This collection of weekly homework sheets is designed to give students practice in key writing skills and conventions of print. Students review correct usage of commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks, rules of capitalization, spelling tricks, subject-verb agreement, proper word choice, and more. Homework sheets include quick refresher tips on grammar and usage so parents can support their kids as they do their homework. A great way to strengthen the home-school connection! For use with Grades 3–6.
After nearly four decades of teaching, Mary Rose has retired from the classroom. She had been active with several state and national assessments projects, was trained as a scorer for the Florida State Writing Assessment, and helped write the reading portion of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. She continues to present at state and national conferences and is a national consultant on improving scores on writing assessments. Mary Rose is a teacher advisor for Storyworks magazines, a contributor to Scholastic’s Printables project, and the author of several professional books, all published by Scholastic.