Capitals for Names, Days and I
Use capital letters for proper nouns (names of people, places) the days of the week, and the personal pronoun 'I'
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Set out your lesson
“Names of people and places start with a capital. Days of the week start with a capital. The word I is always a capital when it means yourself.”
Bring to the table
- Ready word cards in lowercase: sam, monday, paris, i, friday, tom
- Paper and pencil
Full guide and materials
- Ready word cards in lowercase: sam, monday, paris, i, friday, tom
- Paper and pencil
- Step 1. Show sam, monday, paris, and i. Rewrite each correctly: Sam, Monday, Paris, I.
- Step 2. Have your child fix friday and tom independently.
- Step 3. Dictate: “I play on Friday.” Your child writes it with capitals for I and Friday.
- Step 4. Check every name, day, and I together.
- Quick check. Success means your child correctly capitalizes one person’s name, one day, and I in writing.
Worked example. sarah → Sarah. monday → Monday. i → I. “i like tom” becomes “I like Tom.”
Optional challenge. Write three short sentences: one with a name, one with a day, and one with I, all capitalized correctly.
What to notice. Save a photo of the corrected words or the sentence with capitals marked.
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Names of people and places start with a capital. Days of the week start with a capital. The word I is always a capital when it means yourself.
Spend about 10 minutes fixing capitalization on ready words and writing one short sentence with I.
Use capitals for names, days and the pronoun I within sentences.
Use capitals for names, days and the pronoun I within sentences.
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Check understanding
- Capitalise names of people and places consistently in writing
- Write the pronoun 'I' as a capital letter
- Capitalise days of the week (e.g. 'Monday')
“If your child is writing their friend's name or the name of a town, do they automatically start it with a capital letter — and do they write the word 'I' with a capital when talking about themselves?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Grammar & Punctuation
- Age range
- Ages 5–7
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