

It’s the journey of the exclamation mark. “ The dogs like my dad.” or “ The dog’s like my dad.” Ha, ha.Įxclamation Mark by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld Where DO you put an apostrophe anyway? Silly examples and illustrations show you how meanings will change. The Girl’s Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can’t Manage without Apostrophes!by Lynne Truss, illustrated by Bonnie Timmons (My favorite punctuation mark is the butterfly-loving, slightly confused Question Mark.) Believe it or not, this is a totally hilarious picture book about… punctuation!! Teachers and homeschoolers, you’ll want this in your repertoire of picture books. These four punctuation mark friends want to play together but what should they do? They all have different ideas that will crack you up. Semicolons, Cupcakes, and Cucumbers by Steve Newberry Semicolons, Cupcakes, and Cucumbers Little i Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! The Girl’s Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can’t Manage without Apostrophes! Exclamation Mark You’ll love how these picture books make punctuation playful. I absolutely adore these punctuation picture books, so do kids. Find the 101 palindromes in this silly picture book! Picture Books That Teach Punctuation Palindromes are words that are the same forwards and backward.

WE would also do the activity that comes at the end of the book, there are simply many things that this book can lead to, but the main thing is giving the students a clear picture of what a verb is and does.Mom And Dad Are Palindromes by Mark Shulman, illustrated by Adam McCauleyīob’s teacher, Mis Sim, shows him that there are palindromes everywhere. I would read the book to my class and then have a discussion about verbs where I would let my students come up with sentences that contain verbs.

This is a book that I would definitely use in my classroom as it makes it very easy for kids to understand what a verb is. At the end of the book you will find an activity to help the reader further understand verbs. The book also talks about all the different types of verbs like helping verbs, past, present, future verbs and linking verbs. It has vivid illustrations that make the reader see just how much fun a verb can make a sentence have.The examples of verbs are written in capital letters and in a different color than the rest of the text. This a book that defines the part of speech that we all know as a verb, it not only tells us what a verb is, but it also gives the reader plenty of examples of what a verb does or can do.
