The word “teacher” names any teacher. The word “Ruiz” names one particular person. That difference is what capital letters on names are for, and this course makes it the rule students reason from rather than a list they memorize.
Students learn that both the first name and the last name take capitals, that titles like Mr. and Dr. take a capital and a period, and that Miss is the one that takes no period. The last lesson covers the case that trips up adults too: words like aunt and grandpa take a capital when they are used as part of a name and stay lowercase when they are not.
What you will learn
- Tell a special name from a word that names any person
- Capitalize both the first name and the last name
- Write titles like Mr. and Mrs. and Dr. correctly
- Know which title takes no period
- Decide when a word like aunt needs a capital letter
A note for parents and teachers: Ms. and Mrs. and Mr. and Dr. take periods in American usage. Miss does not, because it is a whole word rather than a shortened one.