Common Core State Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.2.B
Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.
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resources for those 'aha' moments
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Writing Out Loud: Dialogue Punctuation Teaching Presentation
Teach your students how to write dialogue correctly with an interactive teaching presentation.
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Comma Task Cards - Grades 4-6
Practice correct comma placement in dates, series, and compound and complex sentences.
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Direct Speech Task Cards
Review all 16 task cards with direct speech in the text and correct the missing punctuation.
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Dealing With Direct Speech - Worksheet
A worksheet for students to practice writing direct speech.
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Grade 4 Daily Warm-Up – PowerPoint 4
A 66-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
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Grade 4 Daily Warm-Up – PowerPoint 3
A 67-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
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Grade 4 Daily Warm-Up – PowerPoint 2
A 72-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
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Grade 4 Daily Warm-Up – PowerPoint 1
A 70-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
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Punctuation Poster Set
Display the names and uses for 6 kinds of punctuation marks.
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Punctuation Poster – Quotation Marks
A poster that explains quotation marks and provides an example of how to use them.
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Punctuation Poster – Comma
A poster that explains commas and provides an example of how to use them.
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Punctuation Bookmarks – Upper Grades
Help your students remember their punctuation rules by providing them with this bookmark for quick reference.
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Editing Bookmarks
A clear and colorful editing checklist for students to refer to when proofreading their writing.
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Paragraph Study Punctuation Interactive PowerPoint
Interactive PowerPoint presentation allowing teachers and students to learn and revise punctuation by highlighting paragraphs.
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Punctuation Sentence Challenge Worksheet
A teaching resource to help consolidate the students’ knowledge of punctuation.
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Editing Passage Task Cards - Grade 4
A set of 20 editing passage task cards with answers.
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Editing Passage Task Cards - Grade 5
A set of 20 editing passage task cards with answers.
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Direct and Indirect Speech Posters
Amazing Man helps students to learn what both direct and indirect speech entails as well as providing examples on how they can use it themselves.
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Everyday Grammar Capitalization and Punctuation Warm-Ups – Grades 3 and 4 Interactive PowerPoint
An engaging 44 slide interactive PowerPoint to use in the middle grades classroom when learning about grammar and punctuation.
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Using Quotation Marks in Narrative Writing PowerPoint
A 21 slide editable PowerPoint template to be used when teaching correct usage of quotation marks.
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Punctuation Worksheet Pack - Upper Grades
A set of 6 worksheets to reinforce punctuation in the upper grades.
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Using Punctuation Marks PowerPoint
A 31-slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching the correct usage of punctuation.
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Writing Editing Checklist
Now your students can make sure that they check everything when they are editing their work... no mistake gets left behind!
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Punctuation Worksheets - Upper Elementary
Punctuation worksheets with examples and definitions to help your students learn.
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Sentence Saga Literacy Activity (Silly Sentences)
A set of words and punctuation marks that are combined to make sentences.
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Developing Narrative Writing Skills Unit Plan - Year 3 and Year 4
This English unit addresses the narrative text type, specifically, how to plan and write an engaging story.
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Quotation Marks in Narrative Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the correct use of quotation marks in narrative writing.
