These no prep punctuating dialogue activities, worksheets, lesson slides, assessment, and more make it easy to teach your students about correctly using quotation marks, dialogue tags, and the differences in punctuation when the dialogue tag is at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence. This no-prep resource gives you a full week of skill-building, targeted grammar activities to provide your students with short, daily practice in a variety of formats for L.3.2.C using commas and quotation marks in dialogue. No more scrambling to find the right activities!
Included punctuating dialogue activities
A 5-day lesson plan provides you with daily pacing and detailed instructions for each day of the week. Answer keys are also included.
A teaching PowerPoint with engaging lesson slides that introduce the skill and the grammar rule, give examples and provide interactive slides for whole group practice.
Practice worksheets to provide reinforcement, independent practice, morning work, or homework.
A reading passage Students read a high-engagement “Grammar Gazette” news article written by kid reporters for fun reading practice and to practice using commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
A writing activity for students to write a news article using a word bank to help them write their story.
Task cards and recording sheet for a no-prep grammar center and early finisher activity.
Assessment-Monitor progress with an easy-to-grade assessment
A grammar glossary notebook page gives students a handy reference to add to their writing notebooks.
3 Full-page punctuation posters give students an anchor chart reference and make a great addition to your grammar wall!
Short on time to teach grammar? This simple 5-day routine with detailed lesson plans allows you to teach, practice, or assess your students in 15 minutes or less each day. The daily routine includes engaging whole-group practice and fun partner activities. The easy-to-grade worksheets are ideal for reinforcement, morning work, or homework.
The included creative reading passage allows students to correct dialogue punctuation in context while reading a “Grammar Gazette” news article written by a kid reporter. Students apply their learning in a writing activity with three different formats for easy differentiation. On Friday students are assessed with a short, easy-to-grade quiz.
Weekly grammar routine
- Monday: A mini lesson on PowerPoint with interactive practice slides
- Tuesday: Practice worksheet
- Wednesday: Task cards center activity
- Thursday: Reading passage and writing activity
- Friday: Assessment & Grammar glossary
Choose how you use it! These ready-to-use materials can easily be used for review and extra practice, to reinforce skills previously taught, interventions, and even test prep. And they’re perfect to leave for a sub!
All the activities in this unit are intentionally designed to be very simple, with easy-to-understand activities for students, and easy-to-grade papers for the teacher. All the materials require very little prep or no prep at all. You’ll only need to make copies and cut out a few straight lines on the task cards to be ready to use these engaging punctuating dialogue activities! Teaching grammar has never been easier!
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Happy teaching!
Linda Kamp
Around the Kampfire
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