Statements Puzzle
English Language Arts (ELA) - Kindergarten
Sentence Rules Made Simple: Capital Letters & Punctuation
Statements Puzzle
Goal
Sentences: L.K.2.A / L.K.1.F
This puzzle game can assist students in forming statement sentences, which have two important rules: they start with a capital letter and end with a period.
Activity Prep
Download & print the PDF below
Scissors (*Please help with scissors as needed.)
How to Play
Number of Players:
The Player: 1 or 2 (Teaming up)
Setup:
Download and print the PDF.
Cut out all the cards.
Spread all cards randomly on the table or floor, face-up.
Playing:
There are 5 colors for the sentences: orange, blue, green, pink, and purple.
The teacher calls out one color.
Player(s) collect the cards of that color to make a sentence.
The sentence must start with a capital letter and end with a period.
After forming the sentence, the player asks the teacher for confirmation.
If the sentence is correct, they move on to the next color.
Keep playing until all the cards are used.
Dear Teachers
If students need help reading, please read all the sentences before starting the game.
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)
