
This was a great resource to use with some of my lower level students. We used it in small groups and helped them with the sentence structure during writing time when they couldn’t write independently.
Iris B. –
A great product. My students really enjoyed using this activity.
Trudy D. –
This resource was very useful in our writing program.
stephanie A. –
Thank goodness for TPT freebies! I love finding great sellers and their wonderful things through their freebies. This was a good one – big hit with my students!
Leslie H. –
This was perfect to use in my classroom. Thank you for a great resource!
Heather T. –
Thank you for this amazing resource! This is exactly what I expected, and I use it frequently in my classroom.
Kylie L. –
My students loved using this resource to help them build their sentences.
Gisel R. –
Thank you for this resource to help my students with writing fluency.
firstdibs –
I loved this resource and found it very useful for my ESOL students!
rebecca V. –
Excellent resource super highly recommended! Fun and engaging
Sara G. –
I used this as a center page to practice sentence writing.
KRISTEN ALLIS (verified owner) –
The resource was great to use in class and I will come back for more purchases!
Christina (verified owner) –
Thank you so much for your kind feedback Kristen!! -Christina
Howida Mahmoud (verified owner) –
I am Very excited to use this sentence resource. Thank you.
Rebecca D. –
I loved this free resource so much that I purchased the bundle from you!
kristi J. –
This is great! Thanks for making this. My students enjoyed it and it was beneficial in helping them learn these standards.