Student Handouts
Apostrophe Catastrophe
Avoid punctuation errors that have you wondering whether a word is plural or possessive. Learners practice adding in apostrophes to contractions and possessive words by rewriting each sentence correctly.
Kaylee's Education Studio
Contractions
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...
Curated OER
Language Review Quiz
In this grammar worksheet, 3rd graders answer a variety of grammar questions. Questions consist of correcting sentences, filling in the sentence with the best word, writing contractions, and choosing words with the same meaning.
Curated OER
Home Spelling Practice: Grade 4: Contractions
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words. All words are contractions. Students write each word one time on the lines. There are additional at-home spelling activities listed.
Curated OER
School-Home Link: Contractions
In spelling with contractions worksheet, students review the rules for making contractions and then study a list of contractions. Students then match words with their contraction spellings. Students then write down all the contractions...
Curated OER
Spelling Connections Grade 4: Assessment and Review
In this spelling activity learning exercise, students rewrite the spelling words on the blank lines. Students then create a crossword puzzle with the spelling words.
SUNY Empire State College
Empire State College: Apostrophes
This resource looks at the three main uses of apostrophes: to take the place of deleted letters; to show possession; and to show plurals of letters, numbers, symbols, abbreviations and words used as words.
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Possessives
This article contains rules about the correct way to incorporate possessives into college writing. A link with downloadable practice exercises is included at the end of the lesson.
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Grammar and Punctuation
Discover more about grammar and punctuation when you check out this comprehensive site. This site gives a tutorial on correct grammar usage.