Fifth Grade Punctuation

In preparation for middle school language arts, these fifth grade punctuation resources can work important writing skills, such as comma usage and understanding to how to write dialogue with quotation marks. From lesson plans to worksheets, we have the tools to make learning about fifth grade punctuation engaging. If you would like a review, check out our fourth grade punctuation resources.

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Sentence Editing

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Sentence Editing

This fun and spooky worksheet focuses on sentence editing. Your student will correct all the grammatical errors he finds in the worksheet.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Punctuate Me: Using Commas

Worksheet

Punctuate Me: Using Commas

Get your child's punctuation engines started with this worksheet that breaks down where and how to use commas.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Grammar Galore

Workbook

Grammar Galore

Get your fifth grader clued into advanced grammar. She'll get to edit a few improper sentences, work on different parts of speech, and practice using correct punctuation marks.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Putting Apostrophes in Possessive Nouns

Game

Putting Apostrophes in Possessive Nouns

Kids practice putting apostrophes in irregular and commonly misspelled nouns in this sea-themed game.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Game

Punctuation and Capitalization

Worksheet

Punctuation and Capitalization

Assess your student's understanding of grammar with this punctuation and capitalization activity. Students will rewrite sentences that are missing capitalization, quotation marks, and punctuation.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Conjunctions: FAN BOYS and You

Lesson plan

Conjunctions: FAN BOYS and You

Improve your students' sentence variation with this lesson that teaches them how to use conjunctions to improve the flow of their writing.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Editing for Capitalization and Punctuation

Lesson plan

Editing for Capitalization and Punctuation

Students often understand the basic conventions of writing, but may need support in incorporating these skills into their work. In this lesson, students will review some of the more common capitalization and punctuation errors and apply their editing skills to real writing.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Mastering the Possessive Apostrophe

Lesson plan

Mastering the Possessive Apostrophe

Who would have thought possessive apostrophes could be this fun or easy? With one simple rule and some fun sentences, students will become masters at indicating possession.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Transition Bugs: Star Rumble

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Transition Bugs: Star Rumble

In this game, kids will interact with a story by moving the plot forward with carefully selected words.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Game

Capitalizing and Punctuating Titles and Headings

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Capitalizing and Punctuating Titles and Headings

Show your students that learning to capitalize and punctuate titles isn’t that hard when they review and practice these simple guidelines.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Transition Word Hunter

Lesson plan

Transition Word Hunter

Help your students learn how to move smoothly between ideas and paragraphs using transition words and phrases. Young writers will use real texts as mentors as they study how authors use words to transition between ideas and support their claims. As a result, they will have a word bank to use in their own writing.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Sentences 4

Guided Lesson

Sentences 4

A sentence stands alone to express a complete thought. Surprisingly, most 5th graders still need to revisit the concepts of complete sentences and fragments and how to punctuate the four different kinds of sentences. Combining shorter sentences into longer, more complex sentences is another skill that requires practice. Students get all of that needed review in this unit, in addition to learning how to identify and fix run-on sentences.

5th grade

Guided Lesson

Using Commas

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Using Commas

Comma usage is a tricky task! Is your student up to the challenge? This grammar sheet will quiz your child on his knowledge of commas.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Punctuating Dialogue

Lesson plan

Punctuating Dialogue

Your students will surely exclaim, "This is fun!" in response to this writing lesson. It covers topics that range from dialogue punctuation to sentence types, and will definitely help improve reading comprehension skills.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Using Quotation Marks

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Using Quotation Marks

When writing dialogue, it's important to know where to place quotation marks and other punctuation. Get some practice with this passage from The Secret Garden.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Possessive Apostrophe Review

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Possessive Apostrophe Review

This activity will review that one simple rule and provide some examples to apply this rule.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

All About Titles

Lesson plan

All About Titles

This lesson covers everything that young writers need to know about titles. Students will learn about the purpose of titles, strategies for creating a great title, and familiarize themselves with punctuation and capitalization conventions of titles.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

The Power of Persuasion

Lesson plan

The Power of Persuasion

Teach your students the power of persuasion by preparing them to write persuasive letters. This lesson, complete with brainstorming activities, allows young writers to unlock their inner rhetoricians.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Reading Response Letters

Lesson plan

Reading Response Letters

How can you *see* what your students are thinking while they read? Try reading response letters in your class. Students will practice formatting letters and learn to discuss their thinking about literature in writing.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Letter Writing 3

Guided Lesson

Letter Writing 3

In this unit, students are encouraged to write letters to family and friends about a book they are reading. In the letters the will apply the skills learned in this unit, including how to structure a letter, punctuating titles of books and short stories, using possessives (in reference to the characters or ideas in the book), contractions and addressing an envelope. Don’t forget to request a response - getting a personal letter in the mail in this electronic age can be a thrill!

5th grade

Guided Lesson

Precise Punctuation

Workbook

Precise Punctuation

Two kids and a mad scientist go on a grammar adventure in this punctuation workbook! Learn comma placement, writing titles, and sentence structure as this time-traveling trio hops across decades.

5th grade

Social studies

Workbook

Comma Usage

Guided Lesson

Comma Usage

The mysterious comma is arguably the trickiest form of punctuation, which is why assigned it it’s own unit in 5th grade. As students become more sophisticated writers they craft more complex sentences. They incorporate independent phrases and clauses, generate compound sentences, and utilize transition words to combine ideas - and the exercises in this unit will teach them how to use commas correctly in each scenario.

5th grade

Guided Lesson

Cite and Explain Your Evidence #1: Literary Response

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Cite and Explain Your Evidence #1: Literary Response

This guided practice reinforces how strong writers make a claim that they can support with strong evidence.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Punctuation Power!

Worksheet

Punctuation Power!

Kids practice commas and ending punctuation with this worksheet.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Letter Template

Worksheet

Letter Template

Help your students write letters to a pen pal, faraway relative, and others! This letter template gives students practice writing formal letters — like persuasive or business correspondence — and friendly, informal letters.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

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