CAPITALIZATION RULES Saraland Spartans Mrs. Black 4 th Grade

CAPITALIZATION RULES Capitalize the first word in a sentence –We attend Saraland Elementary. –What grade are we in?

CAPITALIZATION RULES Capitalize the days of the week –Today is Wednesday. –Do you want to go skating on Saturday?

CAPITALIZATION RULES Capitalize the months of the year. –It is cold in January and February. –My favorite month is December.

CAPITALIZATION RULES Capitalize holidays. –Kids get a lot of candy on Halloween and Valentine’s Day.

CAPITALIZATION RULES Capitalize titles of books, movies, plays, poems, and songs –My mom read Where the Red Fern Grows while I watched Sponge Bob on television. -Dad listened to “Love Me Tender” on his CD while I read “Where the Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein.

PEOPLE Capitalize names of people and pets. Connor likes to play baseball.

People Capitalize the pronoun “I” pronoun “I” Tony and I went to the Tony and I went to the aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia. aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia.

PEOPLE Capitalize initials in a name. We call my friend J.C. instead of James Coleman. Capitalize titles of people. Dr. Brown went to see Governor Riley.

PEOPLE Capitalize specific people.Capitalize specific people. I asked Mother if I could try out for archery. Not: I asked my mother if I could try out for archery.