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Grade 3 Reading & Writing · World 5: Sentence Bridge · Level 44
Capitals for Titles and Names
Formal titles (Dr. Patel, Mayor Lee), abbreviations (Mr., Mon., Ave.), proper adjectives (Mexican food), and titles of books, songs, and poems.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 44
- Titles before a name get a capital: Dr. Patel, Mayor Lee, Coach Rivera.
- Abbreviations are short ways to write words. Many start with a capital and end with a period: Mr., Dr., Mon., Jan., Ave.
- Words made from the name of a place are capitalized too: Mexican food, French bread, the American flag.
- In the title of a book, song, or poem, capitalize the first word, the last word, and the important words in between. Book titles are written in italics or underlined; song and poem titles go in quotation marks.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 3.L.GC.1.35 — Mechanics: Recognize and use conventional capitalization in abbreviations, proper adjectives, and formal titles. (Introduce)
- 3.L.GC.1.41 — Mechanics: Use conventional capitalization and underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works. (Introduce)