Grades 4–5
Commas After Opening Words
Seven sentences that need a comma after yes, no, well, a time word or a name, like “Sam, can you help me?”
Writing worksheet · Capitalization and punctuation
Possessives: Whose Is It?
Six “belongs to” phrases to shorten with an apostrophe and s, like the bone that belongs to the dog: the dog’s bone.
- Grade level
- Grades 3–4
- 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
“An apostrophe and an s show that something belongs to someone. Write each one the short way.”
Printed on the sheet:
- 1. the bone that belongs to the dog
- 2. the bike that belongs to Maya
- 3. the nest of the bird
- 4. the hat that belongs to Dad
- 5. the tail of the cat
- 6. the desk that belongs to my teacher
- Write a sentence about something that belongs to a friend.
Teacher tip
Collect a few classroom objects and say whose each one is out loud: Max’s pencil, Ava’s book.
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.
- Keep a word wall or a word bank in reach so spelling does not stop the ideas.
Watch for
Capitals sprinkled in the middle of words. Review when a capital is needed.
Talk about it
- Which mistake was the hardest to spot?
- What did you change when you reread your work?
Take it further
Start the day with one fix-it sentence on the board all week.
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