Sentence Writing Assessment Packet
Teaching strong sentences
should not require a separate program.
Your curriculum builds knowledge. This series builds the writing skills to express it.
Children learn how to:
Turn fragments into complete sentences
Expand ideas with vivid details
Combine related ideas
Show cause, contrast, and relationships between ideas
Strengthen meaning
These activities layer seamlessly alongside your existing instruction. They don't replace what you're doing—they make it better.
Students practice how to build, combine, expand, and revise sentences while writing about teacher-approved and well-loved children's books (sold separately).
The foundation your students need with the simplicity you deserve.
Teaching strong sentences should not require a separate program.
Your curriculum builds knowledge. This series builds the writing skills to express it.
Children learn how to:
Turn fragments into complete sentences
Expand ideas with vivid details
Combine related ideas
Show cause, contrast, and relationships between ideas
Strengthen meaning
These activities layer seamlessly alongside your existing instruction. They don't replace what you're doing—they make it better.
Students practice how to build, combine, expand, and revise sentences while writing about teacher-approved and well-loved children's books (sold separately).
The foundation your students need with the simplicity you deserve.
Teaching
strong sentences
should not require a separate program.
Your curriculum builds knowledge. This series builds the writing skills to express it.
Children learn how to:
Turn fragments into complete sentences
Expand ideas with vivid details
Combine related ideas
Show cause, contrast, and relationships between ideas
Strengthen meaning
These activities layer seamlessly alongside your existing instruction. They don't replace what you're doing—they make it better.
Students practice how to build, combine, expand, and revise sentences while writing about teacher-approved and well-loved children's books (sold separately).
The foundation your students need with the simplicity you deserve.
How the Series Works
How the Series Works
1
Choose a grade and volume.
Pick the grade level band and theme that fits what your students are learning.
2
Read a featured book.
Use your own copy, buy one, or borrow it from the library.
3
Select one or more activities.
Choose from about a dozen written specifically for that book.
4
Meet every learner's needs.
Use them in whole group instruction, target a skill in small groups, or assign them as independent work.
Every activity includes a written prompt and sample response. Modify them to fit your students' needs without spending extra time on prep.
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Grades 1 & 2 Collection
Best Value
All 4 Volumes in One Book
Grades 1 & 2 Compilation Volume
All four themed volumes—The Joy of Reading, Curious Creatures, Storms and Strength, and Cinderella Stories Around the World—are combined into this one comprehensive resource. With hundreds of ready-to-use activities tied to 65 beloved children's books, students build sentence writing skills while exploring themes that span literacy, science, resilience, and cultural understanding.
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Developing a Love of Literacy
Volume 1 The Joy of Reading
Celebrates books, libraries, reading, and the people who help open the door to literacy and learning, with sentence-writing activities for 19 featured children's books (sold separately), including Bats at the Library, Library Lion, The Oldest Student, Thank you, Mr. Falker, and Tomás and the Library Lady.
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Exploring Animal
Adaptations & Behaviors
Volume 2 Curious Creatures
Explores fascinating animals and the unique features, behaviors, and adaptations that help them survive and thrive, with sentence-writing activities for 16 featured children's books (sold separately), including Creature Features, Me … Jane, Never Smile at a Monkey, Seven Blind Mice, and Walk With a Wolf.
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Seeing the Power of Wind
and Resilience
Volume 3 Storms and Strength
Explores powerful weather and the courage, persistence, and problem-solving people show in difficult situations, with sentence-writing activities for 14 featured children's books (sold separately), including Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Brave Irene, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Gilberto and the Wind, and Katy and the Big Snow.
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Enjoying Global Retellings
of a Classic Story
Volume 4 Cinderella Stories Around the World
Travels across cultures through Cinderella tales that reveal how familiar story patterns take on new characters, settings, and traditions, with sentence-writing activities for 16 featured children's books (sold separately), including Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella, Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella, Domitila: A Cinderella Tale From the Mexican Tradition, Irish Cinderlad, and Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters.
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Grades 2 & 3 Collection
Best Value
All 4 Volumes in One Book
Grades 2 & 3 Compilation Volume
This compilation combines all four themed volumes—Changes in Seasons, Westward, America!, Standing Up for Civil Rights, and Food for Thought—into one comprehensive resource. With hundreds of ready-to-use activities for 67 high-quality children's books, students build sentence writing skills while exploring themes that span science, history, civil rights, and health.
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Observing Seasonal Transformations
Volume 1 Changes in Seasons
Follows the seasons through changing weather, nature, and the ways the world transforms throughout the year, with sentence-writing activities for 15 featured children's books (sold separately), including Frog and Toad All Year, The Longest Day: Celebrating the Summer Solstice, Over and Under the Snow, The Reasons for Seasons, and Why Do Leaves Change Color?
