Rachael Fortner

Lesson Plan 1

10-8-2010

2nd Grade Punctuation

Objective- Students will be able to correctly use correct punctuation including

commas, periods, question marks and exclamation points when writing sentences
90% of the time.

TEKS (15) Writing/penmanship/capitalization/punctuation. The student

composes original texts using the conventions of written language such as
capitalization and penmanship to communicate clearly. The student is expected
to:

(C) use basic capitalization and punctuation correctly such as capitalizing names and first letters in
sentences, using periods, question marks, and exclamation points (1-2); and
(D) Use more complex capitalization and punctuation with increasing accuracy
such as proper nouns, abbreviations, commas, apostrophes, and quotation
marks (2).

Materials

• “Oh My Darling Clementine” melody CD

• Chalk Board/White Board

• Tambourines

• Poster Board

• Permanent Marker

• Punctuation Worksheet

Procedure:

1) Review with students what they already know about commas, periods,
exclamation points, apostrophes, question marks, quotation marks and
capitalization.

a) The teacher will write several sentences with missing or misused

punctuation of the board and the class will correct them together.
 2) Introduce the students to proper nouns (Dr., Mr., Mrs., Miss)

a) Review with the class what a noun is a person, place or thing. Explain to
the students that a proper noun will have 2 distinct features: (1) it will
name a specific or one of a kind item (2) it will begin with a capitol letter
no matter where it is in a sentence.

b) Have the students come up by rows and write the correct punctuation on
the chalk board of a proper noun given to them by the teacher. Discusses
each word as a class after each row of students writes their word on the
board.

3) Now introduce the students to the “Punctuation Song” (see lyrics below).

a) Pass out the tambourines and have the students form a circle in the class
room. Explain that each punctuation is going to have a sound made with
the tambourine and a movement.

- Commas= a long shake (about the length of the time it takes to say
the word comma slowly) and a slow step.

- Periods = one tap on the tambourine and a stop in movement

- Exclamation point = a hard hit on the tambourine with a jump

- Question Mark = drum the tambourine with each finger while moving
their head side to side

Assessment

1. Give students the punctuation work sheet and have them complete it
individually. The worksheet will contain sentences with incorrect punctuation
that needs to be rewritten with the correct punctuation. The worksheet will
also have the students define what a proper noun is and then be given a list
of words. The students will then identify which words are proper and write
them as a proper noun.

Punctuation Song (done to “Oh my darling Clementine”)

“There’s a comma, there’s a comma,

There’s a comma and we pause (shake the tambourine for the pause and
take a slow step)
There’s a comma, there’s a comma,

There’s a comma we pause (shake tambourine for the pause and take a slow
step)

Exclamation point, exclamation point,

Exclamation point we get loud (hit the tambourine hard and jump)

Exclamation point, exclamation point,

Exclamation point we get loud (hit the tambourine hard and jump)

Question mark, question mark,

Question mark asks a question (drum fingers on tambourine and move head
side to side)

Question mark, question mark,

Question mark asks a question (drum fingers on tambourine and move head
side to side)

There’s a period, there’s a period,

There’s a period and we stop (tap the tambourine and stand in place)

There’s a period, there’s a period,

There’s a period and we stop (tap the tambourine and stand in place)

“Oh My darling Clementine” written by Percy Montrose (1884),

www.wikkipedia.com

TEKS www.tea.state.tx.us

Lesson plan by Rachael Fortner