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5 Star Sentences
By Debbie

To practice sentence writing, I have my kids write a daily sentence that I call a 5 star sentence. I put together a skinny packet for each student each week. The cover says "Be a 5 Star Writer" and has a place for their
name. The other 5 pages each have a blank line for the students to write there sentence with 5 stars above the line reminding them what 5 points I'll be looking for. The five stars stand for Capitalization, Punctuation, Letter Formation, Spaces, and Spelling. I dictate a sentence to them daily. When I grade them I put a star inside each star that they completed. For instance, say a

student had a capital at the beginning of the sentence, a period at the end, it was written neatly and letters were formed right, proper spacing was displayed, and all words were spelled right then he/she would get all five stars. I do give a 1/2 of star if maybe one word is mispelled or some letters are made backwards etc. I have found this very helpful and my kids seem to like it to. Hope this helps!