Practice of capital letters and days of the week
I can correctly form capital letters and write the days of the week.
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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Lesson details
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.
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Starter quiz
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