What Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster

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CongratulationsonyourpurchaseofthisReallyGoodStuff®What Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster—ausefulreferencetohelpstudentsrememberwhentocapitalize.

Meeting Common Core State StandardsThisReallyGoodStuff®What Words Need a Capital Letter? PosterisalignedwiththefollowingCommonCoreStateStandardsforEnglishLanguageArts:

Conventions of Standard EnglishL.K.2a CapitalizethefirstwordinasentenceandthepronounI.L.1.2a Capitalizedatesandnamesofpeople.L.2.2a Capitalizeholidays,productnames,andgeographicnames.

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Introducing the What Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster SharethePosterwithstudents.Remindthemthatitisimportanttousecapitalizationintheirwriting.PointingtothePoster,reviewthattheymustcapitalizethenamesofpeopleorpets,thewordI,namesofplaces,holidays,daysoftheweek,months,andthebeginningletterofeverysentence.PointtoeachexampleonthePoster,andaskastudenttoreadthesituationwhentheyneedtouseacapitalletter.Havestudentsshareotherexamplestheyknowfornamesofpeopleorpets,namesofplaces,andholidays.

When Do I Capitalize?CopyanddistributetwocopiesoftheWhat Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster Reproducible.Tellstudentsthattheyaretokeepthereproducibleintheirwritingfoldersandtotakehometheotheronetousewithhomeworkassignmentstoremindthemofwhentheyneedcapitalize.

What a Capital Catch!CopyanddistributetheWhat a Capital Catch! Reproducible.Makeanothercopyonacetatetouseonanoverheadprojector.Reviewthedirections.Afterstudentsarefinished,askvolunteerstosharetheircorrectionswiththeclass,asyoufollowalongbymarkingthemontheoverheadacetate.

Answers:1)The,August;2)Pat,Max;3)On,Monday,I;4)For,Halloween,Katie;5)Pete,Florida,DisneyWorld,December;6)Mom,I,Thursdays,DanielPark;7)Jim,Kate,SmithSchool,

Connecticut;8)October,Thanksgiving;9)My,Fluffy,CromwellCatGroomers;10)Matt,Tim,BronxZoo,Wednesday

A Really Capital Day!Makecapitalizationapartofyourmorningdailyroutine:Eachday,writeasentenceontheboardthatcontainscapitalizationerrors.Havestudentswritethesentencecorrectly,fixinganycapitalizationerrorsintheirwritingnotebooks.Oneatatime,encouragevolunteerstocomeuptotheboardtomakeonecapitalizationcorrectionwhileotherstudentscorrecttheirnotebooks,ifnecessary.

Capital CardsWriteseveralwordsonindexcards,includingsomeinalllowercaselettersandsomethatshouldhaveaninitialcapitalletter.Putthecardsinapilefacedown.Havestudentssitinacircleontherug.Tellstudentstotaketurnspickingacardfromthetopofthepile,readingtheword,anddecidingifitneedsacapitalletter.RemindstudentstorefertotheWhat Words Need a Capital Letter? Posteriftheyneedhelp.Writethewordsonchartpaperwithcorrectcapitalizationafterstudentsreadeachcard.One-on-One Capitalization ActivityOnsentencestrips,writeseveralsentencesthatneedcapitalizationediting,withthecorrectedsentenceonthebacks.Dividestudentsintogroupsofthree,andgiveeachgroupastackofsentencestrips.Explainthattwostudentsineachgrouparetocapitalizewords,whilethethirdstudentisthescorekeeper.Instructstudentstotaketurnsreadingasentencestripandfixingthesentencewiththecorrectcapitalletters.Indicatethatstudentsreceiveapointforeachcorrectcapital,andthestudentwiththemostpointsineachgroupisthewinner.Directstudentstoswitchrolesoncetheyhavereadallthesentencestrips.

Capital FeedbackTellstudentstouseoneoftheirdraftsintheirwritingnotebookstoedit,check,andfixanycapitalizationerrors.Havestudentsusehighlighters,editingpens,orhighlightertapetomarkerrorsandmakecorrections.Providewrittenandverbalfeedbacktoeachstudentontheircapitalizationediting.RemindstudentstorefertotheWhat Words Need a Capital Letter? PosterortheWhat Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster Reproducibleintheirwritingfoldersforsupport.

Capital StarsMakeaheaderlabeledCapital Starsforabulletinboard.Whenstudentshaveeditedtheirwritingpieces,orcompletedafinaldraft,hangthemontheboardbeneaththelabelasawaytoshowcasetheirunderstandingofcapitalization.Havestudentsdrawstarstohangaroundtheirwriting.ExplaintostudentsthattheirwritingisbeingdisplayedtoindicatethattheyareCapitalStars.

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