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Capitalizing Proper Nouns and I Fast Facts: 1. Proper nouns name particular persons, places, or things. 2. When you write, always capitalize proper nouns. I met Jack at the party last I drive an old Toyota. It’s not a night. He had funny stories luxurious car, but it works. about a castle in the sky! What an interesting person. Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth.

Capitalizing Proper Nouns and I Fast Facts: 1. Capitalize the names of people. 2. Capitalize every word and initial in a person’s name. Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla Taylor Swift Franklin D. Roosevelt

Capitalizing Proper Nouns and I You Do! Circle the proper nouns in the story below. Write them correctly, with the first letter of each word capitalized, on the lines below the story. There are eight proper nouns to find. One morning scott woke up late and he had to hurry to get ready for school. His school, westlake elementary school, was about ten minutes away from his house. He picked up his library book, charlotte’s web, and tucked it into his backpack with his homework. He almost forgot his soccer uniform. He had to practice with the red devils, his soccer team, after school. In the bathroom he ran a comb through his hair and brushed his teeth with minty max toothpaste. There was only time for a few bites of his favorite cereal, captain crunchies. He ran to the car with his mom, and they drove to school. Standing there waiting for him was his best friend, peter. They both hurried to mrs. anderson’s classroom, and sat down in their seats as the tardy bell rang. Capitalize the proper nouns and write them here. Scott Minty Max Westlake Elementary School Captain Crunchies Charlotte’s Web Peter Red Devils Mrs. Anderson’s Capitalization Lesson Development© 2015 by Pamela Moeai

Capitalizing Proper Nouns and I Fast Facts: 1. Often, titles such as Doctor and Mayor are used before names. 2. Titles and their short forms, or abbreviations, should be capitalized when they appear before names. Mr. and Mrs. Harris are moving this weekend. I will miss them. Doctor Applebee is my pediatrician. My She kids is amazing! love her! Mayor Nichols will be visiting our school today.

Capitalizing Proper Nouns and I Fast Facts: 1. Capitalize words for family relations when they are used with or in place of the names of particular people. 2. When these family titles follow possessive pronouns such as my, our, or your, do not capitalize them. 3. Always capitalize the pronoun I. Da Grandfath Uncle Mo er d I Aunt Grand Ralph Rachel m You need to call Dad today. Did you to I amwrite important. You and Iyet? are great friends! your aunt, My mom and I are going to the mall today because am awesome!

Capitalizing Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives Fast Facts: 1. Capitalize names of days, holidays, and months. 2. Do not capitalize the names of the seasons. Augu Monda winter st y Hallowee

Let’s Practice: Capitalization We Do! Let’s circle the letters of the words that should be capitalized. You Do! Circle the letters of the words that should be capitalized.

Capitalizing Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives Fast Facts: 1. Capitalize the names of cities, states, and countries. 2. Capitalize the names of streets, buildings, and bridges. 3. Capitalize the names of clubs, organizations, and businesses. Platte Salt City Phoenix. Utah Chess Empire State Clark Maine Avenue Sacramento Club Building Stree Girl t Switzerla Golden Gate Scout Zupa

Let’s Practice: Capitalization We Do! Let’s correct the sentences below by adding correct capitalization. Have you ever been to the San Diego Zoo? My computer is a Dell but my friend Sam has a Toshiba computer. My mom likes to get Turtle Chocolates for Christmas and Valentine’s day. Capitalization Lesson Development© 2015 by Pamela Moeai

Let’s Practice: Capitalization You Do! Continue the exercise. Correct the sentences below by adding correct capitalization. I went on the Maid of the Mist boat when I visited Niagara Falls. caribbean cruises every time they My parents like to go on Caribbean cruises every time they go on a holiday. The tiniest country in the world is Vatican City. Did you know that Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise? Did you know that the parking meter was invented in North Dakota?

Capitalizing Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives Fast Facts: 1. Capitalize geographical names. 2. Capitalize words such as north, east, and west when they refer to a section of the country. 3. Do not capitalize words that refer to a direction. The California Gold Rush began in 1848. People from all over the country left their homes for a chance to strike it rich in the West. We will be heading east this summer. We plan to visit Washington, D. C. and New York City.

Capitalizing Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives Fast Facts: 1. If a proper noun has more than one word, capitalize all important words. 2. Do not capitalize the, of, or in. 3. Capitalize proper adjectives. The Great Wall of China Italian food Shakespearian play

Capitalizing First Words and Titles Fast Facts: 1. Begin every sentence with a capital letter. 2. Capitalize the first word of every quotation. 3. Capitalize the first word, the last word, and any other important words in a title. Do not capitalize the, in, for, from, a, an, on, with, and, at, or by unless it comes first or last. 4. Capitalize many abbreviations. Abbreviations are shortened forms of words or phrases. The Wizard of Oz willisbe at 3: 00 P. M. This We band theleaving best I’ve We both have heard in atoday. long time. doctor appointments at the The ticket prices were high, office on Merino St. but I’m glad I came.

Capitalizing First Words and Titles We Do! Let’s mark the correctly capitalized title. Remember the rules!

Capitalizing First Words and Titles You Do! Mark the correctly capitalized title. Remember the rules! Capitalization Lesson Development© 2015 by Pamela Moeai

Let’s Practice: Capitalization We Do! Let’s circle the letters of the words that should be capitalized. You Do! Circle the letters of the words that should be capitalized.

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