Third Grade - ELA
1: Environment
Unit 1: Tornado
Lesson 6
The Best Pet Award
The lesson title appears as "The Best Pet Award," and the Student Activity Pages are titled "World's Best Pet Award," showing title capitalization. Activity instructions explicitly tell students to write "World's Best Pet: Tornado" in the circle of the badge and to create badges such as "World's Best Dad, Sister, or Grandma." These tasks require students to produce title-like phrases with capitalized words.
Lesson 9
Plot
Students are asked to write the name of the story on the top of the 'Story Plot Diagram' page, which requires them to produce a title. The lesson and student pages repeatedly display titled materials (e.g., 'Story Plot Diagram', 'Tornado Plot Diagram', and the main title 'Plot'), exposing students to capitalized titles. The activity options direct students to create or copy title text when organizing summaries and strips of paper for the diagram.
Unit 2: Sarah, Plain and Tall
Lesson 1
Getting Started
Activity 2 explicitly tells the child to read the book title and discusses that "the important words in a title are capitalized." The activity asks the child to identify adjectives in the title and then to create and add a personal book title that includes her name and adjectives. The student is therefore asked to write a title after being told which words in titles should be capitalized.
Lesson 8
Work and Play
The lesson includes several clearly capitalized titles and headings that students will read, such as "***** Title: Work and Play *****", "Activity 1: Journal Entry", and Student Activity Page titles "Bottle Snowman" and "It's Snowing." These instances show correct title-style capitalization repeated in materials (section headings, activity names, and craft page titles).
Lesson 10
Neighbors
The lesson displays a chapter title labeled "Neighbors," with the word capitalized. The heart craft instructs the student to write "Home Is Where the Heart Is" on the back, presented with title-style capitalization. Students are asked to write a journal entry and may create lists, songs, or poems, which are writing tasks that could include titles.
Unit 3: Who Was Helen Keller?
Lesson 1
Helen's Early Years
Students are asked in Activity 1 to draw a cover and write a title for one fiction book and two nonfiction books, which requires them to produce titles in writing. Multiple examples of titles appear on the student activity page (e.g., "The Princess and the Dragon," "Name in Light: The Story of Thomas Edison," "Let's Learn About Animals"), so students read modeled title forms. The main page and section headings (e.g., "Helen Keller's Life," "Biography and Autobiography") present title capitalization that students encounter while reading.
Lesson 2
Helen's Childhood
Students encounter multiple titled items they read or use, such as the main heading "Helen's Childhood," activity page titles like "The American Sign Language Alphabet," "SIGN LANGUAGE," and "Vocabulary," and labeled student activity pages that display title text. Students also interact with printed pages that show capitalized words in those titles while they decode messages and complete vocabulary worksheets.
Lesson 5
Annie
Students see several examples of capitalized titles and headings in the materials (e.g., "Title: Annie", the page heading "BEFORE AND AFTER", and the Student Activity Page label "BRAILLE ALPHABET"). The lesson references the book title Who Was Helen Keller? and shows page references, providing additional instances of title usage. These items expose students to capitalization as it appears in titles.
Final Project
Scrapbook or Interview
The skills list explicitly tells students to "Use capitalization, punctuation, and paragraphs in own writing," which indicates capitalization is a writing expectation. Multiple student activity pages show titled sections (for example, "Scrapbook Ideas," "Interview with Helen Keller," and "Journal Entry About Helen's Home") that model capitalized titles. The project asks students to design a cover for the scrapbook, which could require creating a title for that cover.
2: Change
Unit 1: Morning Girl
Lesson 3
The News
Students see capitalized headings and a title in the text (e.g., "***** Title: The News *****" and the heading "Vocabulary"). The Student Activity Page text reproduces a titled heading "Vocabulary" and labeled sections, demonstrating correct title-style capitalization in examples. These instances provide models of capitalized words in titles or headings that students can observe.
