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Quia

Quia: Punctuation Commas and End Marks

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Play Hangman as you recall the basic types of sentences and punctuation marks. Great fun!
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Write the Room Punctuation

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Using a "Write the Room" activity to identify punctuation motivates students to practice this new skill. Students will place punctuation marks in the proper place using clues from signs around the room. Included is a video of the lesson...
Unit Plan
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: End Mark Worksheets

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this learning module, students will learn more about end marks and the four types of sentences. Worksheets are provided to reinforce the four types of sentences and punctuation marks. This module is designed to support Tier I, Tier...
Unit Plan
University of Calgary

Univ. Of Calgary: Punctuation Rules Periods

For Students 9th - 10th
The informational site which includes helpful details concerning the rules, uses, and misuses of periods in the English language. Includes information about the period at the end of sentences as well as in abbreviations. Also, provides...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Three Ways to End a Sentence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
There are three types of terminal punctuation: a period, an exclamation point, and a question mark.
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Other

Super Teacher Worksheets: Punctuation: Period and Question Mark [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This PDF gives a simple definition of a period and question mark, an example of when to use each type of punctuation and then has thirteen simple sentences for students to practice their skills of identifying what type of ending...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Ending Punctuation

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Developed for first grade students to review ending punctuation marks:., ?, and ! Activotes are used at the end to test understanding. Students learn the correct terms for telling, asking, and...
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Turtle Diary

Turtle Diary: Sentence Structure Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A collection of games for students to work on forming sentences. These games give students strategies for sentence formation.
Handout
Other

Illinois State Univ.: Punctuation Made Simple Dash

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
How is a dash used in a sentence? "Punctuation Made Simple," answers this question and gives examples to make the concepts easier to grasp.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: What Makes a Sentence?

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson will help learners recognize that spoken sentences are represented in written language by specific sequences of words, beginning with a capital letter and ending with a punctuation mark. This lesson is short but it allows...
Handout
ACT360 Media

Writing Tips: Punctuation: Period

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief description of the rules, usage, and examples of the "period" in English punctuation. Includes basic information concerning period use in abbreviations as well.
Activity
Expansion Learning

Expansion Learning: Ending Sentences Properly

For Students 3rd Standards
Activity provides students the practice they need to master the skill of how to end sentences properly. Immediate feedback is given.
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Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Full Stop Game 1 (Advanced)

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
This reading game provides practice separating sentences using end marks. Young readers click on and drag snails to where periods belong at the end of sentences in a short passage; the snails spin and turn into periods.
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TESL Journal

Activities for Esl Students: Esl Quiz: What's the Correct Word Order?

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
In this ESL quiz, students click on words and end punctuation in the order needed to make correct sentences. There are 39 different sentences in this quiz. Java is required.
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Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Reading Game: Question Marks Game 1

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
An interactive game where students decide which sentences need to end in question marks. With enough correct endings, students can help a turtle named Zed collect the tools needed to build something in his shed.
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Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Full Stop Game 4 (Advanced)

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
This reading game presents young readers with a three-sentence passage. They are to read it, determine where they need to come to a full stop, and click and drag a snail to that spot. The snail spins and makes a period. They can undo and...
Handout
Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style: Periods

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An excellent outline of the usage and rules concerning the "period" in English punctuation. Includes guidelines about acronyms, abbreviations, sentence ending, and more.
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Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: The Big Full Stop Tidy Up [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students will help Roy the Zebra learn about the "period" as a way to end complete sentences. Students will look at various pictures and then add periods to their related sentences. Then the students will construct their own sentences...
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Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Collecting Full Stops [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Learners will help Roy the Zebra learn about the "period" end mark. Students will identify periods in context, add periods to the ends of sentences, and then construct their own sentences.
Activity
Expansion Learning

Expansion Learning: Punctuation: Ending Sentences

For Students 3rd Standards
Activity provides students the practice they need to master the skill of punctuating the end of sentences. Immediate feedback is given.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Punctuation

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces students to punctuation and focuses on question marks and periods at the ends of sentences.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Avoiding Run on Sentences Practice Exercise

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
An exercise with ten run-on sentences where students are asked to choose which re-written sentence is correct. A percentage score is given at the end of the exercise.
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Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Full Stop Game 1 (Beginner)

For Students K - 1st Standards
This game helps young readers learn how and where to place periods at the end of sentences. They are to click on and drag a snail to where the period belongs; the snail spins and turns into a period.
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Roy the Zebra

Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Full Stop Game (Beginner)

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This reading game is designed for young readers to learn how and where to place periods at the end of sentences. They are to click on and drag a snail to where the period belongs; the snail spins and turns into a period.