Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
5.11.D
edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
(i) complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
(ii) past tense of irregular verbs;
(iii) collective nouns;
(iv) adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms;
(v) conjunctive adverbs;
(vi) prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement;
(vii) pronouns, including indefinite;
(viii) subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences;
(ix) capitalization of abbreviations, initials, acronyms, and organizations;
(x) italics and underlining for titles and emphasis and punctuation marks, including quotation marks in dialogue and commas in compound and complex sentences; and
(xi) correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words; and
Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking:
ELA.5.C.3.1
Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level
Arkansas Academic Standards:
5.L.11.C
Use correct capitalization.
Arkansas Academic Standards:
5.L.12.C
Capitalize dialogue.
5th Grade Writing - Capitalization Lesson
Capitalization
In this lesson, you will learn about capitalization of organizations, initials and acronyms, and abbreviations.
Capitalization of Organizations
The first, last, and all important words of the names of specific organizations are capitalized.
organization
An organization is an organized group of people who have a particular purpose.
An organization could be a governmental organization, a business, a school, a charity, a museum, or even a club.
5th Grade Writing - Capitalization Lesson