Building Sentences
This Building Sentences Adapted Book, "What Can We Give On Valentine's Day?" is a Valentine's Day themed activity that focuses on building simple sentences, verb phrases, the "Wh-" question word "What," and basic Valentine's Day vocabulary words.
This download includes:
1 Adapted Book (w/Real Photos)
1 Set of Sentence Building Strips
1 Cut/Glue Sentence Activity
In this activity, students are asked to listen to a riddle, look at a photograph and build a simple sentence by answering the question, "What Can We Give On Valentine's Day?"
The teacher or therapist reads each page, and students solve the riddle and complete the sentence by choosing the correct action that answers each riddle.
Sample Text:
"Draw some hearts. It won't be hard.
Give a friend a homemade _______?
What can we give on Valentine's Day?
Answer: "We can give a card on Valentine's Day."
"Tangy, chewy, sweet and dandy.
Give a friend his favorite ________.
What can we give on Valentine's Day?"
Answer: "We can give candy on Valentine's Day."
After the teacher or therapist has worked through the adapted book, students can practice building sentences with the sentence builder strips. These strips are adapted for multiple learning levels depending on how you set them up. Students can choose 1 word to complete each sentence (Level 1), two words to complete each sentence (Level 2), or build a the complete sentence (Level 3).
After they have practiced with both the adapted book and sentence builder strips, students can complete the cut/glue worksheet.
Students working at an independent level, can read and work through the book and sentence builder strips at a literacy center or work station.
**This book has been UPDATED. The pictures in the preview currently reflect the older edition (What Can We Give For A Present?) The UPDATED book now reads, "What Can We Give On Valentine's Day?"
If your students enjoy this book, there are many other "Sentence Builder Activities" in my collection. Please see the link below:
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