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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!
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Handout
University of Ottawa (Canada)

University of Ottawa: End Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Resourceful site which includes information about periods, question marks, and exclamation marks. Also provides examples and addresses abbreviation rules for periods.
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PPT
Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Standard Punctuation Power Point

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Learn about using end marks, commas, semicolons, and apostrophes correctly. Practice identifying correct usage in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
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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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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Grammar: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This instructional activity focuses on the roles of all of the punctuation marks; it provides a video, small practices in various sections, and a punctuation self-check.
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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 learners to practice their skills of identifying what type of ending...
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The Tongue Untied

The Tongue Untied: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site features a punctuation practice exercise. Students have an opportunity to test their punctuation knowledge when they visit this interactive resource.
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Unit Plan
University of Calgary

Univ. Of Calgary: Periods, Question Marks, Exclamations

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent resource provides information about rules, uses, and misuses of these three end marks (period, question mark, exclamation mark). Also, includes examples and short quizzes at the end of each section.
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: End of Sentence Punctuation

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This page discusses end of sentence punctuation with links to periods, exclamation marks, and question marks.
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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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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Separation Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This website provides information about how to use separation punctuation. There is a video clip [0:47] on why periods go inside quotation marks, and a second video clip [1:07] showing the effects of using too many exclamation points.
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Unit Plan
University of Calgary

Univ. Of Calgary: Punctuation Rules Exclamation Marks

For Students 9th - 10th
Helpful resource detailing the uses and misuses of the exclamation mark in English punctuation. Includes examples and a quiz following all three end mark sections.
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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.
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Activity
Education.com

Education.com: l.k.2.b Worksheets

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets to practice and reinforce the common core standard of recognizing and naming end punctuation.
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Handout
Other

Sta: Punctuation and Capitalization Rules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this handy guide for a quick reference to punctuation and capitalization rules. Includes rules for end marks, apostrophes, capitalization, commas, quotation marks, and many more!
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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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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.
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Interactive
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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Interactive
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: Collecting Full Stops [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
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.
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Roy the Zebra

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

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Learners 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 learners will construct their own sentences...
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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.
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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.