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What Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster © 2014 Really Good Stuff ® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #162420 All activity guides can be found online. Helping Teachers Make A Difference ® This Really Good Stuff ® product includes: • What Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster , laminated • This Really Good Stuff ® Activity Guide Congratulations on your purchase of this Really Good Stuff ® What Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster —a useful reference to help students remember when to capitalize. Meeting Common Core State Standards This Really Good Stuff ® What Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster is aligned with the following Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts: Conventions of Standard English L.K.2a Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I. L.1.2a Capitalize dates and names of people. L.2.2a Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names. Displaying the What Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster Before displaying the What Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster , make copies of this Really Good Stuff ® Activity Guide, and file the pages for future use. Or, download another copy of it from our Web site at www.reallygoodstuff.com. Hang the Poster where students will be able to see it easily. Introducing the What Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster Share the Poster with students. Remind them that it is important to use capitalization in their writing. Pointing to the Poster , review that they must capitalize the names of people or pets, the word I, names of places, holidays, days of the week, months, and the beginning letter of every sentence. Point to each example on the Poster , and ask a student to read the situation when they need to use a capital letter. Have students share other examples they know for names of people or pets, names of places, and holidays. When Do I Capitalize? Copy and distribute two copies of the What Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster Reproducible. Tell students that they are to keep the reproducible in their writing folders and to take home the other one to use with homework assignments to remind them of when they need capitalize. What a Capital Catch! Copy and distribute the What a Capital Catch! Reproducible. Make another copy on acetate to use on an overhead projector. Review the directions. After students are finished, ask volunteers to share their corrections with the class, as you follow along by marking them on the overhead acetate. Answers: 1) The, August; 2) Pat, Max; 3) On, Monday, I; 4) For, Halloween, Katie; 5) Pete, Florida, Disney World, December; 6) Mom, I, Thursdays, Daniel Park; 7) Jim, Kate, Smith School, Connecticut; 8) October, Thanksgiving; 9) My, Fluffy, Cromwell Cat Groomers; 10) Matt, Tim, Bronx Zoo, Wednesday A Really Capital Day! Make capitalization a part of your morning daily routine: Each day, write a sentence on the board that contains capitalization errors. Have students write the sentence correctly, fixing any capitalization errors in their writing notebooks. One at a time, encourage volunteers to come up to the board to make one capitalization correction while other students correct their notebooks, if necessary. Capital Cards Write several words on index cards, including some in all lowercase letters and some that should have an initial capital letter. Put the cards in a pile facedown. Have students sit in a circle on the rug. Tell students to take turns picking a card from the top of the pile, reading the word, and deciding if it needs a capital letter. Remind students to refer to the What Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster if they need help. Write the words on chart paper with correct capitalization after students read each card. One-on-One Capitalization Activity On sentence strips, write several sentences that need capitalization editing, with the corrected sentence on the backs. Divide students into groups of three, and give each group a stack of sentence strips. Explain that two students in each group are to capitalize words, while the third student is the scorekeeper. Instruct students to take turns reading a sentence strip and fixing the sentence with the correct capital letters. Indicate that students receive a point for each correct capital, and the student with the most points in each group is the winner. Direct students to switch roles once they have read all the sentence strips. Capital Feedback Tell students to use one of their drafts in their writing notebooks to edit, check, and fix any capitalization errors. Have students use highlighters, editing pens, or highlighter tape to mark errors and make corrections. Provide written and verbal feedback to each student on their capitalization editing. Remind students to refer to the What Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster or the What Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster Reproducible in their writing folders for support. Capital Stars Make a header labeled Capital Stars for a bulletin board. When students have edited their writing pieces, or completed a final draft, hang them on the board beneath the label as a way to showcase their understanding of capitalization. Have students draw stars to hang around their writing. Explain to students that their writing is being displayed to indicate that they are Capital Stars.
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What Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster
© 2014 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #162420
All activity guides can be found online.
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
This Really Good Stuff® product includes:• What Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster,laminated• ThisReallyGoodStuff®ActivityGuide
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.
Displaying the What Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster BeforedisplayingtheWhat Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster,makecopiesofthisReallyGoodStuff®ActivityGuide,andfilethepagesforfutureuse.Or,downloadanothercopyofitfromourWebsiteatwww.reallygoodstuff.com.HangthePosterwherestudentswillbeabletoseeiteasily.
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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What Words Need a Capital Letter? Poster Reproducible
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What a Capital Catch! Reproducible
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