{"product_id":"the-punctuation-workbook-grades-3-5-9781644420201","title":"The Punctuation Workbook, Grades 3-5","description":"\u003cb\u003eGet to know the punctuation marks with character-based instruction, engaging practice worksheets, dynamic writing prompts and exercises, and quizzes to check comprehension. Based on the revolutionary Grammaropolis approach, this skill-building workbook makes learning grammar fun \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Let tender-hearted Officer Period, no-nonsense Chief Comma, and police dogs Hyphen and Dash show you the ropes as you learn how to punctuate, abbreviate, and capitalize your writing properly and keep those sentences running smoothly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Our story-based approach combines traditional instruction with original narrative content, appealing to different learning styles and encouraging students to make a deeper connection with twelve punctuation marks: periods, question marks, exclamation marks, commas, hyphens, dashes, semicolons, colons, quotation marks, apostrophes, parentheses, and brackets. (Plus bonus sections on capitalization and abbreviation ) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The ultimate goal of learning grammar and punctuation isn't to do well on worksheets and quizzes, though, which is why we've included sentence and paragraph writing exercises to put every grammatical concept into practice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Aligned to Common Core and state standards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoorhees, Coert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eCoert Voorhees\u003c\/b\u003e is a former writing and grammar teacher who spent years in the classroom sharing his passion for language with often skeptical middle school students. Grammaropolis is based on his most successful lesson plans. With its award-winning website, mobile apps, and music videos, Grammaropolis has revolutionized the way millions of students in thousands of schools around the world learn about grammar and writing. Coert is the author the novels ON THE FREE (2017), IN TOO DEEP (2013 Junior Library Guild Selection), LUCKY FOOLS (2012 Junior Library Guild Selection), and THE BROTHERS TORRES (2009 ALA Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults), as well as the children's books A JOURNEY TOWARD HOPE and STORM WRANGLER. He has been a Fulbright scholar in Chile and Visiting Writer in Residence at Rice University, and he now lives with his family in Houston, Texas. Visit Coert's website at www.coertvoorhees.com.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrammaropolis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Grammaropolis is where grammar lives! Hailed as the \u003ci\u003eSchoolhouse Rock!\u003c\/i\u003e for the 21st Century, Grammaropolis combines traditional instruction and assessment with our innovative, story-based lessons featuring personified parts of speech and punctuation marks. Our engaging and effective approach has revolutionized the way millions of students learn about grammar and writing. Featuring bossy adverbs, shady pronouns, and the other parts of speech; no-drama Chief Comma and the rest of the Punctuation Department; and a Sentence Factory run by the Mayor himself, Grammaropolis achieves the seemingly impossible: we make learning grammar fun!","brand":"Grammaropolis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50557130703122,"sku":"9781644420201","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_df3b7776-a718-4b82-a01b-1f165c790e86.jpg?v=1731772344","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-punctuation-workbook-grades-3-5-9781644420201","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}