Year 1 capital letters for names, over two task pages and an answer key. Pupils read eight short sentences and circle the words that need a capital, such as sam, tiger, mia, spot and york. Task 2 asks them to sort twelve lower-case words, including zara, leeds, school and chair, into Names and Other words. The key shows each corrected sentence and the sorted table. It follows England National Curriculum punctuation for Year 1.
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“Using a capital letter for names of people, places, the days of the week, and the personal pronoun 'I'”
Task 1 needs capitals for names such as sam, tiger and york. Task 2 sorts zara, leeds and london away from words like dog and chair.
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“Beginning to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark”
Sentences 1 and 3 begin in lower case, so pupils also add a capital at the start of the sentence.
Eight sentences, such as my friend sam likes football and Is kim going to york today. Pupils circle the words that need a capital. Sentences 1 and 3 also start in lower case, so my and ben need circling as well as the names.
Twelve word cards in a grid. Pupils write each one into a table headed Names and Other words. Six are names of people and places (zara, tom, ravi, leeds, wales, london) and six are not (dog, apple, school, chair, bus, ball).
Each sentence has its circled words listed, for example ben, mia (Ben and Mia went to the park.). The sorted table follows.
Names lesson
Write sam and Sam on the board and ask which one looks right. Then hand out Task 1.
Pet names
Ask pupils to name a pet or toy and write it with a capital on a whiteboard first. Tiger and Spot on the sheet will then feel familiar.
Places follow-up
Task 2 puts leeds, wales and london in the Names column. Talk about why a place needs a capital too, because pupils often put them with the other words.
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