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.
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
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
Understand that a simple sentence consists of a single independent clause representing a single event or idea
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)
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
Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops
Construct texts using software including word processing programs
Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge
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
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)
Demonstrates developing skills and knowledge in grammar, punctuation and vocabulary when responding to and composing texts
Composes simple texts to convey an idea or message
Produces most lower case and upper case letters and uses digital technologies to construct texts
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
Uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
Tracks written text from left to right and from top to bottom of the page and identifies visual and spatial features of print
Creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences
Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies to spell taught familiar and high-frequency words when creating texts
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts
Produces all lower-case and upper-case letters to create texts
Understands and responds to literature read to them
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
Plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure
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
Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops
Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge
Construct texts using software including word processing programs
Identify the parts of a simple sentence that represent ‘What’s happening?’, ‘Who or what is involved?’ and the surrounding circumstances
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)
Work in a small teacher-led group and write a sentence for students to add their punctuation puppets to.
Students can also use the punctuation characters to role-play and demonstrate different types of sentences.