Tiered Lesson Plan
Teacher:
Megan Gordon
Date:
November 2010
Grade Level:
3
Subject or Topic
Punctuation
Duration:
3-4 forty-five minute lessons
Pre-Assessment Strategy:
Teacher will use the beginning of the year writing assessment scores on
grammar/mechanics and student samples in writer’s notebooks to assess
students.
1. Grade Level
Content
Expectations
Below-level Learners
1. Remembering
2. Understanding
At-level Learners
3. Applying
4. Analyzing
Above-level Learners
5. Evaluating
6. Creating
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2nd grade
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3 grade
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4th grade
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LA 2.4.5
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LA 3.4.4
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LA
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Edit writing to correct
use of following
punctuation:
• apostrophes in
common contractions,
including don't, isn't ,
and can't
• question marks and
exclamation points
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Edit writing to correct 
use of following
punctuation:
• commas in letters,
dates, addresses, and
items in a simple series
• apostrophes in
contractions and
singular possessives
• quotation marks and
commas or end marks
in direct quotations
and dialogue
Edit writing to correct
use of following
punctuation:
• commas in a series of
multi-word items, in
compound sentences,
and after introductory
phrases
• apostrophes in
contractions with
pronouns
• underlining/italics or
quotation marks, as
appropriate, to indicate
titles
2. Outcomes
Students will be able to understand and apply punctuation rules of the following
marks: periods, exclamation marks, question marks, colons, commas, and
apostrophes.
3. Number of
Learners
Below level learners First
class: 13
At level learners
First class: 5
Above level learners First
class: 2
Second class:6
Second class:10
Second class: 3
These students are
working at Grade 2 or
These students are
working at a Third Grade
These students are
working at Grade 4 or
below. They have limited
knowledge of punctuation
and often will misuse
apostrophes and end
marks (periods,
exclamation points, and
question marks).
4. Common
experience
5. Range of
activities
6. Technology tools
7. Assessment/
level. They properly use
apostrophes and end
marks in their writing.
They have an idea when to
use commas and quotation
marks.
higher. These students
have proper use of end
marks, quotation marks,
apostrophes, and commas.
Teacher will introduce lesson by asking why we need punctuation. Next, the teacher
will show a piece of text with no punctuation marks (could use a selection from the
book). Students will partake in an interactive read aloud with the book Punctuation
Takes a Vacation by Robin Pulver. Students will answer questions found on
http://www.robinpulver.com/guides.html as they read to help build comprehension.
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Have children identify
which punctuation
marks wrote which
postcards in
Punctuation Takes a
Vacation.
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Have children identify
which punctuation
marks wrote which
postcards in
Punctuation Takes a
Vacation.
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Have them create a
book about each of the
6 punctuation marks in
the story.
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Cut out or make
punctuation cards to
hold up during group
C’s short play reading.
Have students create a
post card to a relative
about their best
vacation they ever had
without punctuation
marks. Students will
switch and fill in the
punctuation marks on
their friend’s postcard.
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Cut out or make
punctuation cards to
hold up during group
C’s short play reading.
Punctuate the
Sentences game
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Punctuation Paintball
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Punctuation Paintball
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BBC Games
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BBC Games
Punctuation Paintball
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Graphic organizers in
Kidspiration
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Sentence Clubhouse
Edit Dan’s Copy
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Sentence Clubhouse
Edit Dan’s Copy
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ReadWriteThink
Stapleless Book
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Word or Publisher
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Word
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Self reflection
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Self reflection
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Self reflection
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Have children identify
which punctuation
marks wrote which
postcards in
Punctuation Takes a
Vacation.
Write a short play
between two kids on
the playground.
Students will have to
use all the punctuation
marks from the story.
Then they will read
their play to the class.
They will have to read
with punctuation in
mind. (For example:
when they come to an
exclamation point,
they will read with
excitement). Other
students will hold up
punctuation cards to
hold up as the students
read their play.
Product

Teacher rubric of
Punctuation Book
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Teacher-made rubric
of postcard activity.
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Teacher-made rubric
of short play activity.
Resources:
Punctuate the Sentences game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/sentencebasics/whatisasentence/flash6.shtml
Power of Proofreading Game
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/
Punctuation Paintball
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Paintball
BBC Apostrophe Games
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/punctuation/apostrophes/game.shtml
Edit Dan’s Copy
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar2.htm#
Sentence Clubhouse
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/clubhouse/index.html
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
http://www.savethecomma.com/game/
Read Write Think Stapleless Book
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/stapleless-book-30010.html
Hawaii State Standards
http://165.248.30.40/hcpsv3/