Fun sentence examples showing periods for kindergarteners.

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🛑 What is a Period? A period is a little dot (.) that goes at the end of a sentence. It tells you when to stop reading or talking.
• ✍️ Why Use Periods? Periods help make your writing clear. They show where one thought ends and another begins.
• 🤸 Fun Fact: Every sentence needs a period (or another punctuation mark like a question mark or exclamation point).
• 🍎 Simple Sentences: Most sentences for kindergarteners are simple. They tell one thing about someone or something.
• 🎈 Examples: "The dog barks." "I like candy." "She has a red balloon."

✏️ Practice Quiz

1. Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly?
   1. The cat is sleeping
   2. The cat is sleeping.
   3. The cat is sleeping?
2. Which sentence needs a period at the end?
   1. I like to play
   2. Do you like to play?
   3. I am playing
3. Where does the period go in this sentence: "He is happy"?
   1. He. is happy
   2. He is happy.
   3. .He is happy
4. Which of these is a complete sentence that needs a period?
   1. Running fast
   2. I can run fast.
   3. Because it is fun
5. Which of these sentences is NOT punctuated correctly?
   1. She likes to sing.
   2. He is tall.
   3. They play
6. Choose the sentence that shows a correct use of a period.
   1. The bird flies.
   2. The bird flies
   3. The bird.flies
7. Which sentence correctly uses a period?
   1. We eat cake
   2. We eat cake.
   3. .We eat cake