Lyrics
Every Sentence Begins with a Capital Letter
A Brazilian tune that teaches capitalization and punctuation in a fun way! Games built right into the song. Listen here: Every Sentence Begins With a Capital Letter
You can also download sheet music here: Every Sentence Begins with a Capital Letter Have fun!
Every sentence begins with a capital letter!
© 2001 by Marla Lewis
Now, capitalization
And Punctuation
Have never made me celebrate
But the simple fact is
You’ve got to practice
The rules so that you can communicate!
JAMES
Do we have to?
ME
Yes! Now listen carefully:
Every sentence begins with a capital letter!
And it usually ends with a period or a question mark.
Leave a space between words
You can read ‘em much better
Then check your work again to see if it’s right!
Every day of the week has a capital letter
Every month of the year, every city and country ‘round the world
And everyone’s name gets a capital letter
And so do books and songs and movies and plays!
A period comes
At the end of a statement.
A question mark’s for What? Where? Who?
But if you’ve got the notion
To show some emotion
An exclamation mark will do!
ME
Okay, kids, let’s play a game. I’m going to read a sentence and you tell me whether it ends with a period, question mark, or exclamation mark, okay?
KIDS
Okay!
ME
“Yesterday, I went to the zoo.”
KIDS
Period!
ME
Correct! “A gorilla escaped and ran right past me!”
KIDS
Exclamation point!
ME
Excellent ! « Do you think they’ll catch him?”
KIDS
We hope so! Oh, yeah, question mark!
ME
Very funny! Now, let’s review:
A period comes
At the end of a statement.
A question mark’s for What? Where? Who?
But if you’ve got the notion
To show some emotion
An exclamation mark will do!
Every sentence begins with a capital letter!
And it usually ends with a period or a question mark.
Leave a space between words
You can read ‘em much better
Then check your work again to see if it’s right!
Every day of the week has a capital letter
Every month of the year, every city and country ‘round the world
And everyone’s name gets a capital letter
And so do books and songs and movies and plays!
ME
Well done! Now, here’s another game. You tell me if the word I say gets a capital letter or no capital. Ready?
KIDS
Ready!
ME
“Saturday.”
KIDS
Capital!
ME
Good. “Book.”
KIDS
Nope. Not that one.
ME
Right! “Harry Potter.”
KIDS
Capital! This is easy!
ME
I’m glad you feel that way…
JAMES
Look, I wrote you a note.
ME
For me? Thanks!… James, I can’t read this!
JAMES
It says, “This is fun!”
ME
Oh, next time, put a…
JAMES
…space between the words, I got it!
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