Summary
“Punctuation Chant” is a Jack Hartmann song-and-movement video that teaches how words work — word parts, word choice, and the jobs words do in a sentence. Short and catchy — an easy warm-up, transition, or review.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
Words follow patterns. Knowing the parts inside a word, and the job a word does in a sentence, helps you read and write with more precision.
- What kind of word (or word part) does this song teach?
- Can you give an example of your own?
- How does knowing this help you figure out a word you've never seen?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: word, meaning, prefix, suffix, sentence, part of speech.
Try it: Write two sentences of your own that use the word type from the song, and underline it in each.