2nd - 5th Grade Mechanics Exercises

Take your fifth graders' story telling abilities to the next level with these exercises that have them put their knowledge of transition words to the test.

From common phrases to place names, this exercise will show students how to abbreviate with ease.

Help your fourth grader decide whether a sentence's punctuation is correct with these exercises that give them helpful hints and visual clues.

Expand on your punctuation mark lessons with these exercises that allow your students to see apostrophes in action by creating plural possessive nouns.

Teach your students the difference between closers and multi-clause sentences with these exercises that have them practice their placement of punctuation marks in both cases.

Help your struggling fifth grader strengthen their sentence identification skills with these exercises made for their age group.

The Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, and other proper nouns deserve correct capitalization — and this exercise will help kids remember the rules.

Practice makes perfect, and these exercises that focus on contractions with apostrophes give your student the ability to work independently while still providing helpful hints when needed.

This exercise provides ground rules for forming plurals, as well as common irregular words students should learn.

Kids will get lots of practice with capitalizing the titles of common books and poems in this exercise. Helpful hints guide kids on the rules of capitalization.

Have your students practice their sentence combining skills with these exercises that give them visuals and helpful hints.

When your students are confused about where to place the apostrophe, assign this quick and easy exercise that explains singular and plural possessives.

Merging short sentences into fluid phrases is key in essay and report writing. Help your third grader master this skill early on with these exercises.

Use this exercise to give your struggling student additional practice in recognizing when to capitalize the names of people, places, and things.

Teach your students everything they need to know about proper nouns to succeed in their future writing careers with this exercise that gives them additional practice while providing helpful hints!

Replacing possessive nouns with possessive pronouns helps your students' writing sound more natural and makes for an effortless read. Give your fifth graders the practice they need with these exercises created specifically for their age group.

The punctuation mark with which you end a sentence can change the tone of your statement completely. Teach your third grader how to identify these different tones and their appropriate uses with these exercises made just for them.

After students complete this simple and clear exercise from Education.com, they will know how to how to abbreviate correctly.

Jumpstart your students' love of introductory clauses with these exercises that not only teach them the correct format, but also show them how their writing can be enhanced!

Finally some clear information on how to use the apostrophe properly, with this exercise on singular possessives.

Creating compound sentences can be confusing for fourth graders to learn, but this lesson can be made easy with interactive exercises and helpful hints found here.

Have your fifth grader learn when a clause is an interrupter with this fun and interactive activity that tests them on their knowledge of clauses rather than that of punctuation.

Teach your Fourth Grader how to capitalize titles and headings correctly with these exercises, complete with interactive hints and tips!

Clear and concise language is crucial in written communication. Help your students understand how to make themselves understood when describing a place with these exercises.

Develop your student's reading and writing skills with these exercises that expand upon their knowledge of apostrophes in the written word by putting them in the context of contractions.

Teach your young learners about the importance of apostrophes in writing with these exercises that explain how the punctuation mark can be used to show possessives, and how it differs from contractions.

Prepare your Fifth Grader for middle school and beyond with this capitalization exercise that reinforces what they already know and teaches them new skills.

Teach your fifth grader how to punctuate titles of different written works in essays and reports with these exercises and hints.

Abbreviating words correctly will come naturally to your students after they work through this exercise.

Educate your students on the importance of possessive pronouns early on to help them develop masterful reading and writing skills. These exercises, developed for third graders, will do just that and provide them with helpful hints when needed.