Punctuation Activities

Put an exclamation mark on your next grammar lesson with these compelling punctuation activities! It’s easy to overlook the importance of the humble comma or apostrophe, but that may change once kids play a rousing game of punctuation red light, green light, use pasta to punctuate their story, or create colorful apostrophe collages. These activities and more will open kids’ eyes to the possibilities of punctuation.

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Make an Apostrophe Collage

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Make an Apostrophe Collage

Here's a creative and engaging activity to get your child on track with that pesky little line.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Write a New Ending

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Write a New Ending

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Punctuate with Pasta!

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Punctuate with Pasta!

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Play Punctuation Red Light, Green Light

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Play Punctuation Red Light, Green Light

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Gotcha! A Punctuation Readaloud Game

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Gotcha! A Punctuation Readaloud Game

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Make a Mother's Day Book

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Make a Mother's Day Book

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Mother's Day Cookbook

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Mother's Day Cookbook

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Say "Thank You!" to Postal Workers

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Say "Thank You!" to Postal Workers

Labor Day is the perfect time to celebrate our postal workers. Have your kid write a thank you note to your local post office to show his appreciation.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Terminal Punctuation

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Terminal Punctuation

Give your emerging writer a better feel for terminal punctuation with this activity that will have her mix up punctuation marks in a favorite childhood book.

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Ice Cream Treat: Correct Punctuation

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Ice Cream Treat: Correct Punctuation

Talk about ice cream while helping your 4th grader work on crucial punctuation skills.

4th grade

Reading & writing

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