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Housed at the Hamline University School of Education, ATLAS is made possible with a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education using federal funding, Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P. L. 105-220), CFDA 84.002A and Minnesota Statute 124D.22. |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |\n\nPurposes and Acknowledgements  \nTiered Sentence Combining is the result of contributions from Minnesota Student Achievement in Reading (MN STAR) participants over several years. It is intended to improve integrated reading/writing skills such as:  \n1. Sentence composition: writing grammatically and mechanically correct sentences  \n2. Sentence complexity: writing longer and more mature sentences  \n3. Sentence comprehension: understanding meanings of combined sentences  \n4. Usage and understanding of Tier 1 (sight) and Tier 2 (academic) words found frequently in print materials at Beginning and Intermediate levels, respectively.  \nA special THANK YOU to Kristine Kelly, STAR trainer/teacher, for her patience and guidance in the long development of this resource.  \nA sincere THANK YOU to MN STAR 09/10/11/12 sentence topic contributors and piloters* listed below in alphabetical order.  \nJeanne Amundson Paul Amundson Penny Brown Donna Escobedo * Kirsten Fuglseth Margaret Genereux * Sue Henkel  \nNancy Johnson Katie Kruger Ruth Lanquist Lynn Larson Rebecca Lee-Hunt Kathy Lundquist *  \nLinda Melin Pam Moriarty *  \nVicki Ostrom * Jeanne Plack *  \nBill Rasmussen Meg Roeske Catherine Ryan Sherri Smith  \nRuth Stevens  \nLeeAnn Triden Christine Wytaske Mark Zosel Anonymous  \nAny questions or comments about this resource should be directed to Marn Frank at:  \n[mfrank06@hamline.edu](mfrank06@hamline.edu)  \nTable of Contents Page/Pages  \nTeacher Background A-E  \nA. Evidence Base and Readiness 5-6  \nB. Word Tiers 7  \nC. Sentence Terms 8  \nD. Sentence Types 9  \nE. 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