"I walked home after school," I said, "To get my stuff for practice."
"to - This is one sentence separated by a speaker tag, so the second part of the sentence should be lowercase.
Leroy whined "But I don't want to do my chores."
Leroy whined, - comma after speaker tag
"Giraffes are so cool," She said.
she - only capitalize names in speaker tags
"Stop," he shouted.
"Stop!" - if he shouted, their should be an exclamation point in the quotations - you only change periods to commas there
Kendra growled, "just leave me alone."
"Just - always capitalize the first word in quotations
"For Christmas," I said, "I want new shoes."
No mistake!
Sammy smiled, "Blue is my most favorite color! Thanks!"
No mistake!
"Bubble gum is my favorite, I mentioned."
"Bubble gum is my favorite," I mentioned. - Only put quotations around spoken words
Lexi said, Hello!
Lexi said, "Hello!" - put quotations around spoken words
