Today we wrapped up our Punctuation Study. Punctuation marks are the road signs a writer gives a reader to let them know when to stop, pause, say something with excitement, or stretch words out with suspense. Without punctuation, readers would not be able to read texts in the way the author intended making the work more confusing and less meaningful.
During this unit, we looked closely at different types of punctuation in books and talked about what each type was telling the reader to do. From there, the goal was to be meaningful in the punctuation choices we made. Our young authors tried out ellipses, quotation marks, comma, colons, apostrophes and of course, different end marks.
The kids were given choice of both the genre they wanted to write in as well as the topic. Some kids wrote nonfiction information books, others wrote personal narratives, while still others tried their hands at fiction. These choices brought new energy to our writing workshop while also allowing us to focus on a common craft element.
At our celebration, small groups of children read their books aloud to one another, paying close attention to the new and interesting ways in which the writer had used punctuation. Our hope is that all these lessons will carry over into their daily writing as we get ready to start a new unit next week.
Enjoy the pictures below of our celebration!
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