We had a huge hunt for punctuation today. It all started when one child ask about the three dots that were in the story we were reading. The children went hunting through other books to find more places where ellipsis were used and how they were used. After five minutes the class came back to share. They found four dots (ellipsis and a period), ten dots (Dr. Seuss' use of ellipsis), three dots and a comma, long dashes, short dashes, quotation marks, question marks, and periods. Several of the students then tried out the ellipsis in their own writing. On our safari we came home with the BIG GAME of punctuation use. This is amazing work! How old were you when you started using ellipsis?
We also played a short vowel game on the Internet. This activity helps to develop quick recognition of short words and is the phonic foundation for longer multi syllable words. The following is the link: http://pbskids.org/lions/games/stacker2_e.html
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