Georgia 3.L.GC.1.35

ELA3rd GradeGrammar, Usage, & Mechanics

The Standard

Mechanics: Recognize and use conventional capitalization in abbreviations, proper adjectives, and formal titles. (Introduce)

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Language (L) · Grammar Conventions

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students identify and apply capital letters in shortened forms, adjectives made from names, and official titles. They also notice when a title is used generally and stays lowercase.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students correctly write forms such as “Dr. Lee,” “U.S.,” “African art,” and “Governor Smith.” They can explain why a title before a name is capitalized but a general job name is not.
Common Misconceptions: Students may lowercase proper adjectives, writing “american history” instead of “American history.” They may capitalize every job title or use random capital patterns in abbreviations.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: Rewrite correctly, “dr. lee met senator brown at the american history museum.” Then circle each letter you changed.

Lesson moves

Give pairs sentence cards and capital letter tiles, then have them place tiles over letters that need capitals.
Ask students to explain the capitalization differences in “Mayor Jones spoke” and “The mayor spoke.”
Play Capitalization Relay, where teams correct abbreviation, proper adjective, and title cards one at a time.
Have students find three examples in a school newsletter, local article, or event flyer and copy them with correct capitals.

Free download

A ready-to-print activity worksheet aligned to 3.L.GC.1.35, with an answer key for the teacher on its own page. No account needed.

PDF, US Letter, prints cleanly in black and white.

Keep exploring

Grade, subject, topic, and the complete standard are prefilled. Create one free, no account needed.