CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.2b
The Standard
Recognize and name end punctuation.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students find the mark at the end of a sentence and name it as a period, question mark, or exclamation point. They connect each printed symbol with its name.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students correctly name a period, question mark, and exclamation point when each appears at the end of a sentence. They can point to the named mark in print.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may call every end mark a period or confuse a question mark with an exclamation point. They may also name the mark correctly but miss how it matches the sentence.
How to Assess It
- Give students three sentence cards, ending with a period, question mark, and exclamation point. Point to each mark and ask students to name it.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give students punctuation cards to place after printed statements, questions, and excited sentences, then have them name each mark.
Read three sentences aloud and ask, "Which end mark belongs after each sentence, and what is its name?"
Play Punctuation Corners, with students moving to the period, question mark, or exclamation point sign after hearing a sentence.
Search a classroom poster or picture book for end marks, then tally how many periods, question marks, and exclamation points appear.
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