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Understanding America’s Expansion
Volume 2 Westward, America!
Brings westward expansion to life through pioneers, Native peoples, railroads, cowboys, and American legends, with sentence-writing activities for 17 featured books (sold separately), including How We Crossed the West, John Henry, The Legend of the Bluebonnet, Locomotive, Sacajawea: Her True Story, and The Trail of Tears.
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Exploring Justice and Equality
Volume 3 Standing Up for Civil Rights
Explores the stories of people who stood up, spoke out, and challenged injustice to move America closer to equality, with sentence-writing activities for 18 featured books (sold separately), including Henry's Freedom Box, Let the Children March, Martin's Big Words, The Story of Ruby Bridges, and Separate Is Never Equal.
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Connecting Food, Nutrition,
and Science
Volume 4 Food for Thought
Connects food to where it comes from, how our bodies use it, and the traditions and stories that bring people together around the table, with sentence-writing activities for 17 featured children's books (sold separately), including From Farm to Table, Good Enough to Eat, How Did That Get in My Lunchbox?, The Quest to Digest, and Thunder Cake.
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Grades 3 & 4 Collection
Best Value
All 4 Volumes in One Book
Grades 3 & 4 Compilation Volume
This compilation combines all four themed volumes—Oceans of Wonder, Spacebound!, Finding Home, and Inspired to Create—into one comprehensive resource. With hundreds of ready-to-use activities for 72 exceptional children's books, students build sentence writing skills while exploring themes that span marine science, space exploration, immigration history, and artistic achievement.
Buy Now on Amazon
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Discovering Marine Life
and Ocean Science
Volume 1 Oceans of Wonder
Dives into ocean life, remarkable sea creatures, and the scientists and explorers who help us understand the world beneath the waves, with sentence-writing activities for 15 featured children's books (sold separately), including Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea, The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau, Giant Squid, Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle, Ocean Sunlight, and Shark Lady.
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Examining Space and
Lunar Exploration
Volume 2 Spacebound!
Journeys beyond Earth to examine the Moon, planets, galaxies, space exploration, and the discoveries that changed how we see the universe, with sentence-writing activities for 16 featured children's books (sold separately), including Find the Constellations, If You Decide to Go to the Moon, Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, The Planets, and Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei.
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Understanding Immigration
and Belonging
Volume 3 Finding Home
Follows journeys of immigration, migration, and belonging while examining the experiences, traditions, and challenges of building a new home, with sentence-writing activities for 17 featured children's books (sold separately), including Four Feet, Two Sandals, Grandfather's Journey, The Great Migration: An American Story, In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, and The Memory Coat.
Buy Now on Amazon
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Celebrating Artists
and Creative Vision
Volume 4 Inspired to Create
Celebrates artists, musicians, dancers, inventors, and other creators whose ideas and persistence brought remarkable works to life, with sentence-writing activities for 24 featured children's books (sold separately), including Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, Michelangelo, The Music in George's Head, The Noisy Paint Box, and When Marian Sang.
Buy Now on Amazon
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Find the Right Volume for Your Students
Grades 1 & 2 Collection
Best Value
All 4 Volumes in One Book
Grades 1 & 2 Compilation Volume
All four themed volumes—The Joy of Reading, Curious Creatures, Storms and Strength, and Cinderella Stories Around the World—are combined into this one comprehensive resource. With hundreds of ready-to-use activities tied to 65 beloved children's books, students build sentence writing skills while exploring themes that span literacy, science, resilience, and cultural understanding.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Developing a
Love of Literacy
Volume 1 The Joy of Reading
Celebrates books, libraries, reading, and the people who help open the door to literacy and learning, with sentence-writing activities for 19 featured children's books (sold separately), including Bats at the Library, Library Lion, The Oldest Student, Thank you, Mr. Falker, and Tomás and the Library Lady.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Exploring Animal Adaptations & Behaviors
Volume 2 Curious Creatures
Explores fascinating animals and the unique features, behaviors, and adaptations that help them survive and thrive, with sentence-writing activities for 16 featured children's books (sold separately), including Creature Features, Me … Jane, Never Smile at a Monkey, Seven Blind Mice, and Walk With a Wolf.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Seeing the Power of Wind
and Resilience
Volume 3 Storms and Strength
Explores powerful weather and the courage, persistence, and problem-solving people show in difficult situations, with sentence-writing activities for 14 featured children's books (sold separately), including Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Brave Irene, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Gilberto and the Wind, and Katy and the Big Snow.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Enjoying Global Retellings
of a Classic Story
Volume 4 Cinderella Stories Around the World
Travels across cultures through Cinderella tales that reveal how familiar story patterns take on new characters, settings, and traditions, with sentence-writing activities for 16 featured children's books (sold separately), including Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella, Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella, Domitila: A Cinderella Tale From the Mexican Tradition, Irish Cinderlad, and Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters.
