Punctuation Lesson, Grades 3-4: Choosing Punctuation for Effect

We have a test today. We have a test today? We have a test today! Same words, three end marks. How would you say each one? In about 40 minutes, students learn that the end mark tells the reader how to hear a sentence: a period tells in a plain, calm way, a question mark asks, and an exclamation point shows strong feeling such as surprise, joy, excitement or fear. Telling words can ask too (You fed the fish?).

What's inside

• 15 slides, with speaker notes on all 15
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Rule Notes, 1 student page
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page
• Print-all PDF, 6 pages: lesson plan, Rule Notes, worksheet and answer key together

Answer key included

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