Stop the Press: National Punctuation Day

Without periods and exclamation point and also all the other punctuation points we would be talking on and on.

Founded in 2004 by former newspaperman Jeff Rubin, NPD is listed in Chase’s Calendar of Events and The Teacher’s Calendar, two directories published by McGraw-Hill.

First, punctuation marks are important because, if I put the punctuation in the wrong place, teachers will not understand what I am writing.

If I was going to say “wow good job” It would sound better if I wrote “Wow, good job!” I think that sounds more exiting because of the exclamation mark at the end.

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Media Specialist Mrs. Pam Simon planned punctuation games, complete with costumes.

What started as a clever idea to remind corporations and professional people of the importance of proper punctuation has turned into an everyday mission to help school children learn the punctuation skills they need to be successful in life.

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For example, if I don’t include a question mark at the end of a sentence, no one would know it’s a sentence.

If I added fancy writing and included correct punctuation everyone would think more of me.

Punctuation is an important detail of writing because if there were no punctuation marks, then people wouldn’t understand each other.

If I was reading a story without any punctuation it would not make sense.

The semicolon can be important because it can join parts of a compound sentence.

During the day, 4th-grade students of Mrs. Julee Dillon played Punctuation Football, and 2nd-grade students of Mrs. Carol Plaush and 3rd-grade students of Mrs. Melissa Ramirez played sentence games in which students dressed in vests with punctuation marks on them punctuated sentences.

The apostrophe is very important because it shows possession and points out missing letters in a contraction.

“I learned so much we read about all sorts about exclamation marks, quotation, commas and colons and a song can’t forget the song Punk Punk Punctuation.

This essay is full of scrumptious detail you’ve been waiting for.

I learned so much we read about all sorts about exclamation marks, quotation, commas and colons and a song can’t forget the song Punk Punk Punctuation.

A quotation mark is probably one of the most important punctuation marks because these marks are used before and after a direct quotation.

The Best Darn Manufactured Holiday, Period.

Jeff and Norma have also produced a 30-minute instructional DVD that trains teachers how to facilitate Punctuation Playtime in their schools.

It’s also a day to remind business people that poor punctuation can cost your business millions of dollars.

To that end, Jeff and his wife, Norma, created Punctuation Playtime, a 45-minute program for children in grades 1-6.

Now I have shown you the importance of periods and exclamation points.

These are punctuation essays written by students of Karen McVay, a language arts teacher at Bailey Middle School in Pensacola, FL.

Students coming into school that morning were greeted with a chorus of 4th graders singing the Punctuation Rap over the loudspeaker.

Nobody writes in complete sentences anymore,’” says Jeff Rubin, founder of National Punctuation Day.

I played punctuation games like we took out all punctuation out and someone had to put them back.

Every year, Jeff is a guest on dozens of radio shows and NPD receives significant newspaper coverage.

Also I learned that punctuation is important because if we didn’t have punctuation we would be talking and reading forever.