Lesson 6
The Storm
The lesson displays a main title labeled "The Storm" and multiple section headings (e.g., "Getting Started", "Questions to Explore", "Facts and Definitions", "Activity 1: Journal") that use title-style capitalization. The instructions remind the child to "be more careful about using correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation" when writing answers, which broadly references conventions of standard English. These elements provide visible models of capitalized titles and a general prompt to pay attention to conventions while writing.
Unit 2: Communities and Culture
Lesson 2
Where Are We?
The lesson includes an explicitly printed title, "***** Title: Where Are We? *****," and multiple section headings such as "Getting Started," "Reading And Questions," and "Activity 1: Historical Time Periods," which display capitalized words in titles and headings. The Student Activity Page and labels like "Life in Egypt:" and "My Community" also present examples of title-style capitalization. Students are asked to write answers in complete sentences and to record information on titled worksheets and activity pages.
Lesson 3
The King
Students encounter explicitly capitalized headings such as "***** Title: The King *****" and the Student Activity Page labeled "Title: Government." Students are asked to add information to a page called "Historical Time Periods: Ancient Egypt," exposing them to multiword titles. Students also read and interact with labeled diagram elements and page headings during activities.
Lesson 8
Return Home
Students encounter multiple titled pages such as "Return Home," "Vocabulary," "Binkerton Characters," "Plural Nouns," and "ARTIFACTS," providing models of title capitalization. Students see book titles referenced (e.g., Adventures in the Middle Ages; Hot on the Trail in Ancient Egypt) that also display conventional capitalization. Activity 7 asks students to draw a cover and write a title ("Adventures in [your child's time period]"), which requires them to produce a title of their own.
Lesson 9
Writing About History
Students are asked to look at the cover they designed and to write the first page of a new book titled Adventures in [your child's place and time], giving them an opportunity to create a title. The materials include an example title ("Writing About History" and "Adventures in ...") that shows capitalization in titles. The Editing Rubric asks students to check capitalization of proper nouns and beginning words in sentences as part of their self-editing.
Unit 3: American Heroes
Lesson 2
Early American Heroes
Students encounter multiple correctly capitalized headings and titles in the text, including the main title "Early American Heroes" and section headings such as "Activity 1: Hero Cards," "Heroes Timeline," "Getting Started," and "Reading And Questions." The student activity pages contain titled fields like "Name:" and labeled prompts such as "Write a sentence about the hero:" which present examples of standard capitalization in labels and titles.
Lesson 9
Book of Heroes
Students see the printed title "Book of Heroes" on the activity page and are asked to create a cover, inviting them to write a title for their book. Students are instructed to create a Table of Contents and to write each person's name and page number, which requires writing headings and entries. Students complete pages with headings such as "My Hero:" and other labeled spaces where they will write names and short phrases.
3: Cycles
Unit 1: Poppy
Lesson 1
Preparing for Poppy
The lesson displays the title "Preparing for Poppy" at the top, showing correct capitalization of words in a title. Several section headings such as "About the Author," "Student Activity Page," and "Forest Animals" also demonstrate capitalization in titles and headings. The Skills section and activities ask students to compose texts, list elements in a journal, and tell a short story, which create opportunities for written work.
Lesson 10
The Battle
Students encounter multiple labeled headings and titles in the text (e.g., "***** Title: The Battle *****", "Getting Started", "Facts and Definitions", "Activity 1: Victory Flag", and the Student Activity Page title "Adding -ed and -ing"). The student activity page and section headings consistently show capitalized words in titles and headings, providing models of title capitalization for students to read.
Lesson 12
A New Beginning
The lesson displays and uses titled items such as "A New Beginning," the "Story Tree" worksheet, and the book name "Poppy," and it asks students to record the title on the Story Tree leaves and branches. Section headings (Getting Started, Facts and Definitions, Activities) and the Student Activity Page title provide multiple examples of words capitalized in titles. Students are prompted to write a title on their activity page and to label the trunk with "Poppy."
Unit 2: Charlotte's Web
Lesson 6
The Fair
Students encounter a clearly capitalized main title: "The Fair." They also see multiple headings and labels written in title-style capitalization, such as "Interesting Sentences," "Paragraph 1," and "Directions," on the student activity pages. These examples provide students with models of words capitalized in headings and titles.
