“Type” Your Sentences Poster
Congratulations on your purchase of this Really Good Stuff®
“Type” Your Sentences Poster—an informative tool that reviews
the four types of sentences and their punctuation, and also
includes examples of each type.
This Really Good Stuff® product includes:
• “Type” Your Sentences Poster
• This Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide
Displaying the “Type” Your Sentences Poster
Before displaying the “Type” Your Sentences Poster, make copies
of this Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide and file the pages for
future use. Or, download another copy of it from our Web site at
www.reallygoodstuff.com. Hang the Poster where students will be
able to see it easily.
Introducing the “Type” Your Sentences Poster
Before introducing the Poster, write the following sentences on
sentence strips, one on each strip, but leave off the end
punctuation:
What are you going to have for lunch
I can’t wait to go to the beach this weekend
Our math test will be on Thursday
Please hang your coat in the closet before you turn on the
computer
Hang the sentence strips next to the Poster.
Explain to students that this Poster reviews the four different
types of sentences, including what each type does and what
kind of punctuation it takes. Have a student read the sentence
type, name the punctuation mark(s), read the definition, and
read the sample sentence. Repeat for the other three types of
sentences.
Point to the sentence strips and explain that each of the
sentences is one of the sentence types on the Poster, but
without its ending punctuation. Read each of the strips and ask
students to identify what kind of sentence it is. Ask a volunteer
to hang the strip next to the correct key on the Poster and use
a marker to fill in the correct punctuation mark. Continue with
the remaining three strips.
Writing Different Sentence Types
Copy the Sentence Type- and Sentence-Subject Cards
Reproducible onto cardstock and cut the cards apart. Place the
sentence-type cards into a bag labeled Sentence Types and the
sentence-subject cards into another bag labeled Sentence
Subjects. Store the two bags in a zippered bag along with a pen
or pencil and some paper.
Explain to students that they are to pick one sentence-type
card and one subject card, write the sentence-type and subject
on a sheet of paper, and write a sentence of that type about
that subject. Assign students to write as many sentences as
you would like. Once you have reviewed the sentences and
students have made any necessary corrections, have students
type the sentences on a computer, print them on cardstock, and
cut them out so that the sentences can be used in the sorting
activity that follows.
Sentence Type Sorting
Copy the Sentence Sort Reproducible onto cardstock and cut
the sentences and sentence-type labels apart. Tape one
sentence-type label onto a paper bag so that you have a bag for
each sentence type. Place the sentence strips from the previous
activity and those from the Sentence Sort Reproducible into a
fifth bag. Explain to students that in order to play, they are to
pick a sentence strip, read the sentence on it, and place it into
the correct bag. Keep the following answer key nearby so that
students can check their own work:
Interrogative:
Who ate the last chocolate chip cookie?
Why do you need to go to the grocery store this afternoon?
What color did Kasey decide to paint her bedroom?
How long will it take to drive to Grandma’s house?
Declarative:
Evan ate the last cookie.
We are out of milk and flour.
Kasey wants to paint her bedroom lavender.
It takes five hours to drive to the mountains.
Imperative:
Please wash out the cookie jar, Evan.
Go to the store and buy some milk.
Kasey, clean up the paint you spilled on the carpet!
Take exit 56 off the highway.
Exclamatory:
Chocolate chip cookies are my favorite!
I needed that milk for dinner!
There is paint all over the floor!
You missed the exit!
Identify and Punctuate Worksheet
Copy and distribute the Identify and Punctuate Reproducible for
additional practice identifying the four types of sentences.
Answers: 1) ? interrogative, 2) ! or . exclamatory or declarative,
3) . or ! imperative, 4) . declarative, 5) . or ! imperative,
6) ! exclamatory, 7) . or ! imperative, 8) . declarative, 9) . declarative,
10) ? interrogative, 11) . declarative, 12) ? interrogative
Sentence Type Hunt
Using a dry erase marker, write the four types of sentences on
your whiteboard. Tell each student to take a sheet of paper and
pencil and to look for 10 different sentences that are displayed
somewhere in the classroom. Instruct them to write down each
sentence on their paper, along with where in the room they found
the sentence. After finding 10 sentences, have them return to
their desk and identify the sentence types and write the correct
type at the end of each sentence. Once students have finished,
have several of them share the sentences and identify the type
of each to the class.
Variation: Have students refer to a reading selection you are
currently using in class and write the title and author of the
selection at the top of a sheet of paper. Direct them to locate
and write five sentences of each type on the sheet of paper,
marking the page number where they found each sentence. Then
tell students to label each sentence with the appropriate type.
All activity guides can be found online:
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Sentence Type and Sentence Subject Cards Reproducible
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Sentence Sort Reproducible
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Identify and Punctuate Reproducible
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