Lesson · Grade 5 · English Language Arts
Capital Letters in Titles and Headings
- Grade 5
- English Language Arts
- 1 min 12 s
- British Columbia
- BC5-EN-27
A page about honeybees is shown with no capitals, then copied and fixed one rule at a time: the first word gets a capital, important words get capitals, and small words in the middle usually stay small. The headings follow the same rule, and the video ends with a tip to check each word and a one-line recap.
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The question this lesson answers
Which words in a title or a heading get a capital letter?
Here is a page about honeybees, with no capital letters in its title or headings.
Transcript
What the lesson says
Which words in a title or a heading get a capital letter?
Here is a page about honeybees, with no capital letters in its title or headings.
Titles and headings often follow a special rule for capital letters.
The first word always gets a capital, even when it is a small word.
Important words carry the meaning, so buzz and hive get capitals too.
In the middle, small words like of and the usually stay small.
Headings name the parts of a page, and they use the same rule.
In the first heading, the word of stays small, just like in the title.
The second heading has no small words, so every word gets a capital.
The words have not changed, but now each capital is in the right place.
When you write a title, ask about each word: is it first, important or small?
So in a title, the first word and every important word start with a capital.
And small words in the middle stay small.
Curriculum
Where this fits
- British Columbia, Grade 5
English Language Arts, Language features, structures, and conventions: conventionsBC5-EN-27
Previous: Apostrophes: Missing Letters or Ownership, Never a PluralNext: Canadian and American Spelling: Two Ways, Both Correct
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