Final Project
Charlotte's Web
Students are asked to produce titled final products (e.g., the lesson heading "Charlotte's Web" and activity page titles such as "Book Review Rubric" and "Book Advertisement Idea") so they will encounter and create titles. The skills list explicitly includes "Use capitalization, punctuation, and paragraphs in own writing," which signals attention to capitalization in student writing. Sample materials and rubrics consistently show capitalized titles and headings that students can model.
Unit 3: The Family Under the Bridge
Lesson 2
The French Man
The lesson lists as a skill: "Use more complex capitalization and punctuation with increasing accuracy such as proper nouns, abbreviations, commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks," which explicitly references capitalization practice. Students also encounter correctly capitalized book titles in the text (e.g., "The Family Under the Bridge" and the lesson title "The French Man"), providing incidental examples of title capitalization.
Lesson 6
The Shoe
Students encounter multiple printed titles in the materials (e.g., "***** Title: The Shoe *****", "Meeting Characters", "Gypsies", "Paris Fashion", and "The Eiffel Tower"). Student Activity Pages display title headings and students are asked to write on those pages (for example, filling in the double-bubble map under the heading "Gypsies" and designing clothes on the "Paris Fashion" page). The lesson also names books and pages ("Punctuation Celebration" and "The Family Under the Bridge"), giving students exposure to how titles appear in text.
Lesson 8
Christmas Eve
The Skills section explicitly states students will "Use more complex capitalization and punctuation with increasing accuracy such as proper nouns, abbreviations, commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks," which signals instruction on capitalization. The lesson contains multiple titled items ("Title: Christmas Eve," the Student Activity Page title "Gifts," and headings like "Getting Started") that show examples of words in titles and headings. Students are asked to write in journals and complete written sentences, which requires applying capitalization in their writing.
Lesson 10
A Home at Last
The lesson includes multiple titled elements that display title capitalization, for example the main title "A Home at Last," headings like "Activity 1: Meeting Characters," and flip-book labels such as "Best Part, Funniest Part, Saddest Part, and Most Exciting Part." The Student Activity Page is also titled "A Home for the Calcets," providing additional modeled examples of capitalized titles.
4: Relationships
Unit 1: One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest
Lesson 1
The Rain Forests
Students encounter multiple correctly capitalized titles and headings in the text, including the main title "The Rain Forests," section headings like "Getting Started," "Facts and Definitions," and activity titles such as "Rain Stick" and "Activity 1: Setting: Venezuela." The Student Activity Page explicitly labels a section "Title: Rain Stick" and shows the title formatted with initial capitals. These instances provide models of title capitalization that students can observe.
Lesson 6
Law of the Jungle
The lesson presents multiple capitalized headings such as "Title: Law of the Jungle" and "Chapters 6-10 Vocabulary." The instructions tell students that the poem's title will be "The Law of the Jungle," and students are asked to write and display that titled poem. Activity and section headings throughout the materials are shown with standard title capitalization.
Unit 2: The Whipping Boy
Lesson 7
The Rescue
The lesson includes multiple titled sections and headers (e.g., "***** Title: The Rescue *****", "Getting Started", "Activity 1: Comic Strip", "At Home", and "Food in the Middle Ages: Custarde") that demonstrate correct capitalization in titles. Student Activity Pages provide headers such as "At Home" and a recipe title, modeling capitalized title formats. Students are asked to write a five-sentence paragraph and other written products, which present opportunities to encounter titles and headers in context.
Unit 3: Iggie's House
Lesson 9
A Letter
The skills list tells students to "Use basic capitalization and punctuation correctly" and to "Use more complex capitalization and punctuation with increasing accuracy," showing capitalization is part of student expectations. The editing schedule asks students to make a first pass looking only for capitalization and ending punctuation mistakes. The Letter Rubric lists "Capitalization and punctuation" under Mechanics, so students must check and correct capitalization as part of revising.
