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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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.
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- 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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