Sentence expansion activities

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Expanding Sentences Anchor Chart and Mini-Lesson

Getting your students to write detailed sentences can be such a difficult task. Come see how my class practices writing expanded sentences with this simple activity.

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Stretch those writing skills with this "stretch a sentence" activity! Little writers will learn to expand on an idea by adding more details to a sentence.

Teaching kids about writing sentences with all the parts of speech can be a bit boring and dry. I vividly remember diagramming sentences as a child and wishing I was doing anything but that! But at the same time, teaching sentence structure and the parts of speech is important for kids to understand. That’s why I ... Read More about Writing Sentences: A Roll and Write Activity

Are you looking for a way to help your students expand their sentences to include details? Do your students need help with grouping words together while reading for fluency phrasing? Try integrating this simple Snowballing Sentences activity! Writing Read through the completed sentence page as a whole-group. Then, model and guide the students through the process of expanding sentences to include details. Model writing a simple sentence with a Who and a Did What. Show them how to expand and…

expanding sentences, Common Core, Pitner's Potpourri

Happy November! I’m stopping in to share a brand new freebie with you called Expand-A-Sentence, which helps your students expand their sentences with adjectives. There is an example at the top for yo