12 free punctuation resources for 3rd Grade: 12 worksheets. Answers included.
Capital letters, periods, commas, apostrophes and quotation marks. 3rd grade is a big year: students learn the multiplication facts, add and subtract three-digit numbers with regrouping, read time to the minute and begin unit fractions.
Students will practice: placing double quotation marks around spoken words; putting commas and periods inside the closing quotation mark; using 's to show that one person or thing owns something; using an apostrophe after the s for plural owners; writing dialogue; using commas to separate items in a series; using a comma before and in a series; using commas in dates.
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Students learn to punctuate what people say the American way: double quotation marks around the spoken words, a capital letter to start…
A 3rd grade comma worksheet. Students use commas to separate three or more items in a series (including the comma before and), to separate…
A 3rd grade worksheet on contractions. Students learn that the apostrophe in a contraction stands for the missing letters (do not → don't,…
Choose the sentence that uses capital letters correctly: names, days of the week, months and the word I always start with a capital…
Join two words into a contraction with an apostrophe, and split contractions back into their two words. Starts with the most common words…
Use an apostrophe to show who owns something: 's for one owner, s' for more than one, and 's for plurals like children's. Starts with the…
Choose the sentence that uses capital letters correctly: names, days of the week, months and the word I always start with a capital…
Join two words into a contraction with an apostrophe, and split contractions back into their two words. Expected-level practice with the…
Use an apostrophe to show who owns something: 's for one owner, s' for more than one, and 's for plurals like children's. Expected-level…
Choose the sentence that uses capital letters correctly: names, days of the week, months and the word I always start with a capital…
Join two words into a contraction with an apostrophe, and split contractions back into their two words. A challenge set with trickier and…
Use an apostrophe to show who owns something: 's for one owner, s' for more than one, and 's for plurals like children's. A challenge set…
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Capital letters, periods, commas, apostrophes and quotation marks. At 3rd Grade, our resources focus on: placing double quotation marks around spoken words; putting commas and periods inside the closing quotation mark; using 's to show that one person or thing owns something; using an apostrophe after the s for plural owners.
Start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet, then move up a level. Finish with the topic test if there is one.
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