As a third grade teacher, this page really resonates with what I see in my own classroom. Although some students may be eager to write, many of them still struggle to tell the difference between a complete sentence and just a group of words. They’ll add a capital letter and a period and think that makes it a sentence, even when the idea isn’t complete. It reminds me how important it is to slow down and focus on the basics before expecting strong paragraphs or essays. If students don’t have a solid understanding of sentences, everything else becomes much harder. This reinforces for me that I need to spend more time teaching and practicing sentence writing so my students can build a stronger foundation for all their future writing.