Combine Two Short Sentences With And or But

Use the pages in order or pair each one with a piece of writing your child is already doing. Read the example together before the practice. Have your child say what changed and why the new version is better.

Combine pairs of short sentences with and or but, using but for a surprise. A linking word like and or but can join two short sentences into one. The directions on the page read: Read each pair of sentences. Then, choose and or but to join them. Use but when the second part is a surprise. Then, write the new sentence on the line. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 2nd Grade writing, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with writing process. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Second graders plan, draft, revise and edit with guidance (CCSS W.2.5). These eighteen sheets take one step each, from planners for stories, letters and reports to editing for capitals, commas, apostrophes and spelling.

Transition words such as first, next, then and finally tell the reader what comes next and show the order of ideas. The transition sheet asks students to add one to the start of each sentence in a draft.

A topic sentence opens a paragraph and tells the main idea. A closing sentence ends it by saying the big idea again in new words. Two sheets practice each by reading a paragraph and writing the sentence.

Twelve of the eighteen sheets have an answer key. The six planners, for a small moment story, a how to, an opinion, five senses details, a friendly letter and an animal report, have no key, since each child plans their own piece.

Second graders write opinion pieces with reasons (CCSS W.2.1), informative paragraphs with facts and a conclusion (W.2.2), and narratives with details, feelings and time words (W.2.3). They also begin to revise and edit with guidance (W.2.5).

An opinion tells what the writer thinks and why. A narrative tells a story in order. An informative piece teaches true facts about a topic. Each page in this topic names its type in the title, so you can choose the one you need.

Four to seven sentences is typical: a topic or opinion sentence, two or three supporting sentences and a closing sentence. The planning boxes on these pages help children organize before they write.

Not every sheet. 42 sheets have an answer key, including twelve of the eighteen writing process sheets. The 16 how-to, reading response and planning sheets have no key, since each child writes their own steps, plan or response to their own book.