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Here you will find a list of printable educational resources specific to our book. Keep checking back with us frequently though, as we will keep adding new resources for our curious young readers. These resources will help kids enhance their learning experience even further.

Semicolons, Cupcakes, and Cucumbers is an adorable book about punctuation. After reading, use this FREEBIE to enhance learning about the characters and review punctuation. (K,1)

Review punctuation with Semicolons, Cupcakes, and Cucumbers by Steve Newberry and this free task card activity. It includes 20 task cards and 2 recording sheets. (2,3)

This is a fun set of posters to go along with Semicolons, Cupcakes, and Cucumbers! Print 4 to a page, cut out and staple for a Punctuation Book. (PreK,K,1,2,3,4,5,6)

This freebie contains posters describing each punctuation mark and task cards for a class game, based on the conversations in the book. (1,2,3)

Add some fun to your punctuation lessons with this free board game! After reading Semicolons, Cupcakes, and Cucumbers, students race around the track and write their own sentences using periods, question marks, and exclamation points. (K,1,2)

These freebie posters make a great companion to the text. Simply print and display! You could also print smaller versions for students to keep in their writing notebooks.

Based on the familiar memory card game “Concentration,” this literacy center activity provides buddy pairs valuable practice in the correct placement and use of punctuation.

After matching punctuation marks – period, comma, question mark, exclamation point, and semicolon – with the sentences that need them to be complete, students will write the correct sentences on a recording sheet. I’ve provided an answer key.

Also included are teacher instructions, player instructions, and a game folder label for easy organization.

This product is a freebie created in conjunction with the Innovation Press for their book “Semicolons, Cupcakes and Cucumbers”. This product includes popular word wall vocabulary cards along with full-size posters for the following language arts vocabulary words:

  • Comma
  • Exclamation Mark
  • Period
  • Semicolon
  • Sentence
(K,1,2,3,4,5,6)