Common & Proper Nouns {capitalization rules} Power Point

The purpose of this Power Point is to teach the difference in common and proper nouns, with a focus on the capitalization rules for proper nouns. Great for distance learning!

Teaches:

-special titles (Mr., Mrs. Captain, Jr., etc)

-capitalization of street names

-days, months, and holidays

There are 10 sentences with various mistakes. The slide following each sentence show mistakes.

It meets the following standards:

1st Grade: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.2a Capitalize dates and names of people

2nd Grade: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.2a Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names.

3rd Grade; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.2a Capitalize appropriate words in titles.

4th Grade: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.2a Use correct capitalization.

There are no written assessments but there are 10 sentences included that need editing. Students could write these sentences or can serve as a verbal assessment (which is how I used it).

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