Commas Strategies Glitch Work Around!
There is a glitch in the Word Blaster Section of the Commas Strategies. If this happens to you, when you get to the Word Blaster Activity, click on the "Quit" button. A passcode will be shown. For example, in Lesson 1, the passcode that shows is 121182. Write this number down. Then click on the "Done" button. Start the program again Click on the "2" button and enter a passcode that is one number bigger. For Lesson 1, the passcode would be 121183. This passcode will take you to the next screen in "Say It" and will enable you to finish the "Say It" section. Sorry for the inconvenience. We are working on fixing the problem.
Publication Info: Edge Enterprises, Punctuation: 2011, Commas and Capitalization: 2009
Available on CD or Flash Drive
Resources:
VIDEO
- 2009 SIM Preconference: Computerized Writing Strategy Instruction (1:55:19), Schumaker
- 2010 SIM Pre-Conference: Writing CD's for Students (1:22:24), Schumaker (Video)
- 2010 SIM Conference: Writing CD's for Students (01:15:28), Schumaker
- 2006 Conference Video, Commas begins at 00:29:40
- Capitalization Intro Video
- Commas Intro Video
- Punctuation Intro Video
PPTs
- 2010 Conference session ppt: Commas
- 2010 Conference session ppt: Punctuation
- 2010 Conference session ppt: : Capitalization
- Punctuation Matters! ppt
MORE
- Coaching Cycle - Capitalization
- Coaching Cycle - Commas
- Coaching Cycle- Punctuation
- Capitalization Completion List
Capitalization Strategies Checklist - Example Goals for Commas Strategy
Example Goals for Capitalization Strategy
Example Goals for Punctuation Strategy - Commas Completion List
Commas Strategies Checklist - Commas Strategy Instructor Manual with revised flow charts (Florida SPDG)
- Commas Strategy Student Folder Skeleton (Florida SPDG)
- Punctuation Completion List
- Punctuation Checklist
- Common Language of Instruction for All Writing Strategies
- Checklists
MICROCREDENTIALS
Resources from Florida SPDG
Teachers can access Florida Live Binder assets for Commas Strategies. Share this link and password:
https://www.livebinders.com/play/play_shared_binder/3152286?play_view=play Password CSP
Stratenotes and Strategrams
Research:
- Schumaker, J. B., Fisher, J. B., & Walsh, L. D. (2019). Effects of computerized instruction on use of Punctuation Strategies by students with LD. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 34(3), 158-170. https://doi.org/10.1111/ldrp.12203
- Schumaker, J. B., Walsh, L. D., & Fisher, J. B. (2019). Effects of computerized instruction on mastery and generalized use of Commas Strategies by students with LD. Journal of Special Education Technology, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/0162643419878146.
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Schumaker, J. B., & Fisher, J. B. (2021). Resolving commas confusion: Erasing comma miscues and promoting sentence writing at the same time. Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 26(1), 27-45. https://doi.org/10.18666/LDMJ-2021-V26-I1-10372
- Capitalization
- Commas
- Punctuation
- Schumaker, J. B., & Walsh, L. (2009). Effects of a hypermedia program on the punctuation and capitalization skills of students with learning disabilities. Phase II Final report for SBIR Grant #5 R44 HD043618-03.
- Resolving Commas Confusion: Erasing Comma Miscues and Promoting Sentence Writing at the Same Time - Schumaker, Fisher
Capitalization Description:
This instructional program simplifies everything into four easy capitalization lessons that students can work through at their own pace. Students learn a simple poem that helps them remember the capitalization rules, and they learn a strategy for each rule. Included are an instructor’s manual, the instructional program, and all the materials (e.g., pretest, posttest, handouts, worksheets, answer keys) needed for the program that can be printed out, if necessary. Nevertheless, students can print the materials themselves as needed at various points in the program if their computers are connected to a printer.
For the most part, students can work through the program independently since the program provides feedback on student performance during all computerized activities. An instructor is needed to score papers and provide feedback toward the end of each lesson when students must write sentences that demonstrate their use of the capitalization rules. Additionally, the instructor administers quizzes at certain points to check student understanding and provides “pass codes” that allow a student to progress from one part of the program to another once a rule has been mastered by the student. The program has been very successful in teaching students to find capitalization errors in others’ writing and to use capitalization rules well in their own writing. All ages can benefit, starting with fourth graders.
Commas Description
This computerized instructional program boils it all down to some simple phrases like, “Commas like to take out the trash!” Indeed, this program simplifies everything into six easy commas lessons that students can work through at their own pace. Students learn a simple poem that helps them remember the comma rules, and they learn a strategy for each rule. Included are an instructor’s manual, the instructional program, and all the materials (e.g., pretest, posttest, handouts, worksheets, answer keys) needed for the program that can be printed out, if necessary. Nevertheless, students can print the materials themselves as needed at various points in the program if their computers are connected to a printer. For the most part, students can work through the program independently since the program provides feedback on student performance during all computerized activities. An instructor is needed to score papers and provide feedback toward the end of each lesson when students must write sentences that demonstrate their use of the comma rules. Additionally, the instructor administers quizzes at certain points to check student understanding and provides “pass codes” that allow a student to progress from one part of the program to another once a rule has been mastered by the student. The program has been very successful in teaching students to find comma errors in others’ writing and to use the comma rules in their own writing. All ages can benefit, starting with fifth or sixth graders through college
Punctuation Description
This instructional program boils it all down to some simple rhymed phrases like, “For plural words that end in ‘s’ a lone apostrophe is best.” Indeed, this program simplifies everything into six easy punctuation lessons that students can work through at their own pace. Students learn a poem that helps them remember the punctuation rules, and they learn a strategy for each rule. Included are an instructor’s manual, the instructional program, and all the materials (e.g., pretest, posttest, handouts, worksheets, answer keys) needed for the program that can be printed out, if necessary. Nevertheless, students can print the materials themselves as needed at various points in the program if their computers are connected to a printer.
For the most part, students can work through the program independently since the program provides feedback on student performance during all computerized activities. An instructor is needed to score papers and provide feedback toward the end of each lesson when students must write sentences that demonstrate their use of the punctuation rules. Additionally, the instructor administers quizzes at certain points to check student understanding and provides “pass codes” that allow a student to progress from one part of the program to another once a rule has been mastered by the student. The program has been very successful in teaching students to find punctuation errors in others’ writing and to use the punctuation rules in their own writing. All ages can benefit, starting with fifth or sixth graders through college.