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Sentence Building Flips™
Congratulations on your purchase of the Sentence
Building Flips™, a hands-on tool that introduces or
strengthens sentence structure and parts of speech.
Objective
The student will build and record sentences.
Meeting State Standards
This type of practice in sentence building helps students
meet grade-level expectations and prepare for
standardized testing. Sentence Building Flips™ can also
help improve their grammar and understanding of the
parts of a sentence.
This Really Good Stuff® product includes:
• Sentence Building Flips™
• This Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide
Articles/Adjectives
Adjectives
Nouns
Verbs
A
An
The
His
Her
Their
Your
Our
My
That
small
little
funny
yellow
quick
furry
red
short
hungry
big
teacher
boy
nurse
grandma
mom
dad
baby
bird
whale
fox
laughs
bites
flies
eats
sleeps
jumps
walks
plays
reads
drinks
This
Each
Another
shy
sleepy
busy
frog
horse
cat
swims
cries
talks
Note: The first section includes capitalized sentence
starters: articles (A, An, The), possessive adjectives
(My, Their, etc.), demonstrative adjectives (That, This),
and determiners (Each, Another). Traditionally, these
were all considered a type of adjective, but most modern
linguists refer to them as determiners. The names are
not as important for students as understanding how
these words work at the beginning of a sentence.
Building sentences using an interactive chart is a fun
way for students to learn sentence structure and other
grammar skills. With the Sentence Building Flips™,
students flip pages that are color-coded by parts of
speech: Articles, nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
Managing the Sentence Building Flips™
Model the Activity
Start by going over simple phrases, using only some
of the sections: article + noun, demonstrative adjective
+ noun, article + adjective + noun, etc.
• Copy and file this Activity Guide for future use.
• Place the Flip Chart in a center for an individual
or group activity.
• Demonstrate how to tidy the center or workspace
when the activity is complete.
Introducing the Sentence Building Flips™
There are 13 pages per part of speech. Go over the words
on all the pages, and explore before having students work
with the Flip Chart on their own.
The
hungry
baby
That
hungry
baby
A
hungry
baby
All activity guides can be found online:
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
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®
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Sentence Building Flips™
Demonstrate building a complete sentence by finding
first a noun, then a logical verb to go with it, then an
adjective, and finally an appropriate article. Read the
words aloud and talk about the meaning. Record the
sentence and ask students to replace certain words with
other words they know. Review the parts of speech.
A
My
hungry
funny
baby
example “A furry dad flies.” You can have students re-flip
one or more pages to find words that make more sense in
the sentence. Or have students record all grammatical
sentences, and later share their funniest sentences built
with the Flip Chart.
Sentence Building Game
Using a timer, have students take turns flipping pages on
the Flip Chart and seeing how many sentences they can
make and record within five minutes. Vary the time limit
to the students’ abilities as needed.
cries.
Sentence Building Activity
One to four students
Materials: Sentence Building Flips™, pencil, paper
1. Set up the Flip Chart on a desk or table.
2. Turn the pages of the Flip Chart to build a
logical sentence.
3. Record the sentence.
4. Repeat until the time is up.
grandma laughs.
Variations
• Leave the pages in one section of the Flip Chart,
such as Adjectives, in the back of the chart in order
to build sentences without that part of speech.
• Provide a sentence frame and one or two Flip
Charts for the parts of speech you want students
to practice. For example, provide a noun and an
adjective to fill the frame “The ___ ____ eats.”
(“The shy horse eats,” etc.)
• Students build a sentence with an article, a noun,
and a verb, record it, and then think of a logical
adjective to fill in.
• Students see how many logical sentences they
can build within a certain time limit.
• Students label parts of speech when they record
sentences.
• Students record the sentences as they build them.
Silly Sentences
Students can flip pages randomly to see what sentences
they get. Many of the words, used together, won’t make
realistic statements. Although the semantics might be
awkward, a grammatical sentence may be formed, for
All activity guides can be found online:
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2010 Really Good Stuff
®
1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in Guangzhou, China #304775