Under Construction:
Building Sentences with a Bubble Map
Part 2
Start Your Bubble Map
1. Write your topic in the middle of a piece of paper.
2. Draw a circle or box around it.
Things I like to do
This will be the topic of your sentence.
Add Ideas to Your Bubble Map
3. Draw a line from your topic box for each idea.
4. Write one idea about your topic at the end of each line.
5. Draw a box or circle around each idea.
Things I like to do
Jump rope
Ride my bike
These will be the ideas for your sentences.
Add Details to Your Bubble Map
6. Use question words to help you think about things
you can say about each idea.
WHERE
I liketo
jump
WHO
do
totojump
jump
WHEN
dodoII like
like
rope?with?
rope
rope?
o My
friends
During
On
the recess
playground
o My
Saturdays
On sister
the
sidewalk
o My
teacher
After
school
In
the
park
Add Details to Your Bubble Map
6. Use question words to help you think about things
you can say about each idea.
WHEN
do
WHO
do
to
ride
WHERE
doII like
I liketo
toride
ridemy
bike?
my
my bike
bike?with?
o My
In
After
my
school
back
yard
mom
and
dad
On brother
the
Saturdays
sidewalk
oo My
and sister
In
Before
the
park
school
oo My
friends
Add Details to Your Bubble Map
7. Draw a line from each idea box.
8. Write one answer for each of your questions at the end of each line.
9. Draw a circle around each detail.
ThingsTopic
I like to do
Jump rope
Ride my bike
Idea
With my friends
WHO
do I like
to jump rope
with?
Idea
On the sidewalk
During recess
WHEN do I
like to jump
rope?
WHERE do I
like to jump
rope?
With my mom
WHO do I like
to ride my
bike with?
These will be details
that you can add to
your sentences.
On the sidewalk
After school
WHEN do I
like to ride
my bike?
WHERE do I
like to ride
my bike?
How many different
sentences can you build?
Building a Sentence
Use the pieces to fill-in different sentence structures.
During recess
I like to
with my friends .
jump rope
IDEA
DETAIL
DETAIL
DETAILS
IDEAS
Jump rope
With my friends
Ride my bike
With my mom
On the sidewalk
After school
During recess
On the sidewalk
Building a Sentence
Use the pieces to fill-in different sentence structures.
I like to
jump rope
with my friends
during recess .
IDEA
DETAIL
DETAIL
DETAILS
IDEAS
Jump rope
With my friends
Ride my bike
With my mom
On the sidewalk
After school
During recess
On the sidewalk
Things
I like
to do
Topic
Can you
make
2 different
sentences from this bubble map?
Jump rope
Ride my bike
Idea
With my friends
WHO
do I like
to jump rope
with?
During recess
WHEN do I
like to jump
rope?
Idea
On the sidewalk
WHERE
do I
like to jump
rope?
With my mom
WHO do I like
to ride my
bike with?
On the sidewalk
After school
WHEN do I
like to ride
my bike?
WHERE do I
like to ride
my bike?
Sentence Building Challenge!
• Use the bubble map to make two sentences.
• Use each detail one time.
During recess I like to
jump rope
with my friends .
IDEA
DETAIL
IDEAS
DETAIL
DETAILS
Jump rope
With my friends
Ride my
bike
With my mom
On the sidewalk
After school
During recess
On the sidewalk
Sentence Building Challenge!
• Use the bubble map to make two sentences.
• Use each detail one time.
I like to
jump rope
on the sidewalk .
IDEA
DETAIL
IDEAS
DETAILS
Jump rope
With my friends
Ride my
bike
With my mom
On the sidewalk
After school
During recess
On the sidewalk
Sentence Building Challenge!
• The sentences we made are…
– During recess I like to jump rope with my friends.
– I like to jump rope on the sidewalk.
• We used a bubble map to make two different
sentences.
• We used each detail one time.
Sentence Building Challenge!
Can you build two different sentences
with a bubble map?
• Find a partner or work alone.
• Use a bubble map to build two
sentences.
• Use each detail one time.
Building a Sentence
1. Make the bubble map into a puzzle.
2. Choose one idea: Jump rope or ride my bike.
3. Use the pieces to fill-in different sentence structures.
IDEAS
DETAILS
Jump rope
Ride my bike
With my friends
On the sidewalk
During recess
With my mom
After school
On the sidewalk
Building a Sentence
Use the pieces to fill-in different sentence structures.
I like to
I like to
.
I like
to to
I like
IDEA
IDEA
DETAIL
DETAIL
.
IDEA
IDEA
DETAIL DETAIL DETAIL
DETAIL
DETAILS
IDEAS
Jump rope
With my friends
Ride my bike
With my mom
On the sidewalk
After school
During recess
On the sidewalk
.
.
What sentences did you build?
Let’s hear your examples.