1. Today we will capitalize Holidays names and historical periods

2. What we already know We already know how to capitalize many things when we are writing. We just worked on capitalizing place names and special events Ex. Disneyland Ex. Student of the Trimester

3. Concept Capitalize- make the first letter of the important place or event a BIG (capital) letter. Holidays- a special day that is celebrated like Christmans, Martin Luther King day. Historical Periods – Time span of events from the past, like the Ice Age.

4. Examples Ex. Halloween is a scary holiday. The Great Depression was a sad time period. Ex.  The snow falls on christmas day. Martin Luther King, Jr. worked hard on creating equal rights during the civil rights period.

5. Why it’s important…. Knowing when to use capitalized letters correctly will help us become better writers.

6. Skill- How to Capitalize 1. Read the sentence 2. Identify the important holiday or historical period (underline) 3. Capitalize the first letter of the place or event

7. Modeling We celebrate our lost soldiers on memorial day. We celebrate our lost soldiers on Memorial Day? Picasso painted bright happy colors during the rose period. Picasso painted bright happy colors during the Rose Period.

8. Practice Today is martin luther king day. Today is Martin Luther King Day.

9. Practice The animals were very cold during the ice age. The animals were very cold during the Ice Age.

10. Practice There are only six more days until thanksgiving day. There are only six more days until Thanksgiving Day.

11. Closure What did we capitalize today? Why is it important to capitalize holidays and historical periods? How do we know what to capitalize in this sentence? We will have a parade for halloween!