Punctuation Marks

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Grade Level

• Elementary School

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Subject

• Language

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Length of Time

• 45 Minutes To 1 Hour

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Description

• This lesson is about punctuation marks. Students will have a worksheet with the different punctuation marks. They are to write a definition and a sentence for each one. This lesson is for third through fifth grade students.

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Goals

• Students will learn:
  
  * About punctuation marks
  
  * To write sentences using correct punctuation marks
  
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Materials Needed

• * Worksheet I have included in this lesson
  
  * English Book
  
  * Pencils and erasers
  

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Procedure

• First, you will copy the worksheet so that each student will have a copy.
  
  Then, you will tell them they are to look up each punctuation mark and write out a definition and a sentence for each one.
  
  This will help students learn how to write sentences and punctuate them correctly.
  
  
  
  
  Worksheet - Punctuation Marks
  
  Directions - Look up each punctuation mark and write out a definition. Then, write a sentence for each punctuation mark.
  
  1. Periods -
  
  
  
  
  2. Commas -
  
  
  
  
  3. Question Marks -
  
  
  
  
  4. Quotation Marks -
  
  
  
  
  5. Single Quotation Marks -
  
  
  
  
  6. Semi-Colons -
  
  
  
  
  7. Colons -
  
  
  
  
  8. Dashes -
  
  
  
  
  9. Apostrophes -
  
  
  
  
  10. Parentheses -
  
  
  
  
  11. Hyphens -
  
  
  
  
  12. Exclamation Points -
  
  
  
  
  13. Underlining -
  
  
  
  
  14. Ellipses -
  
  
  
  
  

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Grading

• You can grade the students on the accuracy of their definitions and the sentences they wrote.

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