Elementary Conjunctions & Sentence Expansion

Grade: 3

School: Oak Street Elementary

Location: Franklin, Massachusetts

Instructor: Heather Adams, Third Grade Teacher

What makes this a strong model?

• Purposeful scaffolding that supports comprehension and oral language development, allowing students to practice choosing adding conjunctions to pre-written sentences—first as a group, then in pairs—and discussing why each choice makes sense

• Connecting the exercise to meaningful content (e.g., Matilda and school life) that keeps the activity engaging, builds background knowledge, and strengthens vocabulary

• Teacher-modeled revisions, demonstrating how to eliminate repetition and refine word choice to help students make clearer, stronger sentences that build writing fluency

Source: Reading Universe