Buy Now on Amazon
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Grades 2 & 3 Collection
Best Value
All 4 Volumes in One Book
Grades 2 & 3 Compilation Volume
This compilation combines all four themed volumes—Changes in Seasons, Westward, America!, Standing Up for Civil Rights, and Food for Thought—into one comprehensive resource. With hundreds of ready-to-use activities for 67 high-quality children's books, students build sentence writing skills while exploring themes that span science, history, civil rights, and health.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Observing Seasonal Transformations
Volume 1 Changes in Seasons
Follows the seasons through changing weather, nature, and the ways the world transforms throughout the year, with sentence-writing activities for 15 featured children's books (sold separately), including Frog and Toad All Year, The Longest Day: Celebrating the Summer Solstice, Over and Under the Snow, The Reasons for Seasons, and Why Do Leaves Change Color?
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Understanding America’s Expansion
Volume 2 Westward, America!
Brings westward expansion to life through pioneers, Native peoples, railroads, cowboys, and American legends, with sentence-writing activities for 17 featured books (sold separately), including How We Crossed the West, John Henry, The Legend of the Bluebonnet, Locomotive, Sacajawea: Her True Story, and The Trail of Tears.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Exploring Justice and Equality
Volume 3 Standing Up for Civil Rights
Explores the stories of people who stood up, spoke out, and challenged injustice to move America closer to equality, with sentence-writing activities for 18 featured books (sold separately), including Henry's Freedom Box, Let the Children March, Martin's Big Words, The Story of Ruby Bridges, and Separate Is Never Equal.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Connecting Food, Nutrition,
and Science
Volume 4 Food for Thought
Connects food to where it comes from, how our bodies use it, and the traditions and stories that bring people together around the table, with sentence-writing activities for 17 featured children's books (sold separately), including From Farm to Table, Good Enough to Eat, How Did That Get in My Lunchbox?, The Quest to Digest, and Thunder Cake.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Grades 3 & 4 Collection
Best Value
All 4 Volumes in One Book
Grades 3 & 4 Compilation Volume
This compilation combines all four themed volumes—Oceans of Wonder, Spacebound!, Finding Home, and Inspired to Create—into one comprehensive resource. With hundreds of ready-to-use activities for 72 exceptional children's books, students build sentence writing skills while exploring themes that span marine science, space exploration, immigration history, and artistic achievement.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Discovering Marine Life
and Ocean Science
Volume 1 Oceans of Wonder
Dives into ocean life, remarkable sea creatures, and the scientists and explorers who help us understand the world beneath the waves, with sentence-writing activities for 15 featured children's books (sold separately), including Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea, The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau, Giant Squid, Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle, Ocean Sunlight, and Shark Lady.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Examining Space and
Lunar Exploration
Volume 2 Spacebound!
Journeys beyond Earth to examine the Moon, planets, galaxies, space exploration, and the discoveries that changed how we see the universe, with sentence-writing activities for 16 featured children's books (sold separately), including Find the Constellations, If You Decide to Go to the Moon, Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, The Planets, and Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Understanding Immigration
and Belonging
Volume 3 Finding Home
Follows journeys of immigration, migration, and belonging while examining the experiences, traditions, and challenges of building a new home, with sentence-writing activities for 17 featured children's books (sold separately), including Four Feet, Two Sandals, Grandfather's Journey, The Great Migration: An American Story, In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, and The Memory Coat.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Celebrating Artists
and Creative Vision
Volume 4 Inspired to Create
Celebrates artists, musicians, dancers, inventors, and other creators whose ideas and persistence brought remarkable works to life, with sentence-writing activities for 24 featured children's books (sold separately), including Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, Michelangelo, The Music in George's Head, The Noisy Paint Box, and When Marian Sang.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Find the Right Volume for Your Students
Grades 1 & 2 Collection
Best Value
All 4 Volumes in One Book
Grades 1 & 2 Compilation Volume
All four themed volumes—The Joy of Reading, Curious Creatures, Storms and Strength, and Cinderella Stories Around the World—are combined into this one comprehensive resource. With hundreds of ready-to-use activities tied to 65 beloved children's books, students build sentence writing skills while exploring themes that span literacy, science, resilience, and cultural understanding.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Developing a Love of Literacy
Volume 1 The Joy of Reading
Celebrates books, libraries, reading, and the people who help open the door to literacy and learning, with sentence-writing activities for 19 featured children's books (sold separately), including Bats at the Library, Library Lion, The Oldest Student, Thank you, Mr. Falker, and Tomás and the Library Lady.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Exploring Animal
Adaptations & Behaviors
Volume 2 Curious Creatures
Explores fascinating animals and the unique features, behaviors, and adaptations that help them survive and thrive, with sentence-writing activities for 16 featured children's books (sold separately), including Creature Features, Me … Jane, Never Smile at a Monkey, Seven Blind Mice, and Walk With a Wolf.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Seeing the Power of Wind
