These combining sentences activities make teaching 3rd grade grammar easier for you and more fun for your students! You’ll get engaging activities plus a full week of skill-building grammar lessons.
Students learn to combine sentences by:
- combining subjects
- combining predicates
- combining adjectives
- forming compound sentences
Each lesson and activity is no-prep and planned for you. They give your students short, daily practice combining simple sentences with a conjunction in a variety of fun ways. No more scrambling to plan activities each week!
Combining sentences activities included:
A 5-day lesson plan provides you with daily pacing and detailed instructions for each day of the week. Answer keys are also included.
A teaching PowerPoint with engaging lesson slides that introduce the skill and the grammar rule, give examples and provide interactive slides for whole group practice.
Practice worksheets provide reinforcement, independent practice, morning work, or homework.
A grammar-based reading passage-Students read a high-engagement “Grammar Gazette” news article written by kid reporters for fun reading practice and to identify simple sentences that can be combined using a conjunction.
A writing activity for students to write their own news article using a word bank to include in their story.
Task cards and recording sheet for a no-prep grammar center and early finisher activity.
Assessment-Monitor progress with an easy-to-grade assessment
A grammar glossary notebook page gives students a handy reference they can add to their writing notebooks to aid in writing and spelling.
A full-page poster to give students an anchor chart reference and add to your grammar wall!
Short on time to teach grammar? This simple 5-day routine with detailed lesson plans allows you to teach, practice, or assess your students in 15 minutes or less each day. The daily routine includes engaging, whole group practice and fun partner activities. The easy-to-grade worksheet is ideal for reinforcement, morning work, or homework.
A creative reading passage allows students to identify simple sentences that can be combined with a conjunction while reading a “Grammar Gazette” news article written by a kid reporter. Students apply their learning in a writing activity with three different formats for easy differentiation. On Friday students are assessed with a short, easy-to-grade quiz.
Weekly grammar routine
Monday: A minilesson on PowerPoint with interactive practice slides
Tuesday: Practice worksheet
Wednesday: Task cards center activity
Thursday: Reading passage and writing activity
Friday: Assessment & Grammar glossary
All the activities in this unit are intentionally designed to be simple and direct, with easy-to-understand activities for students, and easy-to-grade papers for the teacher. All the materials require very little prep or no prep at all. You’ll only need to make copies and cut out a few straight lines on the task cards to be ready to teach! Planning and teaching grammar has never been easier!
Please see the preview for more details and everything included.
Happy teaching!
Linda Kamp
Around the Kampfire
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