Abbreviations Fill in the Blank Worksheet

Students shorten full words into abbreviations, then expand abbreviations within a sentence.
Grades
Grades 3–4, Elementary
Pages
1
File type
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Updated Jul 25, 2021

Subject
ELA, Grammar, Language Development
Topic
Abbreviations, Titles
Resource types
Worksheets
Preparation
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Standards
L.3.2

Product description

From the author

Choose abbreviations from a twelve-item bank to shorten full words, including titles, measurements and street terms. Then rewrite one sentence by expanding its abbreviations.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Write conventional abbreviations for full words

  • Use punctuation appropriately in shortened forms

  • Rewrite a sentence by replacing abbreviations with complete words

Teaching tips

  • Use context when expanding an abbreviation: St. can mean Street or Saint, as in Saint Augustine.

  • Explain p.m. as post meridiem, meaning after midday.

  • Read the expanded sentence to check that its meaning is preserved.

Skills covered

  • Abbreviation formation — learners shorten common words conventionally

  • Editing — learners replace abbreviated forms during sentence revision

  • Word-form equivalence — learners connect a shortened form with its full meaning

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • L.3.2

Core concepts

  • Abbreviations

  • Sentence editing

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