Capitaz

1. Capitalization
4th grade
October 3rd 2012

2.  Today's date is October 3rd 2012
 Quote of the day: “There is nothing greater
than the love for your culture”. E. Plaza

3.  Review last class Transitions

4.  my Dog snoopy is black and white.
 i went to florida last year.
 puerto rico is a country in the caribbean.

5.  What do you know about capitalizations?
 What are capitalizations?

6.  Capitalization is the writing of a word with its first
letter as an upper case and the remaining letters in
lower case.
 Examples: Maria is drinking coffee.
The mail man went to Diego’s house.
Jose and I went to the store.

7.  You capitalize:
 The first letter at the beginning of a sentence.
 The pronoun “I”.
 And proper nouns.

8. 1. Proper nouns
 A proper noun is: a noun that is the name of
a specific individual, place, or object.
 The first letter of the word has to be
capitalized.
 Examples:
 The student’s name is Michael.
 The dog’s name is Rufus.
 Bryan visited San Juan to visit the Castillo San
Felipe del Morro.

9.  2. Capitalize: holidays, days of the week,
months and businesses.
 Example: Last Christmas, on December 24th,
2002, I got a present.
 The Popular Bank is Puerto Rico’s biggest
bank.
 But do not capitalize the names of seasons.
 Example: He will go to Florida this fall.

10.  3. Capitalize: the first, last, and any
important words in titles.
 Example: The Governor's favorite book
is ”Don Quixote”.
 4.Capitalize: the names of languages and
nationality.
 Examples: He spoke Spanish to the Taino
Indians.
 Puerto Ricans like to dance Salsa.

11.  5.Capitalize: special events and historical
periods.
 Example: The Puerto Rican Day Parade
celebrates Puerto Rican heritage.

12.  Common nouns are names of things or places
that are not specific or special.
 Common nouns do not have to be
capitalized.
 Examples: The dog, the cat, the house.

15.  Read the sentences and make the corrections
using the capitalization rules:
 christopher columbus discovered puerto rico
in 1493.
 puerto Rico is located near Dominican
republic.
 the taino indians lived in the island many years
ago.
 the spanish used ships to travel to the new
world.

16.  Use the correct capitalization rules and
answer the following questions in complete
sentences:
 Which town you live in?
 What do you like about Puerto Rico?
 What is your favorite food?
 What is your favorite type of music?

17.  Identify which is a proper and common noun.
 Rewrite the sentences using the correct
capitalization rules.

18.  You capitalize:
 The first word of every sentence.
 The word I.
 The first word of proper nouns.
 Holidays, days of the week, months,
organizations, businesses.
 Languages and nationalities.
 Special events and historical periods.

19.  Rewrite the sentences below using correct
capitalization.
 1. the town of san juan is the capital of puerto
rico.
 2. jennifer and carlos will travel to spain next year.
 3. the jackson elementary school band will
perform “yankee doodle.”
 4. my friend and i are going to the parque colon
beach.
 5. the excursion is going to aguada, aguadilla, and
isabela.
 6. nicole likes pepsi, but veronica and jonathan
prefer coke.