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Curated OER

The Tongue Untied: A Guide to Grammar, Punctuation, and Style

For Students 6th - 8th
Is/are? Who/that? Young grammarians must select the correct form of the verb to agree with the subject in a series of sentences. The resource can be used for as an in-class activity or as homework for extra practice.
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Curated OER

Apostrophe Function and Punctuation

For Students 5th - 6th
In this apostrophe use instructional activity, students read the two primary functions of apostrophes: to show possession and to show the omission of letters. They complete 24 examples in which they apply the rules for both uses.
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Curated OER

Capital Letters and Full Stops

For Students 4th - 5th
In this punctuation learning exercise, students copy each pair of sentences in the space provided by adding capital letters when needed and periods.
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EngageNY

Developing Reading Fluency: Criteria for Reading Aloud

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders develop their reading superpowers in a lesson plan on fluency. After first listening to an audio recording or teacher read aloud, the class works together identifying criteria for fluent reading, focusing on phrasing, rate,...
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EngageNY

Developing Reading Fluency: Selecting a Text and Practicing Reading Aloud

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Young readers continue to strengthen their fluency skills with a text of their choosing. The teacher first engages the class with an audio recording or read-aloud of a short poem, modeling for children how to read fluently. Next it's...
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Core Knowledge Foundation

Second Grade Skills Unit 3: Kids Excel

For Teachers 2nd Standards
The unit offers second graders skills practice in tricky spelling and words, grammar—nouns and punctuation, reading decodable texts, and writing a personal narrative. Lessons begin with a warm-up and go into a concept review, word work,...
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Curated OER

What Kind of Ladybug Are You?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
As a class, read different sentences prepared by the teacher, identifying the punctuation that is needed for the appropriate expression. In small groups, have each child assume the role of one or more character in The Grouchy Ladybug by...
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Curated OER

Don't Be Silly–Expression is Fun!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
As children observe the teacher reading Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day, they take note of the role punctuation plays in the emotion or expression used. They then take turns reading a book with a partner so they can...
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Curated OER

The Final Copy

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Write short stories in which events are presented in logical order, point of view is clear, theme and characters are developed. Middle schoolers also work on sensory language, concrete language and/or dialogue. They establish their...
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British Council

Unit 8: Proofreading

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Plagued by punctuation or stymied by spelling? Lesson eight in a nine-part series of career education and skills activities introduces the importance of proofreading. Learners categorize common writing errors and construct error-free...
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Curated OER

The Classification Station

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify proper nouns and categorize them by subject. They apply correct principles of grammar: they write complete sentences, use correct capital letters, use correct punctuation and apply correct rules of usage and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Answering Literal Comprehension Questions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Practice using the Turn the Question Around (TQA) method to answer reading comprehension questions based on short narrative paragraphs. Instructions and materials are included for direct, guided, and independent instruction. Responses...
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Calloway County Schools

Dialogue Rules, Worksheet, and Writing Assignment

For Students 3rd - 10th Standards
Punctuating dialogue properly can be tricky, but your pupils can become punctuation masters with practice. This resource includes an explanatory page that describes the rules of writing dialogue and provides examples. On the second page,...
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Incentive Publications

Building Proofreading Skills

For Students 3rd - 6th
Designed to build proofreading skills in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and language usage, as well as proofreading for clarity, transition, and order, this workbook is packed with activities for all kinds of writing.
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Curated OER

The Teaching Challenge: Lynne Truss

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students watch movie featuring Lynne Truss, author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, and scour community pointing out bad punctuation to shopkeepers and restaurateurs.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Which Kind of Sentence

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this type of sentences worksheet, students read each sentence and write the correct punctuation at the end of the sentence. Students review examples for declarative and interrogative sentence endings. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Curated OER

Find the Error 43

For Students 6th - 12th
In this grammar worksheet, students review a newspaper advertisement and list the grammatical errors they find. Grammatical errors may include: apostrophes, articles, spelling, singulars, plurals, and punctuation.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Quiz on Comma Usage

For Students 5th - 7th
In this punctuation worksheet, students complete an on-line interactive exercise in which the correct punctuation is inserted into three separate paragraphs.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

At the Beach

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this punctuation worksheet, students read the sentences and add a period, exclamation point, or a question mark to the end of each sentence. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Interactive
McGraw Hill

Proofreading a Paragraph

For Students 7th - 8th
For this proofreading instructional activity, students rewrite a paragraph to correct for errors. Each paragraph may contain errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and usage.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

What's Wrong With This Picture

For Students 6th - 8th
For this punctuation worksheet, middle schoolers examine a picture that contains a sign that is found outside of Norwich Cathedral. They find the error in the sign which deals with the use of an apostrophe in a possessive.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ready? Set. Punctuate!

For Teachers 1st
First graders read Yo! Yes?  with the teacher, and and discuss the period, questions mark and exclamation point. In this languge arts lesson, 1st graders practice motions to go with each mark, listen to the story again, and perform the...
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Curated OER

American Expression

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students exercise the strategy of reading more fluently with expression through practice and recognizing punctuation marks when reading. They read with expression the book, Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney and a variety of...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

A Letter To Aunt Monica

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this spelling learning exercise, students read a letter from a woman to her aunt. Students locate the spelling and punctuation errors in the letter.

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