Sentence Strips

Overview

Encourage neat handwriting and confident writing with these Printable Sentence Strips — perfect for modelling letter formation, supporting sentence structure, and displaying children’s superb sentences.

Featuring clean black guidelines, these strips are versatile and fully editable.
Print in any colour you want to suit your classroom theme or to differentiate sentence types, grammar focus, or writing levels.

Just download, print and learn! Ideal for writing lessons, displays, phonics work, and reusable literacy centres.

Learning Focus

• Aligned with: UK Primary English Curriculum

• Year Group(s): Suitable for EYFS – Year 6

• Focus Skills: Sentence construction, handwriting, grammar, punctuation, and phonics

• Learning Approach: Active Learning | Peer Learning | Independent Writing Practice

• Suitable for: Whole class, literacy displays, small group writing, and intervention sessions

Learning Objectives

By using these strips, pupils will:

• Practise constructing clear and well-punctuated sentences

• Model and refine letter formation and handwriting

• Recognise and apply sentence types (statement, question, command, exclamation)

• Identify root words, prefixes, suffixes, and phonic digraphs within context

• Share and celebrate well-written sentences through classroom displays

• Engage actively in writing and editing through reusable, hands-on practice

Learning Approach

• Active Learning: Pupils build, edit, and rewrite sentences directly on laminated strips

What’s Included

• Printable Sentence Strips Template in A4 and A3 sizes

Ideal For

• Modelling letter formation and handwriting during lessons

• Sentence building and grammar practice

• Vocabulary and spelling focus

• Root word, prefix, and suffix identification

• Highlighting phonic digraphs and tricky words

• Peer learning displays – pupils share and improve sentence examples

• Intervention work for writing fluency and letter formation support

• Literacy centres, display boards, and creative writing corners

Download, print and learn! Use any paper colour to suit your classroom theme or sentence type system.

Printing & Preparation

• Designed for A4 and A3 printing

• Approx. lengths: A4 strips – 297 mm | A3 strips – 420 mm

• Black line  for minimal ink use

• Print on coloured paper to differentiate sentence types or handwriting levels

• Laminate for reuse – write on with dry-wipe markers for continuous practice

Teacher Tips

• Demonstrate correct letter formation before pupils write on their own strips

• Assign colours for different sentence types (e.g. blue for statements, green for questions)

• Encourage pupils to write neat, legible examples to display on classroom boards

• Use laminated strips for daily handwriting or editing warm-ups

File Details

• Format: PDF (digital download)

• Pages: 2

• File Size: Approx. 1 MB

• Delivery: Instant digital download – ready in seconds

Terms of Use

• For personal or single classroom use only

• Not to be shared, resold, or distributed digitally

Why Teachers Love This Resource

“Perfect for handwriting and sentence work! My pupils love writing on laminated strips and seeing their best sentences displayed around the classroom.”