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
adrianna V. –
Great for students to use at a centre and/or working in small group. Thank you!
Deborah Droll (verified owner) –
Your prices are fair and encouraging! I always feel that I get my money’s worth with your resources! Thanks so much!
Mike P. –
This is a great resource; my students are very engaged during our literacy block.
Annie B. –
This is an awesome resource! My second graders loved it!
Svitlana D. –
This resource is a perfect way to teach decoding ELL students and children with learning disabilities.
Amanda K. –
Such a wonderful and well planned resource. Hit all the expectations I was hoping for when delivering the language program.
Jeannine K. –
I am just starting to learn about the Science of Reading. This resource was helpful.
Joleen L. –
This was an awesome resource for my students. Thank you!
Robin S. –
My students used this to help decode words and write sentences.
Heather Andrews (verified owner) –
Loved this free resource! It was so helpful in my classroom. I loved it so much, I bought the complete package.
Marianne B. –
This resourced allowed me to have very specific goals in mind. These activites are chunked nicely.
Deborah Droll (verified owner) –
Thank you for these great resources. My kids love them, and I love to see their increased confidence in reading!!
jenoleary10 (verified owner) –
Loved the sample so much I bought the entire bundle. It’s amazing for small group instruction, and centre activities.
Jeff P. –
Perfect preview. Thinking about purchasing the whole bundle.
Amy G. –
Such a great resource for kids to be able to read them and also review capital letters and ending punctuation. My students really enjoyed them.
Sheila W. –
Thank you for this resource. We used it as a station.
Cathy O. –
We love using these during small group time to work at the sentence level. Unscrambling the sentences has prompted discussion about meaning, grammar, etc. And, the students even enjoy writing and checking their work over. Great product!
karine C. –
It kept them engaged. They loved it! The experience was good for ESOL kids who needed to decode words
Judy C. –
This activity is great for becoming a great writer and being able to read fluently. Love it!!
Tina T. –
used to teach sentence structure in first grade class