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Fifth Grade Punctuation Worksheets and Printables

Not only do these fifth grade punctuation worksheets help your ten- or eleven-year-old improve his writing, they also encourage him to practice good editing skills. Kids will learn where and when to use certain kinds of punctuation, and they'll also learn to recognize when punctuation is used incorrectly or in the wrong place.

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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.

Sentence Editing

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

Punctuate Me: Using Commas

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

Reading Response Letter Interactive

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

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.

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.

Help your tween regain command of formal writing with this worksheet that translates text grammar back into complete sentences.

Shrink Ray Contractions #3

Fifth graders build their contraction knowledge by helping the shrink ray identify words that can be combined and writing the corresponding contractions.

Possessive Apostrophe Review

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

Punctuation Power!

Kids practice commas and ending punctuation with this worksheet.

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.

Reading Response Letter Format

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

Shrink Ray Contractions #1

Give your fifth grader a spin on the contraction shrink ray to help him tackle identifying and spelling contractions.

Compound Your Sentences

This small-group exercise makes crafting compound sentences fun!

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.

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.

Where Do Commas Belong?

With this exercise, students will learn some of the most common ways to use a comma.

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.

Fun Practice Making Compound Sentences

Making compound sentences has never been this fun!

How to Cite Strong Evidence: Literary Response

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

Collecting Strong Evidence

This graphic organizer will help your young writers organize and explain their supporting evidence.

Shrink Ray Contractions #2

Help your fifth grader practice spelling contractions and identifying the words they stand for by zapping them with the contraction shrink ray!

Practice writing and saying direct address questions with this page from our upcoming punctuation workbook.

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