Looking for a No-Prep Sentence Structure Lesson?

We’ve got the perfect resource for you! Teaching sentence structure in the early years is essential for helping students become stronger writers. When young learners understand how sentences are built, they can express their ideas more clearly and develop confidence in their writing. Teaching sentence structure early on also lays the foundation for grammar skills that will support students as they move into more advanced student writing tasks. 

This interactive Simple and Compound Sentence Structure Lesson Slide Deck is designed to make learning sentence structure engaging, ensuring that students grasp concepts like subjects, predicates, and the differences between simple and compound sentences.

A Ready-Made Sentence Structure Lesson Plan

This sentence structure lesson is designed for first and second-grade students, introducing them to the building blocks of writing in a fun and interactive way. The slideshow provides clear, age-appropriate explanations of sentence components, including subjects and predicates, while also guiding students through the differences between simple and compound sentences. 

This Simple and Compound Sentence Structure Lesson Plan resource is designed to give you everything you need to teach basic sentence structure and introduce your little learners to sentence writing, all in one place! Within this interactive sentence structure lesson deck, your students will learn about:

• What makes a complete sentence (subjects and verbs)
• What a subject is in a sentence
• What a predicate is in a sentence
• How to form a simple sentence
• How to form a compound sentence
• How to add a coordinating conjunction to combine sentences
• How to add a comma to a compound sentence
• And More!

This interactive sentence structure lesson slideshow is designed to catch and hold your students attention through vivid images, animations, and interactive checks for understanding throughout the presentation.

Break Up Content Into a Sentence Structure Mini Lesson Series

We know it’s tough to get through a whole lesson in one sitting, especially with little ones! But that’s not a problem with this slide deck. Breaking up the content is simple. You can teach one concept per day in a quick 20-30 minute sentence structure mini-lesson and then return the next day to finish up.

Download & Start Teaching Simple and Compound Sentences!

Downloading your simple and compound sentences lesson plan slideshow is quick and easy! This Simple and Compound Sentences teaching resource is available in two formats to fit your needs. Should you need to edit the lesson before using it, simply click the dropdown arrow on the download button and select the editable Google Slides or PowerPoint version you prefer.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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