Formatting and capitalizing titles: review

Learning Objectives Identify the first and last word in a title. Capitalize the first and last word of a title. Identify 'important' words (like nouns and verbs) in a title. Identify 'small' words (like a, the, in, on) in a title. By the end of of this lesson, students will be able to capitalize the important words in a title. Keep small words in the middle of a title lowercase. Correctly write a title for a story or a picture. Have you ever named a pet or a favorite toy? 🧸 Titles are special names for stories and books! Today, we will learn how to make titles look super! ✨ We will review the special rules for using capital letters in titles. This makes them easy to read and look important. Real-World Applications Naming your drawing 🎨 Writing...

TermDefinitionExample TitleA title is the special name of a book, story, song, or picture. 📖The name of your favorite book, like 'Green Eggs and Ham'. Capital LetterA capital letter is the big version of a letter. It's not a small letter. 🅰️A, B, C are capital letters. a, b, c are small letters. First WordThis is the very first word you see in a title. It always gets a capital letter. 🥇In 'The Happy Dog', the first word is 'The'. Last WordThis is the very last word in a title. It also always gets a capital letter. 🏆In 'The Happy Dog', the last word is 'Dog'. Important WordsThese are the main words in a title, like names of people, places, or things. 🍎In 'My Red Car', the words 'My', 'Red', and 'C...

First and Last Word Rule 🥇 Always capitalize the first word and the last word of a title. No matter what the words are, the first and last ones are always big. Important Words Rule ⭐ Capitalize all the important words in the middle. Important words are words like 'Cat', 'Jump', 'Blue', 'Sun'. They tell us what the story is about. Small Words Rule 🐜 Do not capitalize small words in the middle of a title. Small words like 'a', 'in', 'of', 'for', 'and', 'the' stay lowercase unless they are the first or last word.