Teach students in grades 1–3 to write fabulous sentences and paragraphs with this easy-to-use resource that includes everything you need!
This 112-page book includes scaffolded lessons and activities that progress from writing sentences to writing paragraphs. This writing workbook includes over 80 reproducible pages of activities, writing models, writing prompts, student forms, and complete teaching instructions.
The lessons and activities progress in difficulty and include concept charts that provide explanations and examples.
These sentence-writing worksheets provide the practice that kids need to build basic and important writing skills, including:
Sentences
This section provides instruction and practice with basic sentence structure and writing sentences. Students begin by recognizing sentences, correcting sentences, and adding parts of sentences. They build on these skills by expanding sentences, writing sentences, exercising word choice, and using new vocabulary.
Understanding Sentences:
- What is a sentence?
- A sentence has two parts
- Action verbs and linking verbs
Writing Fabulous Sentences:
- You can use adjectives
- You can use adverbs
- You can use new words
Paragraphs
This section provides instruction in paragraph structure and practice in recognizing topic sentences, supporting details, and closing sentences. Students gain valuable practice in writing paragraphs and recognizing different kinds of paragraphs.
Understanding Paragraphs:
- What is a paragraph?
- A paragraph has three parts
Writing Fabulous Paragraphs
- Different kinds of paragraphs: opinion, compare, contrast, narrative, descriptive, how-to
Concept Charts
The concept charts provide basic information about sentence structure, parts of speech, paragraph structure, and word choice.
BONUS! The concept charts can be assembled into a sentences-and-paragraphs handbook for students in grades 1–3 to refer to as they write.
How Writing Activities Help Young Learners
Writing activates both sides of the brain, which can improve language learning and memory. It can also help with creative thinking and innovation.
Writing by hand fosters valuable brain development that occurs as students acquire literacy skills. Forming letters strengthens recognition, sound-symbol relationship, and multisensory connections between vision, hearing, and muscle memory.
