Exploring Sentence Types

 Language Arts: Exploring Sentence Types

This week in Grade 3, students focused on learning about different types of sentences and how they are used in everyday communication. We explored four main types: declarative (statements), imperative (commands), interrogative (questions), and exclamatory (sentences that show strong emotion).

Students practiced identifying each type by reading and sorting sentences, helping them recognize key features such as punctuation and purpose. They also worked on matching sentences to the correct type, building their understanding through hands-on activities. To deepen their learning, students created their own examples of each sentence type, allowing them to apply their knowledge in a meaningful way while developing their writing skills.


Alberta Grade 3 Language Arts Outcomes
 This learning connects to sentence structure and comprehension, including:

  • Distinguish between a variety of sentence types

  • A sentence can command someone to do or not do something (imperative)

  • Identify the subject of a variety of sentences


 Student Learning Goals: “I Can” Statements


 ✔️ I can identify different types of sentences.
 ✔️ I can match sentences to their correct type.
 ✔️ I can write my own declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences.
 ✔️ I can find the subject in a sentence.


Ask Your Child

  • Can you name the four types of sentences?

  • How do you know if a sentence is a question or a command?

  • Can you give an example of each type of sentence?

  • What is the subject in a sentence you wrote?

Thank you for your continued support as we build strong writers and communicators! 

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