KindergartenActivityWriting15–20 minutes

Picture to Sentence Stars

Skill taught: Composing complete sentences from picture prompts using sight words and phonics

A kindergarten writing activity that guides early writers from picture observation to composing their first complete sentences using sight words and phonics skills.

Grade

Kindergarten

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Subject

Writing

Type

Activity

Free printable
Time

15–20 minutes

Estimated

Materials Needed

  • •Printed activity pages
  • •Pencil
  • •Crayons

Directions

  1. 1.Look at the picture together and describe what you see.
  2. 2.Identify 2–3 sight words that could be used in a sentence about the picture.
  3. 3.Write a complete sentence: capital letter, subject, verb, end punctuation.
  4. 4.Draw a picture that matches the sentence.
  5. 5.Read the sentence aloud and check: "Does it make sense? Does it start with a capital?"

Parent Teaching Tip

Picture prompts remove the hardest part of writing for kindergartners: deciding what to write about. Once the topic is given, the child can focus entirely on the mechanics of sentence construction.

Skill Progression

Prerequisite skill

Recognizing and writing basic sight words; letter-sound correspondence

This resource

Picture to Sentence Stars

Next skill

Writing multiple sentences about a single topic

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