Sentence building and writing are main ingredients in every primary classroom. Given the right recipe, our developing writers are cooking up a sentence feast! But, it’s not always easy…So, by adding a dash or two of fun, our Sentence Chefs beg for the secret sentence recipe time and again in our classroom. Meet the Sentence Chefs!
These cooking themed, differentiated sentence building activities include everything to teach, reinforce, and enrich sentence writing in our classroom.
We introduce our class to sentence writing by creating Sentence Chef hats, singing our Sentence Chefs song, getting to know our chef posters, memorizing our recipes for silver platter sentences and more. By the time we’re done, they are practically begging for the secret recipe. As Emeril Lagasse would say…BAM!
We use color coded sentence building cards to help with easy organization. With 35 cards for each category (who, what, when, where), our class sentence writing center runs for months without losing its flavor. 😉 For differentation, we use 2-4 of the sets, depending upon the level of our learners.
We print and laminate the “Set Your Sentence Plate” placemats with dry erase markers or print and copy the consumable worksheets for centers.
Once their word cards are picked, they’re ready to set their sentence plate! They draw a quick picture of their cards and then write their sentence to go with it. Some sentences turn out silly, but it doesn’t matter because the sentence writing is exactly what we’re looking for!
For high frequency sight word help, we provide Word Menus. We’ve included 3 versions for differentiation and growth throughout the school year.
Here’s What’s Included
-Sentence Chef Hat Templates (Color and Black and White)
-Sentence Chefs Song Chart (Tune: “Muffin Man”)
-Sentence Chefs Classroom Anchor Charts
*Recipe for Silver Platter Sentences
*3 Meet the Chefs Posters
*Silver Platter Sentences Ingredients Cards
-Sentence Building Cards
*35 Who Cards
*35 What Cards
*35 Where Cards
*35 When Cards
-Sentence Plates Work Mats and Worksheets
Print and Laminate Work Mats for Repeated Class Use
*Who/What Work Mat
*Who/What/Where Work Mat
*Who/What/Where/When Work Mat
Print and Provide Consumable Worksheets for One Time Use
*Who/What Worksheet
*Who/What/Where Worksheet
*Who/What/Where/When Worksheet
-Differentiated Word Menus
*Menu Covers (Color and Black and White)
*100 Sight Words
*200 Sight Words
*300 Sight Words
-Enrich and Reteach Work Mats and Worksheets
*Serve Up Some Details Worksheet
Print and Laminate Work Mats for Repeated Class Use
*Who/What/Where/When/Why Work Mat
*Who/What/Where/When/Why/How Work Mat
Print and Provide Consumable Worksheets for One Time Use
*Who/What/Where/When/Why Worksheet
*Who/What/Where/When/Why/How Worksheet
Does your class need help cooking up some scrumptious sentences? Check out our secret recipe, Sentence Chefs Differentiated Sentence Building Activities for Developing Writers
