If your upper-elementary students struggle to write complete sentences, you’ll love this bundle of Grammar Police Traffic Patrol: Run-On Sentences activity. After swearing in your newest Patrol Officers, your students will review 30 different traffic incidents. Their mission? To catch and stop speeding run-on sentences. Once they’ve cornered their culprits, your students will issue a citation and repair the damage done by fixing each of the run-ons. It's great for grammar, writing, and revision practice!

The Mission?

• Read to find sentence run-ons in each of the 30 short texts

  • 10 Level 1 Traffic Incidents has 1 run-on per incident card

  • 10 Level 2 Traffic Incidents have 3 run-ons per incident card

  • 10 Level 3 Traffic Incidents have an unknown number (0-4) run-ons per card

• Differentiate between a complete sentence and a run-on

• Identify where two independent clauses collide without proper punctuation

• Know how to fix run-ons by installing Stop Signs (periods) or building Merge Lanes (comma + conjunction)

• Practice compound sentence building and punctuation rules

• Eliminate run-on habits and endless sentences in their independent writing

Here’s what’s included:

• 30 printable traffic incidents (comes in half-page or full-page size)

• Student digital slideshows with directions and all 30 traffic incidents

• Official Traffic Patrol: Traffic Citation Reports

• Official Traffic Patrol: Daily Patrol Logs

• Printable Traffic Officer ID badges, credentials, Stop/Merge helper bookmarks, and Traffic Citation file covers

• Printable Answer Keys

• Digital slideshows for teachers with student directions, incidents, and answer keys

NOTE: This is a zip file download. Both slideshows can be opened in Google Slides or PowerPoint.

In My Own Classroom . . .

My 4th and 5th grade students usually have no problem identifying a statement as either a run-on or complete sentence. They can even fix a run-on given to them. But find a run-on in the context of a text? Way harder! This is the activity that will help them go beyond basics and help students begin to edit their own writing. Soon your students will be writing in complete sentences and fixing their own run-ons.

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Fragments and Run-On Sentences Bundle: Grammar Activities & Practice 4th-6th Gr.

I'd love to hear how you use this resource in your classroom! Feel free to email me at iteachiwrite@yahoo.com with any questions or suggestions you may have.

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