Punctuation Lesson, Grades 3-4: Quoting Exact Words from a Text

A sign at the pond says, "Please do not feed the ducks." Which sentence copies the sign? In about 40 minutes, students learn to put quotation marks around words they copy exactly from a text, and to use no marks when they tell an idea in their own words. To quote a whole sentence, they put a comma after says, start with a capital letter, and place the end mark inside.

What's inside

• 14 slides, with speaker notes on all 14
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Rule Notes, 1 student page with the 3-paragraph article
• 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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