Year 1 work on the capital letter I, over two pupil pages and an answer key. Eight sentences are printed with a lower-case i, including my mum and i baked a cake and on monday i read a book. Pupils write each one again with a capital I and a capital at the start. Page 2 gives four sentence starters, I like, I can, I have and I am, for pupils to finish. 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'”
All eight page 1 sentences have a lower-case i, and sentences 4 and 6 also need a capital for Ben and Monday.
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“Beginning to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark”
Every page 1 sentence starts in lower case, and the page 2 answers must start with the printed capital I and end with a full stop.
Eight sentences in two columns, each with three writing lines. Sentences 4 and 6, ben and i played in the park and on monday i read a book, also need Ben and Monday.
Pupils finish four starters about themselves, with two writing lines each: I like, I can, I have and I am.
The eight page 1 sentences written correctly, then sample endings for page 2 such as I like apples and I am six.
Whiteboard start
Write my mum and i baked a cake on the board and ask a pupil to come up and fix it. Then pupils rewrite sentences 1 to 8 themselves.
Hidden capitals
Tell pupils before they start that sentences 4 and 6 also hide a name and a day. Without the hint most will fix only the I.
Early finishers
Pupils who finish page 2 can add a fifth starter of their own, such as I want, and check that the I is a capital.
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