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Song Titles in the Subway Station

Grade 3 capitalization practice: read about a subway musician's song board, then fix, sort and write song titles with correct capitals.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.3.2.a

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1 Common Core standard
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11 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students capitalize the first word, the last word and the important words in titles.
Students capitalize short important words such as is, are and my in titles.
Students keep small words such as a, the, and, of and on lowercase in the middle of titles.

How to use

Read the story together and list the title rule on the board. Students then fix and write titles on their own; check the last question by sharing titles aloud.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.3.2.a

Capitalize the appropriate words in titles.

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Song Titles in the Subway Station

Use capital letters correctly in song titles.

Read the story

Read the story. The song titles are in quotation marks.

The Chalkboard by the Stairs

1Every morning, Benji and his mom ride the subway to her job at the hospital. They get on the train at Larkspur Street Station. Near the stairs, a musician named Mr. Wren plays the accordion. A small chalkboard by his feet lists the songs he plays.

2On Monday, Benji read the chalkboard while they waited for the train. The first song was “Rain on the Platform.” The second song was “my City at Night.” The third song was “The Sun is Coming Up.”

3Benji tapped the board. "Mr. Wren, I think two of your titles need fixing," he said. Mr. Wren laughed and handed him a piece of chalk.

4Benji explained the rule his teacher taught him. "The first word and the last word of a title always get a capital letter. Important words get capitals too, even short ones like my, your, is and are. Small words such as a, an, the, and, but, or, of, on, in, at, to and for stay lowercase in the middle."

5Benji changed the m in my to a capital M. Then he changed the i in is to a capital I. Just then, the train pulled in. Mr. Wren smiled and played a brand-new song called “Benji Fixes the Board.”

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