Building Great Sentences One Bird at a Time
K–2 • 3–5 • MIDDLE SCHOOL • HIGH SCHOOL
Every student, from first grade through high school, communicates in sentences. Colors of English teaches the art and science of how those sentences work. With our Word Birds, color-coding, and sentence diagrams, students learn to see and talk about sentence structure in a whole new way, and then the pieces just fall into place.
Find Your Starting Point
Materials for every stage, from a child’s first sentences to a high school essay.
Taking Flight Books 1–3
GRADES K–4
Our core program: nine units per book, the Word Birds, and hands-on classroom materials.
Word Bird Sentence Lab
EVERY GRADE, K–12
Color-code, analyze, and diagram any sentence. Watch the demo or try 10 sentences free.
Training & Free Resources
TEACHERS & PARENTS
Professional development, free downloads, and the Sentence Sense Quiz.
Sentence Diagramming Workbooks
OLDER STUDENTS
Sports-themed sentence diagramming practice, starting with our baseball workbook.
0% → 90%
In September 2022, not one of Notre Dame’s second graders could define a noun or a verb, or find the verb in “Monkeys like big bananas.” By June 2023, 90% could define a noun, 73% could define a verb, and 61% could find the verb.
“It is amazing how much the teachers and students like [Colors of English], and we are thrilled with the results.”
Assistant Principal, Notre Dame School of Milwaukee
“I have never seen a more effective program! It just makes sense, and students love it!”
Former Principal, Greeley Elementary School, Winnetka, IL
“We worked through this program with our high school son. None of his teachers ever focused on this type of material in writing or reading. It made a HUGE difference. The first time my son took the ACT, he scored an 18 in English; after the program, he scored a 30!”
Parent, Lake Forest, IL
Why Sentence Structure?
Students of all ages communicate in sentences. Some are short and simple; others are long, layered, and incredibly complex. But every sentence is built from the same elements, and when students can name those elements and talk about how the words fit together, the pieces fall into place.
Skills beget confidence, and confidence begets success.
Benefits of Colors of English
Grounded in Research
Built on decades of research on how students build language comprehension.
Easy to Teach
Ready-to-use lessons, plus hands-on training and support from Colors of English.
Students Love It
Characters, color-coding, and hands-on materials keep every student engaged.
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