Fifth Grade Punctuation Worksheets and Printables

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.

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Proper Punctuation: Paragraph Rewrite

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Proper Punctuation: Paragraph Rewrite

Your child will get great handwriting practice as he rewrites the paragraphs on this page, adding in proper punctuation and capitalization when needed.

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Punctuate Me: Using Commas

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Punctuate Me: Using Commas

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

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Perfect Punctuation: Commas in a Series

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Perfect Punctuation: Commas in a Series

Using commas correctly is a tricky skill to learn. Give your child the extra practice she needs with this punctuation worksheet.

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Practice Punctuation

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Practice Punctuation

Written passages look pretty silly without punctuation, and sometimes they're difficult to read! Practice punctuating this excerpt from classic literature.

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Pronoun Review: Possessive, Relative, and Indefinite

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Pronoun Review: Possessive, Relative, and Indefinite

Students will review pronoun basics before going over three specific types of pronouns!

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Perfect Punctuation: Commas in Dates and Addresses

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Perfect Punctuation: Commas in Dates and Addresses

Help your third grader hone her punctuation skills with this worksheet that explains how to use commas in dates and addresses.

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All Kinds of Pronouns: Practice

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All Kinds of Pronouns: Practice

Identifying pronouns can help writers understand the way English words work together.

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Punctuate Me: Quotation Marks & Capitalization

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Punctuate Me: Quotation Marks & Capitalization

Kids practice using quotation marks correctly and identifying words that should be capitalized in this grammar and punctuation worksheet.

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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.

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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.

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Punctuating Your Letter

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Punctuating Your Letter

Challenge students to find and edit specific punctuation errors! This letter-editing exercise is good practice for students learning to write both formal letters — like persuasive or business correspondence — and friendly, informal letters.

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Spelling Squiggles

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Spelling Squiggles

Mirroring an electronic format, this worksheet gives students practice in evaluating spelling suggestions given in word processing and making corrections to selected words.

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Letter Template

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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.

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Tracking Transitions

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Tracking Transitions

This worksheet asks students to find the transition words and to use them in their own sentences.

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Reading Response Letter Interactive

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Reading Response Letter Interactive

Students will look over a sample reading response letter and identify important elements in the text.

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Reading Response Letter Checklist

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Reading Response Letter Checklist

After students have learned about reading response letters they can use this checklist to polish their own letter.

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Letter Checklist

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Letter Checklist

There are a lot of parts to a letter. This checklist helps students ensure they have a complete and polished piece of correspondence. It includes the main parts of a letter; conventions; format; and tips for how to choose a closing.

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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.

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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.

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Fix the Text Grammar

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Fix the Text Grammar

Learners will read four text massages and rewrite them using proper grammar and correct spelling and punctuation.

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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.

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Reading Response Letter Format

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Reading Response Letter Format

Use this activity to teach students the structure and content of a reading response letter.

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Cite and Explain Your Evidence #2: Literary Response

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Cite and Explain Your Evidence #2: Literary Response

This guided practice reinforces how strong writers make claims and support them with strong evidence.

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How to Cite Strong Evidence: Literary Response

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How to Cite Strong Evidence: Literary Response

These example literary responses model how to cite and explain evidence to support a claim.

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