Counting Sentences

English Language Arts (ELA) - Kindergarten

Spot the Sentence: Capitalization and Punctuation for Kids

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Counting Sentences

Goal

Sentences

This exercise helps students identify sentences, even when they appear in a paragraph.

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Activity Prep

• Download & print the PDF below

• Writing tools (pencils, colored pencils, markers, etc)

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How to Use

• The teacher will read the sentences aloud.

• Count how many there are.

• Hint: A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period (.).

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Teachers

• Please read aloud the sentences in bold letters.

• Please remind the students that each sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period.

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Common Core

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.F (Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.)

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2.A (Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I)