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
Julie H. –
My students love the hands-on easy-to-use nature of this product.
Danielle W. –
I used this resource with students last year to help build reading fluency and to be able to write sentences more fluently. They really enjoyed it! I look forward to using it again this school year. Thank you!
Rachel Patterson –
Great Resource!
Shannon R. –
Low prep resource to use during small group for students to practice writing. Great resource, thank you!
Jennifer Jackson (verified owner) –
This is exactly what I was looking for to support my little learners! Thank you!
Julie W. –
I have purchased many things from this seller, and everything I have ever bought has been fantastic! She is very knowledgeable in the Science of Reading (even though I don’t think her things are labeled as such, I feel like she is based on her quality resources). I use so many of her things on a daily basis in my classroom. This product was a freebie, and I definitely will buy the bigger pack.
Christina –
Thank you so much for your kind words and feedback Julie! I’m really excited about the shift in reading instruction to align with the science of reading and love to hear how the resources I create help students! I appreciate all that you do! –Christina
Jaime B. –
This was a minimal prep resource that helped with my small groups. Thank you!
Hannelie Bergmann (verified owner) –
Another great resource that helps my students practice reading and writing words. A big time saver, thank you!
Alice L. –
My kiddos love this!
Aimee H. –
Great resource!
Desiray Brown –
Wonderful
Best in First –
This really helped my students practice decoding!
Madison V. –
Great resource to use in small groups. Can be differentiated. Good practice for my students in reading and writing.
Heather Stover (verified owner) –
Such a great resource for station work and to give students extra reading/writing support.
Seta Timbreza (verified owner) –
I like having multiple options.
Meg E. –
Great resource room supplemental activity!
Angie Noble (verified owner) –
I loved the free sample so much that I am purchasing the rest. All your products are amazing and so beneficial.
Kinder Smorgasphere –
Opportunities to practice sentence building, decoding skills, and handwriting all in one fun, independent center. Students can work alone or with a partner allowing for differentiating.
Ilona G. –
This was so helpful!
Shala C. –
My students enjoyed following along. I allowed them to us their dry erase boards to follow along.