Curated OER
Sea Stars and the Northern Abalone: A Race for Life!
Students compare and contrast the ecosystem, structure and behavior of survival of the abalone versus the sea star. They consider the ramifications of reintroducing the endangered abalone. They present their findings to the class.
Curated OER
Hyperlinking the Hill
Young scholars explain the parts and process of parliamentary democracy. Working students create a word document on the aspect of parliamentary democracy that they have been assigned.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Three Ways to End a Sentence
There are three types of terminal punctuation: a period, an exclamation point, and a question mark.
University of Calgary
Univ. Of Calgary: Punctuation Rules Periods
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...
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style: Periods
An excellent outline of the usage and rules concerning the "period" in English punctuation. Includes guidelines about acronyms, abbreviations, sentence ending, and more.
Turtle Diary
Turtle Diary: Sentence Structure Games
A collection of games for students to work on forming sentences. These games give students strategies for sentence formation.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Collecting Full Stops [Pdf]
Students 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.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: The Big Full Stop Tidy Up [Pdf]
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...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: End Mark Worksheets
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...
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Period
Rules and examples for using a period correctly at the end of a sentence.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Full Stop Game 1 (Advanced)
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.
ACT360 Media
Writing Tips: Punctuation: Period
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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Ending Punctuation
[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...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Sentences
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will identify the boundaries between separate sentences in reading and writing; write in complete sentences; as well as define the end of a sentence with a period, and the start of a new one...
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Full Stop Game 1 (Beginner)
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.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Full Stop Game (Beginner)
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.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Full Stop Game (Beginner)
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.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Full Stop Game (Beginner)
This 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.
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Full Stop Game (Beginner)
This reading game is designed to teach young readers about 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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Punctuation
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces students to punctuation and focuses on question marks and periods at the ends of sentences.
Other
Super Teacher Worksheets: Punctuation: Period and Question Mark [Pdf]
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...
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Periods, Question Marks & Exclamation Marks
Focus students' understanding of punctuation with this language arts skill-building site. Explore the usage of periods, questions marks and exclamation marks through this interactive activity that ask students to read a sentence and...
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Full Stop Game 4 (Advanced)
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...
Roy the Zebra
Roy the Zebra: Reading Games: Full Stop Game 5 (Advanced)
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...