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identify punctuation as a feature of written text different from letters; recognise that capital letters are used for names, and that capital letters also signal the beginning of sentences while punctuation marks signal the end (AC9EFLA09)

Elaborations
  • commenting on capital letters encountered in everyday texts; for example, “That’s the letter that starts my name.” “The name of my family and my town have capital letters.”
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
ScOT terms

Punctuation,  Capitalisation,  Full stops

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This blog post by an experienced teacher provides some practical ideas for reinforcing writing conventions such as punctuation.

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Be Careful, Xiao Xin!: Unit of work

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This unit of work relates to the picture story book ‘Be Careful, Xiao Xin!’ which is a story about learning to conquer your own fears. The unit includes activities such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising and questioning the visual and text elements of the book.

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Syllabus bites: types of sentences

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A web page resource with information, teacher guides and activities on types of sentences to support the Australian Curriculum in English K–10. It has detailed activities, links to resources and quizzes.

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TrackSAFE Education Primary School Resources: Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2 English

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BBC Bitesize: use of punctuation - worksheet

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This is a brief, printable worksheet where students insert the correct punctuation into gaps in sentences. The punctuation marks required include full stops, question marks and speech marks. This resource is one of a series of online resources from the BBC's Bitesize collection.

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My day: Li: level 1

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Help Li by selecting the best texts for different parts of his day. Choose the correct text in a range of activities such as helping Li make up his mind about which bus to take to school, and what to choose for a healthy lunch from the menu. This learning object is one in a series of six objects.

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Sentence builder: prehistoric: tool

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Help a caveman use a sentence builder machine to create past-tense sentences. Spin each rock to see a new word for your sentence. Choose words from five groups: when, who, what, where and setting.

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