My students have been learning the four kinds of sentences.
They're getting pretty good at naming the 4 kinds (Statement, Question, Command, Exclamation) and can easily identify that they all should begin with a capital and end with punctuation.
However, when I say a sentence (or when they read one) they're still working at figuring out what kind of sentence it is. So I decided to take matters into my own hands, in a fun way, with a Halloween Twist!
I made this activity with lots of sentences of each kind. Of course, each of the sentences has something to do with Halloween! I used mostly Dolch words, but I added some of their favorite Halloween words. (They always remember those, don't they?)
I made some sorting cards, with reminders of each kind of sentence, along with 28 sentences. I also added a few other activities to do with the same sentences, based on the Common Core for grades 2 and 3 including realistic or fantasy and complete sentence or sentence fragment. I think they're going to love it! See HERE or any of the images for a link to this resource.
Here's a little movie to give you an idea how it's used!
I also made a freebie sample with some of the sentences and a sorting activity for complete sentences and sentence fragments. You can download that activity HERE or see the image below!
The children will be having so much fun, they won't even realize they're practicing important reading and sentence skills!