and Resilience
Volume 3 Storms and Strength
Explores powerful weather and the courage, persistence, and problem-solving people show in difficult situations, with sentence-writing activities for 14 featured children's books (sold separately), including Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Brave Irene, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Gilberto and the Wind, and Katy and the Big Snow.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Enjoying Global Retellings
of a Classic Story
Volume 4 Cinderella Stories
Around the World
Travels across cultures through Cinderella tales that reveal how familiar story patterns take on new characters, settings, and traditions, with sentence-writing activities for 16 featured children's books (sold separately), including Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella, Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella, Domitila: A Cinderella Tale From the Mexican Tradition, Irish Cinderlad, and Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Grades 2 & 3 Collection
Best Value
All 4 Volumes in One Book
Grades 2 & 3 Compilation Volume
This compilation combines all four themed volumes—Changes in Seasons, Westward, America!, Standing Up for Civil Rights, and Food for Thought—into one comprehensive resource. With hundreds of ready-to-use activities for 67 high-quality children's books, students build sentence writing skills while exploring themes that span science, history, civil rights, and health.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Observing Seasonal Transformations
Volume 1 Changes in Seasons
Follows the seasons through changing weather, nature, and the ways the world transforms throughout the year, with sentence-writing activities for 15 featured children's books (sold separately), including Frog and Toad All Year, The Longest Day: Celebrating the Summer Solstice, Over and Under the Snow, The Reasons for Seasons, and Why Do Leaves Change Color?
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Understanding America’s Expansion
Volume 2 Westward, America!
Brings westward expansion to life through pioneers, Native peoples, railroads, cowboys, and American legends, with sentence-writing activities for 17 featured books (sold separately), including How We Crossed the West, John Henry, The Legend of the Bluebonnet, Locomotive, Sacajawea: Her True Story, and The Trail of Tears.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Exploring Justice and Equality
Volume 3 Standing Up for Civil Rights
Explores the stories of people who stood up, spoke out, and challenged injustice to move America closer to equality, with sentence-writing activities for 18 featured books (sold separately), including Henry's Freedom Box, Let the Children March, Martin's Big Words, The Story of Ruby Bridges, and Separate Is Never Equal.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Connecting Food, Nutrition,
and Science
Volume 4 Food for Thought
Connects food to where it comes from, how our bodies use it, and the traditions and stories that bring people together around the table, with sentence-writing activities for 17 featured children's books (sold separately), including From Farm to Table, Good Enough to Eat, How Did That Get in My Lunchbox?, The Quest to Digest, and Thunder Cake.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Grades 3 & 4 Collection
Best Value
All 4 Volumes in One Book
Grades 3 & 4 Compilation Volume
This compilation combines all four themed volumes—Oceans of Wonder, Spacebound!, Finding Home, and Inspired to Create—into one comprehensive resource. With hundreds of ready-to-use activities for 72 exceptional children's books, students build sentence writing skills while exploring themes that span marine science, space exploration, immigration history, and artistic achievement.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Discovering Marine Life
and Ocean Science
Volume 1 Oceans of Wonder
Dives into ocean life, remarkable sea creatures, and the scientists and explorers who help us understand the world beneath the waves, with sentence-writing activities for 15 featured children's books (sold separately), including Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea, The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau, Giant Squid, Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle, Ocean Sunlight, and Shark Lady.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Examining Space and
Lunar Exploration
Volume 2 Spacebound!
Journeys beyond Earth to examine the Moon, planets, galaxies, space exploration, and the discoveries that changed how we see the universe, with sentence-writing activities for 16 featured children's books (sold separately), including Find the Constellations, If You Decide to Go to the Moon, Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, The Planets, and Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Understanding Immigration
and Belonging
Volume 3 Finding Home
Follows journeys of immigration, migration, and belonging while examining the experiences, traditions, and challenges of building a new home, with sentence-writing activities for 17 featured children's books (sold separately), including Four Feet, Two Sandals, Grandfather's Journey, The Great Migration: An American Story, In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, and The Memory Coat.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
Celebrating Artists
and Creative Vision
Volume 4 Inspired to Create
Celebrates artists, musicians, dancers, inventors, and other creators whose ideas and persistence brought remarkable works to life, with sentence-writing activities for 24 featured children's books (sold separately), including Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, Michelangelo, The Music in George's Head, The Noisy Paint Box, and When Marian Sang.
Buy Now on Amazon
Bulk Order Inquiry
How the Series Works
How the Series Works
How the Series Works
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