Capitalization

Grammar

3rd grade

By Adriana Sanchez

Capitalization

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONWHY do we use capital letters?

Share with a partner and write an example on your whiteboard.

Capitalization is used:

(Write an example on your whiteboard for each of the following)

In proper nouns and proper adjectives

California raisins

The Spanish language

Beverly Clearly

Words used as namesCapitalize mother, father, aunt, and uncle when used as names

Dad asked us to go to the mall with Mom and him.

Titles used with names

President Abraham Lincoln

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Mayor Barbara Long

AbbreviationsMr. (mister)

ABC ( American Broadcasting Company)

NFL (National Football Leage)

Titles

Capitalize the first word of the title, the last word, and every important word in between

Highlights for Children (magazine)

“When You Wish Upon a Star” (song)

Beauty and the Beast (movie)

When I was Young in the Mountains (book)

First wordsCapitalize the first word of every sentence.

The first day at a new school is not easy.Capitalize the first word of a direct quotation.

The teacher said, “Welcome to my class, Jamie!”

Days, months, countries, states, cities, continents, planets, streets, buildings, bodies of water, landforms.

(search for examples of these in your SSB)