Proper Punctuation

Girl writing  Teach your students how to use punctuation properly, with these guides and worksheets on commas, italics, quotation marks, exclamation points, and more. There are reference articles, which will help your students learn proper usage, and printable worksheets, which will provide your class with a way to practice their new knowledge. These are all great resources for students just learning about punctuation and for those who need a refresher. Your class will achieve mastery in no time!

Usage Guides/References

Printables and Worksheets

Browse a printable teacher resource book that gives children practice in the proper use of capitalization and punctuation in their writing. There are worksheets and activities for your class to enjoy. Answer keys are included.

Help students practice grammar skills with this worksheet. Students use quotation marks to note what a character said.

Enhance writing skills with an activity that focuses on expanding sentences.

Enhance writing skills with an activity that focuses on recognizing complete sentences.

Use this printable writing activity to focus on using question marks and periods.

Focus on adding -s and -'s with this printable word-usage activity.

Employ a printable reading activity that helps build skills in using periods/question marks.

Practice punctuating the four kinds of sentences.

Review punctuation with this sheet.

Enhance reading comprehension with a with a guide that provides resources and teaching activities to be used with Eats, Shoots & Leaves, by Lynne Truss.

Enhance writing skills with an activity that focuses on capitalization and punctuation.

Use this printable grammar activity to focus on punctuation.

Use this printable grammar activity to focus on using question marks.

Use this printable writing activity to focus on using periods after statements.

Use this printable grammar activity to focus on punctuation.

Use this printable writing activity to focus on using a question mark.

Focus on commas with this printable word-usage activity.

Use this printable to teach children the difference between direct and indirect dialog.

Use this printable writing activity to focus on using commas between cities/towns and states.

Enhance writing skills with an activity that focuses on capitalizing initials and using periods.

 


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