Reading: Reading Fluency & Strategies (Beginnings): Lesson 2: Recognizing Basic Punctuation (Full Stop, Question Mark)

Reading: Reading Fluency & Strategies Lesson 2: Recognizing Basic Punctuation What you will learn: By the end of this lesson, you will be able to recognize the full stop (.) and the question mark (?) and understand how they change your voice when reading. Before You Read 🧠 Key Vocabulary Knowing these words will help you understand the lesson. Punctuation Special marks in writing (like . or ?) that help us read. Full Stop The mark `.` that shows a sentence has finished. Also called a period. Question Mark The mark `?` that shows a sentence is asking something. Intonation The way a speaker's voice rises (goes up) and falls (goes down). The Traffic Signals of Reading 🚦 Punctuation marks are the "traffic signals" of reading. They tell us when to pause and how our voice should sound. . This is a Full Stop. It means: STOP . The sentence is finished. For your voice: Your intonation goes down ↘ . My name is Dara . I live in Kampot . ? This is a Question Mark…