Punctuation People

4 Types of Sentences: Game & Tech

Learn about the 4 Types of Sentences: declarative, imperative, interrogative and exclamatory with a kinesthetic game and tech project (selfie digital comic)! Visit We Are Teachers to see my post and to download free printables to go along with this lesson! Click here for free printables!

Corners: Punctuation & Sentences

This fun game comes from Color Me Kinder! Children run to one of the corners of the classroom that have punctuation marks or sentence types posted near them. Then, the teacher reads a sentence. Anyone that is in the corner of the punctuation mark that the sentence needs sits down. For older students you can work on types of sentences. Students choose a corner. If they are in the corner that matches the sentence, they sit down. The game continues until everyone is sitting down. The winner of this game is completely by chance. Punctuation and sentence types are reinforced throughout the game.

Pin the Apostrophe

Have fun learning apostrophe placement by playing Pin the Apostrophe! (inspired by Dave Blazek's party game for teachers comic / same rules as Pin the Tail on the Donkey).

Pasta Punctuation

Pasta featured above:
period = acini di pepe
comma = elbow macaroni
question mark = elbow mac and acini di pepe
exclamation mark = bucatini and acini di pepe
quotation marks = orzo

You can use any pasta shape you'd like for punctuation practice!

Punctuation Race!

Awesome game idea from Collaborative Learning! Print out the cards below on cardstock (as many as you need), each player gets 5 cards. One player begins the game by starting a sentence. He says a single word, such as "I." Then, the next player says one word, such as "went." Then the next player and so on. Each kid contributes one word to make a sentence. The goal of the game is to be the player who completes the sentence. Whoever finishes the sentence slaps one of their punctuation cards in the middle of the table. If they used the right punctuation card, they leave it in the middle of the table and turn it over. The winner of the game is the player who gets rid of all of their punctuation cards first!

Kung Fu Punctuation

Teach kids punctuation marks by using Kung Fu moves! Click here for a full list of hand gestures. Check out Kung Fu Punctuation in action here!