4th Grade Language Arts - Writing Conventions

Proper Nouns

• Identify proper nouns
• Capitalize proper nouns and proper adjectives derived from a noun (i.e., American)

Capitalize Titles

• Capitalize title correctly in stories, poems, books, movies, and music
• Use underlining or quotation marks correctly with titles

Apostrophe

• Demonstrate correct use of an apostrophe in contractions
• Demonstrate correct use of an apostrophe in possessives (singular and plural)

City/State

• Capitalize the first letter in the name of a city
• Capitalize the first letter in the name of a state

Letter Parts

• Identify parts of and write friendly letters

Friendly Letters Giving Advice on Getting Through the Year - lesson plan (students write letters at the end/beginning of the year to next year's students)

International Pen Pals - lesson plan (find international pen pals online and teach friendly letter writing)

• Correctly address envelopes and return addresses