Engage students with 32 colorful sentence building task cards that reinforce parts of speech skills. Includes Google Slides and TpT Easel activities, challenge cards, answer keys, and student recording sheets. Perfect for literacy centers, test prep, and distance learning. Available in digital format.
$3.19
Your students will love these SUPER 32 sentence building task cards!
What’s included?
This is a set of task cards for helping students understand different parts of speech in order to make boring sentences, SUPER! Each sentence has two speech bubbles, each with a prompt to either add, or change some part of the sentence. The bright colors and fun pictures added to the creativity, that will make students love these task cards!
Each of these 32 cards requires students to follow instructions to improve a simple sentence by adding and/or changing words. Students will not only learn to make more interesting and elaborate sentences, but will also be reinforcing parts of speech skills. For younger grades, use the cards just as they are. For fourth grade and above, consider adding Challenge Card 1, which will require students to add a prepositional phrase to each of their answers. Two other challenge cards are also included to extend the activity.
These task cards are perfect for test prep and will work well at literacy centers, stations, for partner work, or with the whole class using a game like Scoot. Student answer sheets are provided as well as answer keys. There are also Challenge Cards that can be used with any other card to extend the activity. In addition, a student handout and three posters are included as reminders for your students.
Print this set out in color. For black and white printing, please use the included black line version. If you are printing in black and white, consider printing on colored paper. Simply print and cut along the guidelines. Laminate and use them again and again. Alternatively, you could print on cardstock. It works well to keep them in a baggie. Another option is to hole-punch a corner of each card and
put them all on a ring.
Distance Learning:
There is also a digital version using TpT’s new digital tool. After purchase, click the white “Open in Easel” button. This will give you access to a digital overlay where students can type in their sentences. You can edit the digital overlay or use it as is.
Student answer sheets are included as well as sample answer keys for both the cards alone and the cards in conjunction with Challenge Card 1. Please keep in mind that these are suggested answers only. Your students’ answers will vary as this is a somewhat open-ended activity.
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Common Core Standards addressed in this set:
Grade 2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.1e Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.1f Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences (e.g., The boy watched the movie; The little boy watched the movie; The action movie was watched by the little boy).
Grade 3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1a Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1g Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1i Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
Grade 4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.1d Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns (e.g., a small red bag rather than a red small bag).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.1e Form and use prepositional phrases.
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A more challenging set of Sentences Task Cards is availablehere.
Terms of Use
This resource was created by Rachel Lynette for Minds in Bloom INC., all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded. If you want to share this resource with colleagues, please purchase additional licenses. Thank you for respecting these terms of use. 🙂
This product is happily brought to you by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack of Minds in Bloom
SKU: 516518
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Donna S. –
A fun and engaging way to encourage students to improve their writing. I used this with students who found writing interesting sentences challenging and they were so enthusiastic to try new cards it became a morning activity for the whole class. Great resource!! .
Desiree T. –
I used this with students who were still struggling with sentences at the end of the year, i plan to use it more at the beginning of next year.
Sara Fischer –
I used the Google option for this resource. I love having the option of assigning certain slides. It was great guiding my students along with building better sentences as a whole class. They were able to use it independently during the course of the week.
Becky G. –
I feel that sometimes we are getting away from teaching students how to write complete sentences. This was a wonderful resource for me to use to support this.
Athena M. –
These task cards are AMAZING! I divided the set up and used it over the course of a couple of weeks. My students’ sentences imporved by leaps and bounds using these cards. I want another set…or more…how about a growing bundle?
Katie H. –
Great product – easy to use, and engaging tasks! Thank you!
Tammi R. –
Thank you for such a great resource! I have included this in my binder of mini lessons for the 6 Traits of Writing. i am always looking for activities that allow my students to work in partners or small groups. My kiddos enjoyed this one!
Traci Ledford –
I used this resource as we were reviewing for our standardized tests. We found this resource to be engaging and useful. The kids enjoyed writing for a change!
Shelli S. –
This was a good resource for a end of the year activity and STAAR Review.
Lenore P. –
I use these as a time filler when we have a extra few minutes. I put it up on our view board and give the students a chance to write the new sentence and then we share out. They love this.