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Backyard Scavenger Hunt: Punctuating Dialogue

Read a story about two kids on a backyard scavenger hunt, then use commas, quotation marks and end marks in dialogue.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.3.2.c

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students put quotation marks around the exact words a character says.
Students use a comma or end mark to separate spoken words from the speaker tag.

How to use

Read the story aloud and have students point to each set of quotation marks. Review where the comma goes before and after a speaker tag, then let students finish the sheet.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.3.2.c

Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.

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Backyard Scavenger Hunt: Punctuating Dialogue

Use commas and quotation marks when characters talk.

Read the story

Read the story. Look at the commas and quotation marks when someone talks.

The Box Under the Bench

1Aunt Pearl handed Nadia and Felix a list of clues. "Find every hidden clue before the timer rings," she said. Then she set a timer for ten minutes.

2Felix read the first clue out loud. "Look for something small and round that falls from an oak tree," he said. Nadia grinned. "That has to be an acorn!" she shouted.

3They raced to the big oak tree by the fence. Felix found an acorn in the grass, and a paper clue was tucked under it. "Got it," he said, holding them up.

4The next clue was harder. "What has a face and two hands but no arms?" Nadia asked. Felix looked around the yard. "The clock on the porch!" he answered.

5Under the clock, they found a blue feather and the last clue. Nadia said, "This one tells us to look under the bench." Felix crawled under it and pulled out a small box. Inside were two shiny stickers.

6Aunt Pearl clapped. "You finished with one minute left," she said. "That was great teamwork!"

In paragraph 2, why are there quotation marks around That has to be an acorn!?