16 Sentence Starters - Early Writing Prompts
This sentence starter writing prompt sheet supports early writers in generating ideas and building sentence fluency. Featuring 16 open-ended sentence beginnings, students are encouraged to complete each line to form simple, meaningful statements or stories.
Starters include:
- “I like...”
- “I went...”
- “Once upon a time...”
- “I built...”
- “Dear...” and more
Ideal for independent writing, early journals, or whole-class warm-ups.
Learning goals
- We are learning that sentences are used to express ideas and that the order of words in a sentence is important for meaning.
- We are learning to read and write high frequency words and other familiar words.
- We are learning that sentences are used to express ideas and that the order of words in a sentence is important for meaning.
- We are learning to create and edit short written texts to record and report ideas and events using capital letters, punctuation and correct spelling of CVC words.
- We are learning to create, re-read and edit short written and multimodal texts to report on a topic, express an opinion or recount an event using capital letters, punctuation and correct spelling.
Curriculum alignment
AC9EFLA05
9
Recognise that sentences are key units for expressing ideas
AC9EFLY06
9
Create and participate in shared editing of short written texts to record and report ideas and events using some learnt vocabulary, basic sentence boundary punctuation and spelling some consonant–vowel–consonant words correctly
AC9EFLY14
9
Read and write some high-frequency words and other familiar words
AC9E1LY06
9
Create and re-read to edit short written and/or multimodal texts to report on a topic, express an opinion or recount a real or imagined event, using grammatically correct simple sentences, some topic-specific vocabulary, sentence boundary punctuation and correct spelling of some one- and two-syllable words
ACELA1435
8.4
Recognise that sentences are key units for expressing ideas
ACELA1817
8.4
Know how to read and write some high-frequency words and other familiar words
ENe-5A
old
Demonstrates developing skills in using letters, simple sound blends and some sight words to represent known words when spelling
ENe-9B
old
Demonstrates developing skills and knowledge in grammar, punctuation and vocabulary when responding to and composing texts
ENE-OLC-01
new
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults
ENE-VOCAB-01
new
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts
ENE-PHOKW-01
new
Uses single-letter grapheme–phoneme correspondences and common digraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts
ENE-REFLU-01
new
Reads decodable texts aloud with automaticity
ENE-RECOM-01
new
Comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect
ENE-SPELL-01
new
Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies to spell taught familiar and high-frequency words when creating texts
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.