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Combining Sentences with And, But, So, Or — Compound Sentences Worksheets – Sentence a Day

Teach your students to turn short, choppy sentences into strong, interesting ones!

Combining Sentences: Sentence a Day is a no-prep writing resource that teaches first and second graders how to link two short sentences into one strong sentence using the conjunctions and, but, so, and or.

This resource includes five full weeks of projectable teaching slides and printable student pages — one week for each conjunction, plus a review week that brings all four together.

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⭐ WHAT’S INCLUDED

Projectable Teaching Slides (80 slides):

• An audience slide: Give your students an audience for their writing.
• A CUPS editing slide.
• Anchor chart slides for Combining Sentences: linking two short sentences into one strong sentence.
• Anchor chart slides for each conjunction: and, but, so, or, and review.
• The prompt slides come in 2 different versions: One with the anchor chart included on the slide, the other with just the prompt itself.
• Rubric slide

Printable Student Pages:

• Single-sided version: 5 sentence prompts per page
• Double-sided version: CUPS checklists after every prompt
• Friday “Your Choice!” prompt with a built-in rubric for grading

Teacher Support:

• Sample lesson plans for the week
• Answer key
• Rubric with scoring guide

⭐ WHY TEACHERS LOVE IT

Five standalone weeks. Teach one conjunction at a time, or use the review week to practice all four. Perfect for spiral review, small group, or intervention.

Two versions of every slide. Project the version with the anchor chart for extra support, or without it once students are ready to work independently.

Built-in assessment. The Friday “Your Choice!” sentence comes with a rubric so you can grade it quickly and consistently.

Decodable, K–2 friendly examples. Every sentence uses simple, readable words so students can focus on the combining skill — not on decoding.

⭐ SKILLS COVERED

• Combining sentences/sentence combining
• Compound sentences
• Coordinating conjunctions (and, but, so, or)
• Comma use with conjunctions
• Editing with C.U.P.S.

Aligned to: L.1.1g, L.2.1, W.1.5, W.2.5

⭐ PERFECT FOR

Daily writing practice • Writing warm-ups • Morning work • Small group instruction • Spiral review • Literacy centers

⭐ MORE FROM THE SENTENCE A DAY SERIES

Looking for more? Check out the other resources in the Sentence a Day line!

Thanks for reading, and Happy Teaching! 💛

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