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Punctuation Puppets
F 1 Pre & Primary Essentials Resources English Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas 3 Pages

Punctuation Puppets

These super cute Punctuation Stick puppets will allow your students to have lots of hands-on fun while they learn about how to use punctuation as well as edit simple sentences.

The puppets can then be used alongside our Excellent Editing presentation or Quiz as students hold up the missing punctuation mark.
 

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to recognise punctuation in written text, such as capital letters used for names and for beginning a sentence and punctuation marks, such as full stops, signal the end.
  • We are learning to create and edit short written texts to record and report ideas and events using capital letters, punctuation and correct spelling of CVC words.
  • We are learning to recognise parts of speech used to structure a sentence.
  • We are learning to use nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs to structure a sentence and make it more vivid.
  • We are learning to recognise punctuation, such as capital letters and full stops, and how they are used in a sentence.
  • We are learning to edit texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops, for ourselves and others.
  • We are learning to construct texts using software including word processing programs, e.g. MS Word.
  • We are learning to create short imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to explore, record and report ideas using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge.
  • We are learning to recognise parts of speech used to structure a sentence.
  • We are learning to use nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs to structure a sentence and make it more vivid.

Curriculum alignment

AC9EFLY06 9 Create and participate in shared editing of short written texts to record and report ideas and events using some learnt vocabulary, basic sentence boundary punctuation and spelling some consonant–vowel–consonant words correctly AC9E1LA07 9 Understand that words can represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs) AC9E1LA06 9 Understand that a simple sentence consists of a single independent clause representing a single event or idea AC9EFLA09 9 Identify punctuation as a feature of written text different from letters; recognise that capital letters are used for names, and that capital letters also signal the beginning of sentences while punctuation marks signal the end ACELY1652 8.4 Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops ACELY1654 8.4 Construct texts using software including word processing programs ACELY1651 8.4 Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge ACELA1432 8.4 Understand that punctuation is a feature of written text different from letters; recognise how capital letters are used for names, and that capital letters and full stops signal the beginning and end of sentences ACELA1451 8.4 Identify the parts of a simple sentence that represent ‘What’s happening?’, ‘What state is being described?’, ‘Who or what is involved?’ and the surrounding circumstances ACELA1452 8.4 Explore differences in words that represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)
EN1-9B old Uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts EN1-4A old Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies ENe-9B old Demonstrates developing skills and knowledge in grammar, punctuation and vocabulary when responding to and composing texts ENe-3A old Produces most lower case and upper case letters and uses digital technologies to construct texts ENe-2A old Composes simple texts to convey an idea or message EN1-CWT-01 new Plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure ENE-PRINT-01 new Tracks written text from left to right and from top to bottom of the page and identifies visual and spatial features of print ENE-CWT-01 new Creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences EN1-RECOM-01 new Comprehends independently read texts that require sustained reading by activating background and word knowledge, connecting and understanding sentences and whole text, and monitoring for meaning ENE-SPELL-01 new Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies to spell taught familiar and high-frequency words when creating texts ENE-VOCAB-01 new Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts ENE-HANDW-01 new Produces all lower-case and upper-case letters to create texts ENE-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature read to them
VCELA156 Understand that punctuation is a feature of written text different from letters and recognise how capital letters are used for names, and that capital letters and full stops signal the beginning and end of sentences VCELY161 Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops VCELY160 Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge VCELY163 Construct texts using software including word processing programs VCELA178 Identify the parts of a simple sentence that represent ‘What’s happening?’, ‘Who or what is involved?’ and the surrounding circumstances VCELA179 Explore differences in words that represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

Differentiation

Modifications

Work in a small teacher-led group and write a sentence for students to add their punctuation puppets to.
 

Extensions

Students can also use the punctuation characters to role-play and demonstrate different types of sentences.
 

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