Complex sentences anchor chart

Complex Sentences Anchor Chart! This blog post also features a FREE activity where students write their own complex sentences.

Types of Sentences Anchor Chart: Simple, Compound, and Complex

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I’ve previously blogged about using The Writing Revolution in LKS2 which can be found here: I thought it might be useful to others to show how I build on this, using my own ideas, to teach children…

Conjunctions Anchor Chart- compare and contrast coordinating and subordinating conjunctions with this conjunctions anchor chart! Plus, a free interactive notebook entry is included!

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These meaningful activities were created to help you teach your students about simple and compound sentences. They follow the second grade Common Core Language standards.

When it comes to complex sentences, things quickly become... well... complex. At the mere mention of independent clauses, dependent clauses, and subordinating conjunctions, many young eyes immediately glaze over. One year, when I was about to introduce the topic of complex sentences to my fifth graders, I decided on a whim to use an image of a nurse helping a patient walk. I was amazed by how much this simple image helped my students. I told them that the nurse in the picture was like the…

Compound and complex sentence anchor chart