Grades 3–4
Commas in Lists, Dates and Places
Seven sentences that need commas in a list, in a date or between a city and a state.
Writing worksheet · Capitalization and punctuation
Capitalize Names, Days and Months
Six sentences with names, places, days, months and holidays to capitalize.
- Grade level
- Grades 2–3
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Capitalization, End punctuation, Commas and apostrophes, Editing for conventions
What kids do
“Names of people, places, days, months and holidays start with a capital letter. Write each sentence correctly.”
Printed on the sheet:
- 1. my birthday is in july.
- 2. we have art on tuesday.
- 3. aunt rosa lives in chicago.
- 4. thanksgiving is in november.
- 5. on monday, ella read a book about mars.
- 6. our class visited the brooklyn bridge.
Teacher tip
Have kids write their own name, birthday month and favorite day with capitals as a warm-up.
How to use it
- Show one mistake-filled sentence on the board and fix it together first.
- Have kids read each sentence aloud to hear where the pauses and stops go.
- Read the directions aloud so the sheet is about writing, not decoding the directions.
Watch for
Capitals sprinkled in the middle of words. Review when a capital is needed.
Talk about it
- How does the punctuation change the way you read it?
- Where else do writers use this skill?
Take it further
Start the day with one fix-it sentence on the board all week.
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