TCR3777: Punctuate and Capitalize (Grade 3)

Both teachers and parents appreciate how effectively this book helps students master skills in punctuation and capitalization. This book provides activities that are great for independent work in class, homework assignments, or extra practice to get ahead. Test practice pages for standardized tests are included!

This resource reviews basic skills of punctuation and capitalization for third graders. The exercises in this book can be done sequentially or can be taken out of order, as needed.

The following standards or objectives will be met or reinforced by completing the practice pages included in this book. These standards and objectives are similar to the ones required by your state and school district and are appropriate for third graders.

• The student identifies and correctly capitalizes the first word in a sentence.
• The student writes clear, complete, and coherent sentences.
• The student identifies and uses correct ending punctuation for different types of sentences-period for declarative, question mark for interrogative, and exclamation point for exclamatory.
• The student correctly uses and capitalizes the pronoun "I" both alone and in contractions.
• The student identifies and capitalizes simple proper nouns, including proper names, geographical names, days of the week, months of the year, holidays, and special days/events.
• The student recognizes abbreviations, initials, and titles of respect and capitalizes and punctuates as needed. The student capitalizes the first and all important words in the title of a work.
• The student uses correct capitalization and punctuation in the greeting and closing of a letter.
• The student uses commas to separate items in a list and to separate a string of describing words about a noun.
• The student recognizes and correctly uses apostrophes in contractions and possessives.
• The student uses quotation marks to set off a direct quote.
• The student uses a capital letter to begin a sentence in a direct quote.
• The student uses quotation marks to set off titles of short works (songs, poems...).

Pages: 48
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