At the beginning of the school year, I like doing “back to basics” activities. Here are two activities that focus on “they’re, their, and there.” Activity #1: Worksheet: Activity #2: Worksheet: Check out these editing activities here: If you like what you see from Tolentino Teaching, feel free to support me by donating here. Thank you so much!
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Teaching that a period represents a long pause and a comma a short pause can be a useful starting point, especially for younger students or those new to punctuation. This approach provides a simple, intuitive way for them to “hear” sentence structure. Of course, punctuation is more complex than just pauses. A comma isn’t merely a short break—it helps separate ideas, clarify meaning, and organize thoughts. Similarly, a period does more than signal a pause; […]
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Here is a fun activity to get students acting as “editors.” Try it out! You can find more editing activities here! Donate here!
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Writing that is littered with mistakes is hard to read. It just is. No matter how great your ideas are – errors in punctuation, spelling, capitalization and grammar will detract from your message. This is why I want my students to reflexively edit their mistakes. It should be normal to read over a sentence and capitalize an I. It should be normal to scan a paragraph and capitalize a city name. It should be normal […]
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