Punctuation Celebration!

Today we had our Punctuation Celebration! Kids shared the book they wrote during our Punctuation Study with a buddy and a few stufty friends. Throughout the study, we have been taking a close look at different punctuation marks in the books we read and how they give messages (like traffic signs) to readers. After identifying, labeling and thinking about what these marks tell us to do, the kids created a book in the genre of their choosing.  They were tasked with making thoughtful choices about when and where to use punctuation effectively.  The most important punctuation we stressed was the use of endmarks (. ? !) to end sentences and capital letters to start new ones. Next week we start a nonfiction writing unit, but we have let the kids know that they must bring what they have learned about punctuation into the writing they do from now on - punctuation can NOT take a vacation!