conventions · immersion · punctuation

Thinking About Punctuation in Texts

Stacey Shubitz

My students shared their findings about punctuation marks, from earlier in the week, with each other yesterday. The charts, below, were eye-opening for me since not all of the descriptions about why the authors used them made sense to me. Further, some of the examples didn’t quite match-up. Nonetheless, these were from the first two (of four) immersion days in our Conventions Unit of Study. I’m sure they’ll be experts by time time we finish-up in late April.

And, next week in Workshop (I did next week’s charts last night when I came home from work)…

Kid-Friendly Teaching Points on an Anchor Chart
Kid-Friendly Teaching Points on an Anchor Chart

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Published by Stacey Shubitz

Stacey Shubitz is a K-6 literacy consultant and former elementary teacher. She is the author of CRAFT MOVES and other professional books on writing workshop. Her forthcoming book, MAKE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WORK FOR YOUR CHILD WITH DISABILITIES (Guilford Press, 2026), empowers parents to navigate the special education system.

2 thoughts on “Thinking About Punctuation in Texts”

  1. Pingback: Conventions Do Matter « Writing Every Day Works

  2. Thanks for sharing you planning and the kid’s work. We are noticing punctuation in my room, or shall I say the lack of it in their writing sometimes. I’m going to honor you by adapting your ideas into my classroom.

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