Punctuation Marks Worksheets and Task Cards

Punctuation marks are the basic symbols when learning to read.  These punctuation marks worksheets and task cards will build your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students reading fluency skills.  Punctuation marks, such as periods, question marks, and exclamation points, guide readers when to stop before reading the next sentence, and change expression tone to inquire information or express excitement.

How often do you pick up a students writing journal and find a page of wonderful thoughts ran together into one long sentence? Or, when listening to students read, do you find they are lacking expression and fluency?  As an academic skills tutor, I see this all too often.  Many students need reinforcement with punctuation when reading and writing.

To help reinforce this concept, I created these Punctuation Marks Worksheets and Task Cards. 

The punctuation task cards were created as an interactive activity.  They can be used as punctuation scoot cards for a whole class activity, a punctuation marks center or a writing station, a fluency intervention tool in small groups or guided reading, or set up as a punctuation marks read and write the room activity.  

Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students read the short sentence, and write the correct punctuation mark on their printable recording sheet.  When working with my kindergarten students, I like to read the sentence aloud, emphasizing expression in my voice. 

As a Title 1 tutor, during the first half of the year, I also read the cards to my first grade reading intervention groups. I want the focus to be on punctuation marks, not on trying to sound out words while reading a short sentence.

My second grade intervention group reads the punctuation marks task cards independently, and writes the punctuation marks on their printable recording sheet.  Rather than being teacher led, they enjoying using the task cards as a scoot game.

As a follow-up to the task card activities, I check the students understanding of punctuation marks with these Printable Punctuation Marks Worksheets.

The printable punctuation marks worksheets are great for assessments, progress monitoring, homework, morning work, reading intervention groups, and whole class mini-lessons on punctuation marks.