Abbreviation rules

O’Rourke Elementary

3rd Grade

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General rules for using abbreviations:• Save space• Make reading easier

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Months without dates

• Always capitalize and write out:

The election is in November.

School starts in August.

He hopes to graduate in December.

It will start in January 2000.

The battle ended in October 1866.

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Dates• Abbreviate months:

• Jan. 5, 1997• Feb. 28, 1864• Aug. 10, 2000• Sept. 9, 1999• Oct. 14, 1784• Nov. 1, 1965• Dec. 22, 1696

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Dates

• Write out months of 5 or fewer letters:• March 30, 2000• April 5, 1974• May 26, 1998• June 12, 1863• July 31, 1997

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Now you try!

• June 3• October 17, 2008• They will visit in December.• December 7, 1941• April 14, 2009• He graduated in September.• January 5, 2001

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Days of the week

• Sun. - Sunday• Mon. - Monday• Tues. - Tuesday• Wed. - Wednesday• Thurs. - Thursday• Fri. - Friday• Sat. - Saturday

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Places

• Write out states when they stand alone:• She is from New Jersey.• He was born in Alaska.• Killer bees invaded Texas.

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Places

• Abbreviations of our 50 states is listed in your red dictionary.

• Examples of state abbreviation: AL, MS, FL, NY, etc.

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Streets and addresses

• If it’s an exact address, abbreviateeverything you can (the direction & “street,” “boulevard” and “avenue”):• 901 W. Main St.• 2005 Grove Ave.• 70 Monument Blvd.

• If there’s no street address, spell out:• He lives on Floyd Street.• The building is on Monument Boulevard.

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Names and titles• Titles that we abbreviate:• Mr.• Mrs.• Ms.• Dr.• Lt.

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Names and titles

• If used directly before a name,abbreviate:• Gov. Mark Warner• Dr. Terry Oggel• Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine• Rep. Robert Scott• Sen. John Warner