CHILDREN LEARN TO
CAPITALIZE PROPERNOUNS
NAMING
PLACES!
Part 2 in the Capitalization
Series...
Capitalize Specific
Names of Places!!!
Yesterday,
Star
Street
Elementary
School
second grade children reported on
capitalizing
proper nouns.
A
proper
noun
names a
specific person,
place,
or
thing.
Click
on the arrow to continue.
Part 2:
Capitalize
Specific Places!
There's more to this story than meets the eye. Did you
know that
proper nouns
that name a
specific place
should be
capitalized?
Take a look at what we found out...
Capitalize
these
specific places...
continents
countries
states
cities
towns
villages
Take
a look below!
north
america
North
America
united
states
United
States
new york state
New
York
State
new york
city
New
York
City
west
islip
West
Islip
red creek
Red
Creek
Click
on the arrow to continue.
Capitalize
the
specific
name
of a...
street
road
avenue
lane
Check our chart...
lake
street
Lake
Street
west bay road
West
Bay
Road
first avenue
First
Avenue
haven
lane
Haven
Lane
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on the arrow to continue.
Capitalize
these specific
places...
beaches
parks
stores
schools
buildings
Can you believe this???
jones
beach
Jones
Beach
fair haven
state park
Fair
Haven
State
Park
k-mart
K-Mart
star
street
elementary
school
Star
Street
Elementary
School
white house
White
House
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on the arrow to continue.
READ,
READ,
READ
Part 3 in our series on
capitalizing
proper nouns
will appear in tomorrow's edition of the
Children's
Valley
News.
In the final segment of this news story you will learn
about
capitalizing
proper nouns
that name a
specific thing.
Don't miss your chance to be a
capitalization
expert!
To be continued.....
Click on the clipboard to
practice capitalizing
proper nouns.