Capitalizing places and holidays worksheets
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Names of places and holidays get capitals on every important word: Main Street, Lake Erie, Thanksgiving. Little joiners like of stay small.
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2nd grade Core grade
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Geographic names (cities, states, countries, streets, rivers, mountains) and holidays are proper nouns, and every important word in them takes a capital: Pine Street, Lake Erie, Fourth of July. Small joining words like of stay lowercase. Second graders spot the full name and capitalize each important word in it.
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3rd grade
Third graders handle multi-word place names fluently (Rocky Mountains, Kansas City, Gulf of Mexico) and know the half-capped trap (Main street) on sight. The general-versus-specific test, a street versus Oak Street, becomes automatic.
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