Subject and Predicate Anchor Chart

About this resource

A poster on the wall helps, but children remember a rule when they can see it in color and keep their own copy. This kit gives you the subject and predicate anchor chart to post, six small charts for each child's notebook, and practice at three levels. Subject is blue with one line under it, predicate is orange with two lines under it, so the lines still show on a black and white copy.

EVERYTHING INSIDE (33 pages)

• 3 poster pages: the anchor chart (page 6), ten color-coded sentences split into subject and predicate (page 7), and a going-further chart with fragments, simple subject and predicate, and parts joined with "and" (page 8)
• 1 notebook page (page 9): 6 small charts to cut apart and glue into a notebook (Subject, Predicate, Sentence, Fragment, Simple Subject, Simple Predicate)
• 12 student practice pages in 6 formats: Subject or Predicate? (2 sets), Underline It (2 sets), Make a Sentence (2 sets), Sort It (a sort mat and 2 cut-and-glue sets of 12 pieces), Complete or Fragment?, Fix the Fragment, and Build a Sentence
• 40 invented sentences for the child to read, plus 24 sort pieces, none repeated on a student page
• 3 answer keys, generated from the same data as the student pages
• 1 tracker, 1 class progress grid, 1 family note, 1 whole-class mini-lesson page
• 1 filled example (an invented student), 1 phrase bank (13 starters), 1 binder cover, 6 divider tabs and a spine label to cut out
• Start Here, a how-to-read-a-page page and a contents page with every page number

The Six Practice Formats

1. Subject or Predicate? (1 dot) — six sentences a page with one part highlighted; circle Subject or Predicate.

2. Underline It (2 dots) — six sentences a page; one line under the subject, two lines under the predicate.

3. Make a Sentence (2 dots) — five subjects and five predicates; write the letter that makes a sentence.

4. Sort It (2 dots) — cut 12 pieces and glue each on the Subject or Predicate side of the mat. Pieces are printed in lowercase with no end mark, so a child cannot sort by the capital letter.

5. Complete or Fragment? (3 dots) — six items; circle COMPLETE or FRAGMENT.

6. Fix the Fragment and Build a Sentence (3 dots) — add the missing part, then write your own sentence in a subject box and a predicate box, with handwriting lines.

Built For The Child Holding The Page

A big "My name" line, one short instruction, large rounded letters, real room to write, and dots (not words) to show the level. Every cut page has 6 or 12 pieces in a block, edge to edge, so each cut is one straight line.

Every Sentence Is Invented

All sentences are plain classroom prose. No real child is named. The filled example names an invented student and says so on the page.

Type In, Or Print

The name and date lines, tracker, class grid, family note and mini-lesson page are type-in fields in any PDF reader. The student pages are pencil work. This is a fillable PDF; it is not a Google Slides or PowerPoint file.

Who This Is For

Teachers of grades 2-4: general education, resource room and self-contained classrooms, and anyone who wants a subject and predicate anchor chart plus practice in one file. The mini-lesson page is for teaching the whole class from the poster; the family note sends the skill home.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

A grammar poster, notebook charts and practice, with the record-keeping around it. It is not a screener or a scored test, and it makes no claim about any student's level or rate of progress. There is no IEP goal language in the file.