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Spelling: Online or Printable
Aspiring spellers determine which word is spelled correctly in 33 sets of multiple choice options. They can check their own answers if they complete the exercise online. You can also print it out for hard copy use.
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Punctuation and Capitalization Pretest
This test could be quite challenging for a 5th grader, but as they say, practice makes perfect. There are 44 multiple choice questions where the correct sentence must be chosen. This is an online test that covers punctuation,...
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Dragon Land
Help writers recognize how word order affects meaning, discover new words, and confirm or check meaning writing. They will explore how punctuation helps a reader understand what is written and the connections between punctuation,...
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Using Commas Correctly
Commas can be complicated. Help learners achieve a greater understanding of comma usage with this handout, which includes two different comma activities. Following given directions, young writers punctuate provided sentences and combine...
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Comma Exercise: Exercise 1
In an exercise from the Purdue Online Writing Lab, learners can review 11 rules for comma usage. They then either label 21 sample sentences C for correct as is, or they identify which rule of comma usage is being broken. Though the...
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An Online Tool I Can Use
Tools for school—and beyond! Introduce your sixth graders to online tools to plan their academic and professional futures. The fifth and final lesson in a series of career and college readiness activities focuses on a scavenger hunt to...
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Punctuation Lesson Plan
Students discover how to punctuate a sentence properly. In this punctuation lesson, students participate in an interactive whiteboard lesson to demonstrate how to punctuate a sentence. Students demonstrate how to use periods, questions...
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Punctuation Day
In this Punctuation Day instructional activity, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking...
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Punctuation
Discuss the use of commas in your class. Learners look at several sentences and identify the correct use of commas. This resource could be enriched with a greater variety of sentences to give learners a more complete experience.
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Yet Another Quiz In Punctuation
For this punctuation worksheet, students fix the punctuation in the paragraph given to them. Students complete this online and the answers are also online.
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Punctuation II
In this punctuation worksheet, students read the sentences in each set and determine if there are punctuation errors. Students select the with the correct punctuation to complete the 10 online exercises.
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Punctuation
Students complete punctuation activities. In this punctuation instructional activity, students write and analyze an unpunctuated sentence, and then discuss what is wrong with the sentence. Students rewrite the sentence using the correct...
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Mechanics: Section 1
Your class can get online and practice editing with this online activity. They read a letter, then examine each underlined section noting if there is or isn't a mistake to be corrected. They then choose the best fix to the proble:...
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Mechanics: Section 1
Save time and trees by using an online interactive instructional activity. Learners examine 10 sentences and select the appropriate revision for each sentence with regard to capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. They then submit...
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Mechanics: Section 2
Kids can practice the mechanics of writing as they work through this online review sheet. They examine 10 sentences and select the appropriate revision for each sentence with regard to capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. Answers...
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Mechanics: Section 2
Here are 10 sentences, and each contains a mechanical error. Your class will revise each sentence, correcting capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. This worksheet in online and can be scored immediately.
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Mechanics: Section 2, Letter
This letter to Dr. Ramirez is full of spelling, capitalization, and punctuation errors. It's up to your lucky learners to find and fix them all. They pay close attention to the underlined phrases, then use the multiple choice options to...
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Mechanics: Section 1, Sentences
These 10 sentences are a mess. Have your young editors examine each, then correct any spelling, capitalization, or punctuation errors. This is an online worksheet and can be used as a quiz, completed as a class, or at an independent...
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Mechanics: Section 2, Letter
Proofreading is an important skill to master. Prepare your young writers by having them complete this online worksheet, where they read a formal letter and correct the underlined spelling, capitalization, and punctuation mistakes. They...
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Mechanics: Section 2, Letter #2
Here is a letter thanking a kind host, but there are a few mistakes which need to be corrected. Learners read the letter, assess each underlined section, and chose the best fix for each spelling, capitalization, or punctuation problem...
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Practice with Commas
Young grammarians practice comma usage in an interactive online quiz. Focusing mostly on restrictive/nonrestrictive clauses and the "FAN BOYS" rule, about joining two independent clauses with a conjunction, each of 10 sample sentences...
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TAKS Quiz-Punctuation
In this TAKS math quiz worksheet, students take an online quiz focused on correct punctuation. Quiz may be graded online by clicking a link.
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Muggie Maggie - Lesson 6
Third graders read chapter 6 of Beverly Cleary's, Muggie Maggie, and complete associated activities. In this Muggie Maggie activity, 3rd graders complete vocabulary work. They examine punctuation marks used in the chapter, and make a...
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Ending Punctuation
In this online interactive ending punctuation worksheet, students respond to 14 fill in the blank questions that require them to use periods, exclamations points, or question marks.