Commas for direct address worksheets

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When a sentence speaks TO someone, their name gets set off with commas: Maya, please close the window. Yes and no take commas too, and tag questions hang on one: didn't you?

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  1. 5th grade Core grade

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    Fifth graders punctuate direct address, yes/no openers, and tag questions, L.5.2.c, writing each sentence with its commas in place.

  2. 6th grade

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    Sixth graders place these commas automatically, including stacked cases (No, Grandpa, the remote is under the dog), and hear the pause each comma marks.

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