Correcting Sentences Game

A correct sentence starts with a capital letter, gives names a capital letter too, and ends with the right end mark. The Correcting Sentences Game turns the Correcting Sentences Worksheet into a carnival snack stand with Lexy: kids fix one silly sentence at a time, one kind of fix per round, the way teachers edit. It is a correcting sentences game for 2nd grade that practices capital letters, periods, question marks, exclamation marks, commas in a list and apostrophes in contractions.

Each round starts with a short “Watch me!” example. In round one kids tap the word that needs a capital letter: the first word of a sentence, the word I, a name, a day of the week or a place. In round two kids choose the end mark: a period for a telling sentence, a question mark for an asking sentence, or an exclamation mark for a big feeling. In round three kids pick the version written the right way, with commas in a list, an apostrophe in a contraction like can’t or don’t, or a comma after Wow. Every sentence sits on a light-up menu board, and the three choices sit on treat tiles: popcorn, cotton candy and a snow cone. The right answer flies up and cooks into the sentence, and Lexy reads the fixed sentence out loud. After each pick, Lexy says what kids chose and names the rule, and the right tile glows to help when kids need it. Play it in your browser on a phone, tablet, Chromebook or computer.

What’s Included

• Online game that plays in any browser on desktop, tablet and phone
• Included with every Have Fun Teaching membership
• 3 rounds: capital letters, end marks, then commas and apostrophes (15 questions)
• Every sentence read aloud, hints that name each rule, a carnival celebration, sound effects and a star score
• Teachers can assign it in Classroom with one class link and see when each student is done

Here are three reasons this correcting sentences game helps kids learn. First, kids make one kind of fix at a time, in the order teachers edit: capitals first, then end marks, then commas and apostrophes. Second, every hint names the rule, like “The word I is always a capital letter” or “An asking sentence ends with a question mark,” so kids learn why, not just what. Third, each fix lands right in the sentence and Lexy reads it back, so kids see and hear a correct sentence every time.

Keep the learning going after the Correcting Sentences Game. Write a silly sentence with no capital letters or end marks and let your child be the editor: check the capital letters, then the end mark, then the commas. For practice on paper, print the matching Correcting Sentences Worksheet and rewrite each sentence the correct way.

Related Resources

• Also available as a printable worksheet: Correcting Sentences Worksheet
• Proofreading Capitalization and Punctuation Activity
• Pick the Punctuation Activity
• Contractions Activity
• Capitalize It Activity