Build+a+Sentence

= Build a Sentence = = =

**Rationale** One of the hardest things for my young struggling students is to put a sentence together that has meaning and makes sense. I like this strategy because it is just another tool to help me model and demonstrate what a good sentence looks like. Can be tweaked to use a variety of level, but for the most part this would just be for young learners (K-2) or anyone struggling with putting a sentence together correctly.
 * Implementation Suggestions**

This is a good strategy for a variety of learners because it isn't just the act of writing down a sentence. They have to matipulate cards and put the sentence together by hand.
 * Diverse Learners **

1. Using the template or words of your own choosing make who, action, what, function, and punctuation cards to use in putting sentences together. A variety of each or guide the student to make their own cards. 2. Working individually, in partners, or small groups have the students select one card from the who, action, and what piles. 3. Students need to read the words and deicide what esle it needed to make this sentence make sense and look right. Add those cards. 4. Read sentence and write it down on the paper. It can be silly...it just needs to make sense. 5. Students make at least 5 sentence and have the teacher check them when they are finished. Potential Issues ** Make wise groups with students who can help one another and work well together. If they are already struggling with how to do this the teacher either needs to work specifically with that group or pair them with a strong student.
 * Procedure **

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page 13-18 of the pdf file