Year 6 · SPaG · Spring: Lists, colons and semi-colons
Year 6 punctuating bullet points worksheet and PowerPoint
To punctuate bullet points consistently, with a colon in the introduction and capital letters or full stops as the type of bullet needs.
Bullet points
A bullet list shows items one under another. Put a colon after the introduction. Then punctuate the bullets in the same way all the way through.
| short phrases | start with a lower-case letter, no punctuation after each, a full stop after the last |
|---|---|
| full sentences | start with a capital letter and end with a full stop |
| the introduction | ends with a colon: You will need: |
| be consistent | do not mix capital and lower-case letters in one list |
Examples
- You will need: • a pencil • a ruler • a rubber.
- Our school rules: • Walk in the corridor. • Listen to the teacher.
Key words
- bullet point
- a dot that marks one item in a list
- colon
- introduces the list
- consistent
- done the same way each time
- phrase
- a group of words that is not a full sentence
What is on the worksheet
Every sheet for this lesson has a short teaching box and 12 questions that get gradually harder: 8 fluency questions, then 4 reasoning questions that ask pupils to explain or choose. A writing challenge follows. The questions use the same styles as the key stage 2 grammar and punctuation test (circle, underline, tick, fill the gap, add punctuation, rewrite, explain). They are written for this website, not copied from past papers.
All the answers are on the last page of the same editable Word file. New questions are made every time, so you can print a different sheet for every group or for homework. The same sheet code always gives the same sheet.
Writing challenge: Write an information leaflet about your school for a new pupil. Include one bullet list of phrases and one bullet list of sentences, and punctuate both correctly.
Pupil target: I can punctuate bullet points.
The PowerPoint
A 20-slide lesson deck for the same lesson: a starter that revisits earlier learning, key words, an I do and a You do question on each slide with a countdown timer, answers that appear one click at a time, and a challenge. Download the punctuating bullet points PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 33 of 72 in the Year 6 SPaG scheme, in the Spring term, block “Lists, colons and semi-colons”. It is taught before the SATs grammar test in May.
Other lessons in this block
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