CurriculumGrade 5English Language Arts

Capitals, Commas & Spelling

Aligned to L.5.2 — Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.

What this lesson teaches

Correct capitalization, punctuation, and spelling make writing easy to read. Watch capital letters, commas, and often-misspelled words as you write.

Worked example

'on friday we visited chicago illinois' should be 'On Friday we visited Chicago, Illinois.' — capitals for names, a comma between city and state.

Practice questions

  1. Fix the capital letters in a sentence about a place.
  2. Add commas where a sentence needs them.
  3. Correct two commonly misspelled words.

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Every lesson comes with a video taught in English and Spanish — the same video the QR code in the printed workbook opens.

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En español

Mayúsculas, Comas y Ortografía

Las mayúsculas, la puntuación y la ortografía correctas hacen que un texto sea fácil de leer. Cuida las mayúsculas, las comas, las tildes y las palabras que suelen escribirse mal.

Ejemplo: 'el viernes visitamos la ciudad de méxico' debe ser 'El viernes visitamos la Ciudad de México.' — mayúscula al inicio y en el nombre propio.

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