Find sentence-ending punctuation

Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil, or a browser text area. All named people/events/records are fictional learning inputs.
• Worked case: Lowercase: a. Sentence: We can hop. Short word: cat.
• Primary check: Lowercase: e. Sentence: Is it wet? Short word: hen.
• An adult may read every direction and answer choice aloud; learners may respond by speaking, pointing or drawing.
• Complete letter-pair chart for adult-assisted pointing and naming: A/a B/b C/c D/d E/e F/f G/g H/h I/i J/j K/k L/l M/m N/n O/o P/p Q/q R/r S/s T/t U/u V/v W/w X/x Y/y Z/z. Name one pair at a time; do not require learning all pairs in one session.
• Sound chart with supplied familiar words: b/bat, c/cat, d/dog, f/fan, g/gum, h/hat, j/jam, k/kid, l/lip, m/map, n/net, p/pen, r/run, s/sun, t/top, v/van, w/wet, y/yes, z/zip. In these examples c and g have their hard sounds. Qu in queen commonly represents /k/ followed by /w/; x at the end of box represents /k/ followed by /s/, two sounds rather than one.
• Five short-vowel comparison words: a/cat, e/bed, i/sit, o/hot, u/cup. Five common long-vowel examples: a/cake, e/me, i/bike, o/home, u/cube. An adult models the local pronunciation. These are sample sound-spelling patterns, not a claim that each letter always makes only one sound. Practice reading map, bed, sit, log and cup, one word at a time.

Learn the idea

A period ends a telling sentence. A question mark ends a question, and an exclamation mark can show strong feeling. A written sentence needs an ending mark.

Look at the far right of the sentence. Name the mark, then listen as an adult reads the sentence with suitable expression.

Example to read or listen to: Lowercase: a. Sentence: We can hop. Short word: cat. The answer is period. The sentence ends with a period. A capital letter starts a sentence; it does not end it.

1. Read or listen to the worked example. Say what the reading or writing task asks you to find. An adult can help with unfamiliar words.
2. Look at the far right of the sentence. Name the mark, then listen as an adult reads the sentence with suitable expression.
3. Check the worked solution: period. The sentence ends with a period. A capital letter starts a sentence; it does not end it.
4. Try the question and the practice questions. Point to the words that helped you choose before checking the feedback.

Check your reasoning

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Take it further

Optional extra practice: An adult writes: I see a red box. Point to its five words, circle the period, pair lowercase o with O, and say the middle short-e sound in red. Draw the box if you wish. Practice this lesson’s skill as you complete the task. Use this idea to check your work: A period ends a telling sentence. A question mark ends a question, and an exclamation mark can show strong feeling. A written sentence needs an ending mark.

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