Commas are helpful for separating names of cities from states, setting off interjections, and listing items in a series. Practice the many uses of commas with a set of grammar exercises designed for both elementary and middle school...

Keep your spellers and punctuators in tip-top shape with some practice with commonly misspelled words. Learners choose the correct option from two choices and then rewrite each sentence.

Practice punctuation as well as capitalization with a straightforward grammar exercise. Learners determine if several sentences use proper grammar or not and then write a sentence using correct capitalization and grammar.

Turn your youngsters into little editors with an exercise that focuses on some of the most basic and important writing conventions: capitalization and punctuation. Learners fix five sentences and then rewrite a sentence using...

Where do the commas go? Kids rewrite a series of sentences using commas to set off the appositives in each sentence.

Provide young grammarians' additional practice using appositives to combine short sentences with this short activity that includes a definition and models.

If learners only use simple sentence structure, their essays can fall flat. Model how to combine short, choppy sentences with appositives to add interest and flow to individuals' writing.

Young grammarians identify the appositives in a series of sentences and then rewrite each sentence omitting the word or phrase.

Appositives, those tricky little words and phrases that provide more information about nouns, are the subject of a series of worksheets linked to this resource.

Here's a spelling program that includes 36 lists of 21 words and 20 suggestions for weekly activities. Each list includes common and proper nouns, sight words, academic vocabulary, and words built on a specific Greek roots.

Keep your class on track with contractions! This reference page includes six lists of contractions, which are organized by the word that is being contracted. For example, the word not is the title of the list that includes words...

Explore the relationship between perimeter and area. Learners input the area and perimeter for shapes on the Shape Explorer website, solve problems using geoboards, complete a worksheet, create a PowerPoint presentation, and take an...

Guide young readers through the classic novel The Swiss Family Robinson with this collection of activities and worksheets. From basic spelling and grammar practice, to reading comprehension skills, this resource will enhance...

This spelling practice, appropriate for fourth graders, is a neat and useful learning exercise to assign as homework. For all 20 words, there are more letters than are heard when read out loud. 

The title says it all! Help your pupils learn all about whales. Class members research different species of whales and share the information via video conferences with kids from another school. They conduct research on a selected species...

Here is a 20-word spelling list that you could use in your classroom. Each word is written neatly in cursive along one side of the page. On the other side, pupils write each word on a provided line. The activity is presented as home...

Fourth graders practice spelling words that have prefixes un-, re-, and pre-. Assign this as homework. To help meet Common Core standards, you could also have learners look up each word in the dictionary and write down definitions.

A simple worksheet allows fourth graders to practice spelling words that include apostrophes. All are possessives. Send this home as homework and then give a spelling test at the end of the week.

Using this set of Quizlet modules, students learn spelling, definitions, and usage of 21 words which end in the "shun" sound.

Rewrite titles to correct the capitalization. [PDF]

Use any of these sixteen printable worksheets to practice capitalization skills. Most focus on the correct capitalization of book titles.

Students will be challenged when they take this interactive grammar quiz? This quiz asks students to identify whether or not the sentence is grammatically correct. Come and check it out.

Capitalizing titles of books, movies, etc. can be tricky at first glance, but is easy to figure out. Remember to capitalize the first word, last word, and any important words within the title.

Identify the misspelled word then type in the correct spelling.