Introduce and practice using punctuation marks. This unit introduces the period, exclamation point, question mark, and comma with a focus on ending punctuation marks.

Included:

• Anchor Chart PDF
• Anchor Chart PNG
• Mini Lesson PowerPoint
• Scaffolded Practice (4 pages)
• Task Cards (12)
• Task Card Recording Sheets
• Digital Sentence Sort

Scaffolded Practice

• Students start off with a cut and paste activity. They will cut and paste each punctuation mark to the end of the correct sentence.
• Students will then read sentences and circle the correct punctuation mark given all three choices.
• Lastly, students will be given a sentence that is missing the ending punctuation, they will rewrite the sentence adding the correct punctuation mark to the end.

Ways to create/use the anchor chart:

• Print as a large poster
• Project on the board and trace onto anchor chart paper
• Pull up on computer connected screen, turn off touchscreen function and trace onto anchor chart paper
• Digitally display