When to use a question mark

And a hush fell over the crowd…

Attention

Today we are going to be learning a new writing rule!

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Goal

We are going to be learning what words make a sentence an asking sentence

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Goal

You will need to know how to write sentences that ask questions because we are getting pen pals next week! You want to be able to ask them questions to get to know them!

Relevance

If a word starts with a question word (who, what, where, when, why, and how) then the ending punctuation must be a question mark

Rule 1

Let’s get ready to learn!

Get into a learning position and have a correct grip on your pencil

Relevance

Please take out your white boards and a marker

Pre-requisite skills

Where do question marks go? At the beginning or the end of a sentence?

Pre-requisite skills

Draw a question mark on your whiteboard

Pre-requisite skills

Draw a period on your whiteboard

Pre-requisite skills

Listen carefully as I say the rule again:

If a word starts with a question word (who, what, where, when, why, and how) then the ending punctuation must be a question mark

Rule 2

Watch and listen

Where are you going

?

Model 1 (Example and Non-example)

We add a question mark!

Watch and listen

What is you

Model 1 (Example and Non-example)

We do not add a question mark!

Watch and listen

I like to eat pretzels

Model 1 (Example and Non-example)

We add a period!

.

Watch and listen

What is your favorite color

?

Model 2 (Example and Non-example)

We add a question mark!

Watch and listen

I like to swim in the ocean

.

Model 2 (Example and Non-example)

We add a period!

Watch and listen

How can the

Model 2 (Example and Non-example)

We do not add a question mark!

Watch and listen

When is your birthday

?

Model 3 (Minimal Pair)

We add a question mark!

Watch and listen

My birthday is tomorrow

.

Model 3 (Minimal Pair)

We add a period!

Let’s do #1 and #2 together as a class

1. Who is your favorite player on the team _

2. I ate the last Oreo _

Does the sentence start with a question word?

Is this a complete sentence?

Use your cards to help me complete the sentence.

Prompt 1

We do

Telling

period/question mark cards

Let’s do #1 and #2 together as a class

1. Who is your favorite player on the team _

2. I ate the last Oreo _

Does the sentence start with a question word?

Is this a complete sentence?

Use your cards to help me complete the sentence.

Prompt 1

We do

Telling

period/question mark cards

Let’s do #3 and #4 together as a class

3. Where did you go on vacation _

4. I see no _

Does the sentence start with a question word?

Is this a complete sentence?

What do we look for first in the sentence?

Prompt 2

We do

Asking

Let’s do #5 and #6 together as a class

5. What happened at the store _

6. My favorite color is green _

Does the sentence start with a question word?

Is this a complete sentence?

Remember our 6 different types of question words!

Prompt 3

We do

Reminding

Do #7 and #8 on your own and I will check!

Closing:

Check

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Let’s Review!

What are our question words?

Who, what, where, when, why, and how

If a complete sentence starts with a question word does it end with a question mark?

Yes!

Closing:

Review

Next week, we are going to be writing letters to our pen pals!

Closing:

Preview

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Let’s practice on our own with some practice letters! You will have to Fill in the blanks and put the correct punctuation marks.

Closing:

Independent Work

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Great job, class!