Curated OER
Types of Nouns: Common & Proper Nouns
Elementary school students often falter when asked to distinguish between a common and proper noun. Even older students may not be sure. This presentation provides a comprehensive review of nouns. Great fun!
K12 Reader
Capitalize Proper Nouns
Learners practice capitalizing proper nouns with a straightforward activity. As they circle the proper nouns that need to be capitalized from each sentence, they write them correctly from the paragraph.
Curated OER
Nouns and Pronouns
Young readers explore nouns and pronouns. They define what a noun is and highlight the nouns in given sentences. Learners are then introduced to pronouns, and identify them in simple sentences.
Curated OER
Proper Nouns: Names
For this recognizing proper nouns worksheet, students read names, in isolation and in sentences, and use capital letters to rewrite them correctly. Students write 13 answers.
Curated OER
Capital Letters: Proper Nouns
Elementary schoolers write the names of five friends in a box, capitalizing their names. They think of five places they have been and write them using correct capitalization. Everyone writes the day and month as well as their birthday...
Student Handouts
Capitalization Challenge
Ensure that your pupils have capitalization down by asking them to practice with these worksheets. Learners rewrite each sentence with correct capitalization. The original sentences do not start with capital letters and include proper...
Holiday Zone
Months and Seasons
Tis' the season to develop children's fine motor skills with this simple handwriting worksheet.
Curated OER
Capital Letters Practice
In this capital letter learning exercise, students read find mistakes in a set of 5 sentences, capitalizing when necessary; students capitalize beginning words in the sentence and proper nouns.
Curated OER
Capital Letters
In this capital letters worksheet, students circle letters in sentences that should be capitalized and write their own sentences. Students complete 3 tasks.
Curated OER
Some Houses Are Made of Straw, Wood, or Brick: But... This House is Made of Mud...
First graders read and discuss several stories. They share information about different types of shelter around the world. They explain that lifestyles and shelter depend very much on where people live and how they use the resources...
Curated OER
Using Capital Letters
In this using capital letters worksheet, 1st graders find the capitalization mistakes in five sentences and re-write them correctly.
Curriculum Corner
“I Can” Common Core! 1st Grade Language
Support first graders with developing their basic language skills using this Common Core checklist. With each standard rewritten as a positive I can statement, students are encouraged to work hard toward reaching these clear...
Curated OER
Yummy for my tummy!
First graders read the story Tops and Bottoms and identify vegetables that are eaten from the stem, root, and leaf of a plant. In this vegetables lesson plan, 1st graders learn vocabulary about different vegetable parts and write journal...
Quia
Quia: Capitalization Flash Cards
This site contains a flash card game with general rules for capitalization of proper nouns and adjectives. Students can choose their difficulty level.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Capital Letters Names
In this activity provided by SMART, students will identify where a capital letter is required in a sentence regarding names.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Capital Letters Days of the Week
Students will identify where a capital letter is required in a sentence that uses days of the week in this SMART whiteboard activity.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Capital Letters Months
Students will identify where a capital letter is required in a sentence relating to months in this whiteboard lesson activity provided by SMART.
English Zone
English Zone: The Calendar: Days of the Week
This is a 20-question exercise/assessment about the days of the week. Students select answers to questions such as the day after Tuesday or the first day of the work week.