202 Put Things in the Right Order

Convention: End Punctuation

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective
Students will learn that ideas should be written in the right order so they make sense. Students will also practice ending sentences with correct punctuation.

Teaching Notes

• Review beginning, middle, and end.
• Explain that order means what happens first, next, and last.
• Model telling a short event in order.
• Review end punctuation: period (.), question mark (?), exclamation mark (!).
• Emphasize that every sentence must end with punctuation.

🧒 Student Worksheet

Helping Material

Good writing tells ideas in order.
Order helps the reader understand what happened.
Every sentence must end with a punctuation mark.

Modeled Improvement (Before → After)

1. Before: I eat breakfast I get dressed
   After: Why it’s better:

2. Before: We play we clean up
   After: Why it’s better:

3. Before: I run fast
   After: Why it’s better:

4. Before: Do you like dogs
   After: Why it’s better:

5. Before: I go home last I play
   After: Why it’s better:

Writing Choices Q&A

1. What does order mean?

2. Why is order important?

3. What punctuation ends a telling sentence?

4. What punctuation ends a question?

5. What punctuation shows excitement?

Mini Activities

1. Put in Order
   Eat → Wash hands → Sit

2. Fix the End
   I like school

3. Choose the Mark
   Wow

4. Ask It
   You like pizza

5. Tell It in Order
   Topic: bedtime

Writing Samples

(5 samples · 3–5 sentences · clear order + correct end punctuation)

My Morning

At Recess

Making a Snack

Going Home

Asking a Question

Reflection

• Why do sentences need punctuation?