1. Capitalization for First Grade
By: Rachael Martin

2. Definitions: Noun: A person, place or thing.
Example: friend, school, or classroom
Proper Noun: A PARTICULAR person, place or thing.
Example: Rachael, McDonalds, or Eiffel Tower

3. Rules: ALWAYS capitalize the word, “I”! *I enjoy the outdoors.
ALWAYS capitalize proper nouns.
*My friend’s name is Jackie.
ALWAYS capitalize beginning words of a sentence.
*Remember to eat your vegetables.

4. More Rules: Always capitalize the names of countries and languages.
*We live in America and speak English.
Always capitalize the first letter of the days of the week and months of the year.
*Today is Wednesday, October 12, 2011.

5. Let’s play a game:
We are going to join Roy the Zebra to help Zara’s dreams come true.
We have to capitalize some letters to make sentences correct and identify proper nouns!
Let’s go! (

6. Great job!
Now, let us try another game. You may have to think a little harder and remember other capitalization rules! Are you up for the challenge?

7. Practice: henry wants to ride his bike. my mom is a good cook.
school is almost over.
ryan is playing with his trucks.
mary’s favorite toy is her doll.

8. More practice: ron speaks english and french. we live in the missouri.
today is wednesday.
nancy and i enjoy riding bikes.
fall is the most colorful season of them all.