A first unit on writing sentences for grades 1 and 2. Children learn that a sentence has two parts, who and does what, then build sentences from pictures and word tiles, make them longer, and write their own. Big type, a picture on every item, and an answer key on page 2.
ChartWho and does what, with three pictured examples. Read it together first.
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Grades 1–2Draw a line from each who to what it does, then write one sentence. With answer key.
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Grades 1–2Six mixed-up sentences with picture clues. Put the words in order and write each one. With answer key.
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Grades 1–2Pick a who and a does what, write four sentences, and draw the silliest. With answer key.
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Grades 1–2Make five short sentences longer by adding where. With answer key.
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Grades 1–2Three pictures, a word box for each, and two sentences to write. With answer key.
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Grades 1–2Six sentence starters to finish, three about a picture and three about you. With answer key.
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QuizEight points: find the two parts, order the words, stretch a sentence and write one. With answer key.
Download PDFThe sheets are in teaching order. One or two a day covers the unit in about a week.
Most first graders can say a sentence long before they can write one. These sheets close that gap by giving the sentence a shape a child can see: a who and a does what. “The dog” is the who. “Barks” is what it does. Put them together, add a capital letter and a period, and it is a sentence.
The sheets hand over the work a little at a time. First the two parts are given and the child matches them. Then the words are given but mixed up. Then the child picks the parts, then adds where it happens, and by the last sheets is writing whole sentences from a picture or a starter.
Every item has a picture, so a child who is still learning to read can tell what the sentence is about. For capital letters, end marks and telling a sentence from a fragment, see the capital letters, end marks and complete sentences sets.
More for writing: topic sentence worksheets (grades 3–5), graphic organizers for planning, grammar worksheets, and the rest of the writing printables.
Grades 1 and 2. A kindergartner who knows letter sounds and some sight words can do the first sheets with help. The words are short and every item has a picture.
Start with the two parts. Ask who the sentence is about, then ask what they do. Say the sentence aloud, then write it with a capital letter at the start and a period at the end. The chart in this set shows that pattern with three examples.
Stretching a sentence means adding detail to a short one. “The frog hops” becomes “The frog hops on a log” when you add where. Later, children add when, how and describing words the same way.
Yes. Each worksheet prints its answer key as the second page of the same PDF. Where children write their own sentences, the key shows examples.