SENTENCE PUNCTUATION

Wychickia Watkins

Content Area: Language ArtsGrade Level: 1Summary: The purpose of this instructional PowerPoint is to introduce sentence punctuation. Students will be introduced to telling sentences and questions.Learning Objective: Given a sentence, the student will be able to place the correct punctuation in the sentence with 100% accuracy.Content Standard: L.1.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. B. Use end punctuation for sentencesAccomplishment: The student will learn the structure of sentences and punctuation rules. The student will become efficient in writing and fluent in the English language.

What is a Sentence?

A sentence is a group of words that tell a complete thought.

A sentence always starts with a capital letter

A sentence always ends with a punctuation mark.

Most sentences end with a period(.)or a question mark (?).

Telling Sentences

Telling Sentences are sentences that tell something.

Telling Sentences are statements and end in period.

Most fish swim in a school.

Questions

A question is something that is being asked.

A question starts with a capital letter. A question ends with a question mark. Here are some major keywords used in

questions: How, Who, When, Where, What, Will

Where do horses live?

Now let’s try a few sentences!!

The pig is big ____

Which punctuation mark should u choose?

Correct!!! A is the correct punctuation mark.

The cow jumped over the moon ____Which punctuation mark should u choose?

Fred Frog, wants you to tryagain.

Oops!

Correct!!! A is the correct punctuation mark.

Are the puppies out in the rain___Which punctuation mark should u choose?

Awesome!!!!

You are doing GREAT!!!!

For extra practice visit this website:

http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/ed-punct01.html

Works Cited

http://www.state.tn.us/sbe/2010Julypdfs/IV%20I%20Common%20Core%20Curriculum%20Standards%20-%20Combined.pdf

http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/ed-punct01.html Microsoft Office Clip Art