Name: Sentences - Lower Primary (4 x A3 Posters)
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About this resource

What's inside this resource

This set of 4 oversized A3 posters explores the fundamentals of sentences for early primary students. With engaging visuals and clear explanations, these posters introduce key sentence concepts like word order, simple sentences, and compound sentences. Students will learn to identify the basic parts that make up different sentence types. These posters work well displayed in the classroom as anchor charts and visual references. Teachers can also use them during whole-group or small-group lessons to model sentence structure. Whether paired with writing activities or grammar lessons, this poster set gives young students a solid foundation in crafting basic sentences. The colorful designs and simple content make these posters versatile teaching tools for various ages and abilities. Any primary teacher aiming to build early grammar and literacy skills will find these posters user-friendly and full of essential sentence practice.

What's included

A sentence poster headed "A Sentence tells what is happening, and the circumstances", with The bird swooped down from the tree. labelled subject - what, what is happening and circumstances
A word order poster headed "Word Order gives a sentence meaning", printing The frog hopped onto a log. above The log hopped onto a frog.
A simple sentence poster defining it as "one idea, happening", with The dog barked. labelled subject - what and what is happening
A compound sentence poster defining it as "two or more clauses each joined by a conjunction", with clause, conjunction and clause marked across The lizard danced and the kookaburra laughed.
The publisher's copyright line, © E&R Publications ER-1158-1P, at the foot of each poster

Resource types: Posters, Classroom Decor

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Teaching tips

The word order poster is a talking point rather than a label: the same six words in two orders give a class two grammatical sentences and only one likely meaning
Putting the simple and compound posters side by side sets The dog barked. against The lizard danced and the kookaburra laughed., which is the whole distinction in two examples
A kookaburra appears in the compound sentence example and the publisher is Australian, so a class elsewhere may want a word about the bird before the grammar
The labels use plain wording — subject - what, what is happening, circumstances — rather than subject, verb and adverbial, which suits lower primary but is worth reconciling with the terms used in later years
Each poster carries exactly one example, so a class can be asked to supply a second of the same kind and pin it up alongside

Skills covered

Naming the parts of a sentence — the first poster labels The bird swooped down from the tree. as subject - what, what is happening and circumstances, giving students named parts to point at during sentence work.
Seeing why word order matters — the second poster prints The frog hopped onto a log. directly above The log hopped onto a frog., the same words rearranged into a different meaning.
Telling a simple sentence from a compound one — one poster defines a simple sentence as one idea happening, and another defines a compound sentence as two or more clauses joined by a conjunction, each with its own example.
Spotting the joining word — the compound sentence poster marks clause, conjunction and clause across The lizard danced and the kookaburra laughed.
Building a grammar display — the four posters are print-ready artwork a teacher puts up as a standing reference for the duration of a sentence unit.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

What wording do the posters use for the parts of a sentence?

Plain wording rather than formal grammatical terms. The sentence poster labels its example subject - what, what is happening and circumstances, while the compound sentence poster does use clause and conjunction.

How is the word order poster meant to be used?

As a contrast to talk through. Under the heading "Word Order gives a sentence meaning" it prints "The frog hopped onto a log." directly above "The log hopped onto a frog." — identical words, reordered, with only one of the two describing something likely.

Are the examples region-specific?

One of the four is. The compound sentence example reads "The lizard danced and the kookaburra laughed.", and a kookaburra is an Australian bird; the publisher is Australian too. The other three examples use a bird, a frog and a dog.