A bundle of activities that are ideal in Upper Key Stage Two to help you teach pupils how to use colons.
Colon activity sheets with three levels of differentiation that have a range of activities allowing children to use colons correctly and correct sentences that haven’t used colons correctly. Answers included.
Colon talk cards, a range of questions including questions about how colons can be used and identifying where they can be used in a sentence. Perfect for use in pairs or small groups to consolidate what children know about how to use colons.
Colon passages. Short paragraphs with three levels of differentiation where children need to identify where the colons need to go. Ideal as a short activity or as part of a grammar session. Answers included.
National Curriculum
Year 6 statutory content to be introduced – Use of the semi-colon, colon and dash to mark the boundary between independent clauses [for example, It’s raining; I’m fed up].
Use of the colon to introduce a list and use of semi-colons within lists.
Years 5 and 6 – Pupils should be taught to indicate grammatical and other features by using semi-colons, colons or dashes to mark boundaries between independent clauses.
Pupils should be taught to indicate grammatical and other features by using using a colon to introduce a list.
Differentiation
- Using colons to introduce lists.
- Using colons to introduce lists and single words.
- Using colons to introduce lists, single words, speech and to separate independent clauses.
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