Course Title: Mrs.

Ryals 1st Grade

Module 1: Capitalization

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To Do List

Discussions
What does it mean to capitalize letters?
The discussion topic for this module is to learn about capitalizing letters in a sentence:
The teacher will discuss what it means to capitalize a letter.
The teacher will talk about capitalizing the first letter of a sentence and give examples.
The teacher will talk about capitalizing names and give examples.
The teacher will talk about capitalizing the pronoun I and give examples.
The teacher will talk about capitalizing dates and give examples.
The teacher will write a daily message each day and students will take turns coming up to
the board to correct the sentences.

Assignments
Assignment 1: Independent Work

Correcting the sentences.

You will be given ten sentences. Each sentence has a mistake with capitalization focusing on the
first letter of the sentence. It is your job to figure out what is wrong with the sentence and write
it correctly on your paper.

Assignment 2: Independent Work

Correcting the sentences.

You will be given ten sentences. Each sentence has a mistake with capitalization focusing on the
pronoun I. It is your job to figure out what is wrong with the sentence and write it correctly on
your paper.

Assignment 3: Independent Work

Correcting the sentences.

You will be given ten sentences. Each sentence has a mistake with capitalization focusing on
dates and names. It is your job to figure out what is wrong with the sentence and write it
correctly on your paper.
Course Title: Mrs. Ryals 1st Grade
Module 1: Capitalization

Assignment 4: Computer Practice

Creating Sentences with correct capitalization.

You will create five sentences and type them onto your board on Padlet. You will need to make
sure you are capitalizing the correct letters.

Assignments 1 - 4: Capitalization

Outcomes
After completing this assignment, students will be able to:
Capitalize the first word of a sentence
Capitalize names
Capitalize dates
Capitalize the pronoun I

Overview
In these assignments, you will learn the rules of capitalization. You will recall the rules of
capitalization and apply what you have learned by correcting sentences. You will also practice
by creating sentences with correct capitalizations.

Instructions
1. After learning about the rules of capitalizing the first letter of a sentence you will be
given ten sentences. Each sentence has a mistake with capitalization focusing on the first
letter of the sentence. It is your job to figure out what is wrong with the sentence and
write it correctly on your paper.
2. After learning about the rules of capitalizing the pronoun I you will be given ten
sentences. Each sentence has a mistake with capitalization focusing on the pronoun I. It
is your job to figure out what is wrong with the sentence and write it correctly on your
paper.
3. After learning about the rules of capitalizing dates and names you will be given ten
sentences. Each sentence has a mistake with capitalization focusing on dates and names.
It is your job to figure out what is wrong with the sentence and write it correctly on your
paper.
4. After learning about the rules of capitalization you will log on to your board on Padlet
and create five sentences using the rules of capitalization correctly.
Course Title: Mrs. Ryals 1st Grade
Module 1: Capitalization

Submitting
You will hand in each assignment daily before leaving school.

Grading
After you have submitted your assignment, I will grade it and return it to you the following day.
You will have to get 70% correct to have mastered the assignment.