Practice of capital letters and days of the week

I can correctly form capital letters and write the days of the week.

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Practice of capital letters and days of the week

I can correctly form capital letters and write the days of the week.

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Key learning points

Capital letters are used for proper nouns
Days of the week start with a capital letter as they are proper nouns
Capital letters are all the same size
Capital letters sit between the baseline and the ascender line

Keywords

Capital letter - the upper case formation of a letter
Proper noun - a specific name given to a particular person, place, or thing
Days of the week - the names used to identify each day in a week

Common misconception

Sometimes children can think days of the week are only capitalised if at the beginning of a sentence

Model and show examples of the days of the week in the middle of a sentence with a capital letter.

When modelling take time to emphasise that there is no finger space between the letters. They sit next to each other on the baseline to form the word.

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Content guidance

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Supervision

Adult supervision required

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