3rd Grade - Capitalize Proper Nouns Editing Invitation 3rd Grade - Capitalize Proper Nouns

Invitation to Notice I think I’ll move to Australia. Day 1 I think I’ll move to Australia. In the car pool, Mrs. Gibson let Becky have a seat by the window. The Mickey Mouse night light burned out, and I bit my tongue. At breakfast Anthony found a Corvette Sting Ray car kit in his breakfast cereal box. Excerpt from Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Common and Proper Nouns Day 1 Common nouns name a general person, place, or thing so they are not capitalized. Proper nouns name a specific person, place, or thing so they are capitalized. Kind Common Nouns (not capitalized) Proper Nouns (capitalized) Person boy Alexander Place continent Australia Thing car Corvette Sting Ray

Bonus Activity Day 1 Rock and Roll Nouns Jam

Invitation to Imitate Day 2 Imitate a sentence remembering to capitalize the proper nouns. I think I’ll move to Australia. I think I’ll move to ________. (proper noun: place) Kind Common Nouns (not capitalized) Proper Nouns (capitalized) Person boy Philip Parker Place continent Africa Thing desert Twinkie

Invitation to Write Day 3 Write a sentence remembering to capitalize the proper nouns. I think I’ll move to Australia. I think I’ll move to ________. (proper noun: place) Kind Common Nouns (not capitalized) Proper Nouns (capitalized) Person boy Philip Parker Place continent Africa Thing desert Twinkie

Invitation to Celebrate Day 3 Share an original sentence with a proper noun that is capitalized.

How are the sentences different from the original? Invitation to Compare Day 4 How are the sentences different from the original? In the car pool, Mrs. Gibson let Becky have a seat by the window. In the car pool, Mrs. gibson let Becky have a seat by the window. In the car pool, Mrs. Gibson let becky have seat by the window. In the car pool, Mrs. Gibson let Becky have a Seat by the window.

Invitation to Edit Day 5 (1) Have you ever had a terrible day? (2) My horrible day started with runny eggs for breakfast. (3) Then my brother, miguel spilled his milk all over me. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3? Change Have to have Change miguel to Miguel Change milk to Milk Make no change

Anchor Charts to Use Purchase or create “Hello My Name Is” stickers for an extension activity. Assign each table with person, place, or thing as their noun category and let them create their own Hello My Name Is sticker. From http://malvarezla.edublogs.org/grammar/ From: http://crafting-connections.blogspot.com/2014_05_01_archive.html