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A student’s name is a powerful thing, even moreso when she knows it must be capitalized! These materials help students recognize and capitalize names. After teaching students to capitalize names, you can have them work on a name puzzle or complete a worksheet that taps their editing skills. For students who need more handwriting practice, visit our materials on capitalizing uppercase letters.

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All About Me: I Like Myself

Break the ice with this social lesson, designed to help you and your class get to know each other. This social studies lesson helps students develop a healthy sense of self, and ties in well with any "All About Me" theme or unit.

Introducing the Sentence

This workbook capitalizes on the basic parts of sentence building for kids, from first word to ending punctuation.

Practice Capitalization

Give your child practice with his sentence building skills with this printable worksheet that's all about capital letters.

First Grade Writing Skills

This workbook helps first graders flex their handwriting and composition skills.

Common and Proper Noun Scavenger Hunt

Students will take part in a scavenger hunt as they look around the school for common and proper nouns.

Capitalization Hopper

Practice identifying proper nouns from a group of nouns. Choose the word that is capitalized, including the names of people, places, and companies.

Practice Test: Writing Mechanics

Challenge your first grader's command of grammar rules with this printable quiz that asks him to select the sentence that's written incorrectly.

Identifying Common or Proper Nouns

Help your students learn the difference between proper and common nouns with this lesson that has them come up with examples of their own and complete a worksheet to check for comprehension.

Preschool Writing

This workbook focuses on prewriting skills, featuring activities that help develop fine motor skills and teach simple writing techniques.

Fix the Letter: Commas and Capitalization

Can your first grader help Lisa proofread her letter by fixing the commas and correcting the capitalization?

Sentences: Start to Finish

This set of worksheets covers the basics of building a sentence, from the capital letter to the dot in a question mark. Colorful pages lead the way!

Yesterday and Today

Use this series to help your child explore the passage of time, from days to years. Kids will get to map their lives on a timeline as they learn about concepts of past, present and future.

Get into Grammar: Capitalization

Although it may seem trivial, remembering to write the proper letter--whether lower or uppercase--is one of the most important writing skills for first grade.

Snowflakes of Friendship

Each snowflake is individually special — just like friends and family! Help your child practice writing the names of his loved ones with this activity.

Name Activity Placemat

Color in the letters then write your name in the space reserved. Then turn the worksheet into a placemat that will not be mistaken for anyone's but yours!

Capitalization Practice: Kimiko

First graders can gain capitalization practice by fixing the short paragraph. Simply change the appropriate letters to capitals then re-write the paragraph!

Get into Grammar: Capitalizing Proper Nouns

Help your child wrap his head around capitalization and proper nouns with this worksheet that asks him to rewrite each sentence with the correct capitalization.

Correct the Capitals: Ken

Can your first grader correct the capitals in Ken's paragraph? This worksheet helps him edit and practice handwriting.

Turn Your Name Into Art

This lesson has it all! Uppercase and lowercase letters, reading and writing names, and best of all... art! This lesson will encourage your students to practice writing skills as they practice using capital letters when writing names.

Writing Book Titles

In this worksheet, your child will work with book titles to learn proper capitalization, grammar, and punctuation.

The Adventures of Leaf Man!

In this lesson plan, students explore the wonders of fall by going on a leaf hunt! After, they will create their own character to go on an adventure and then they will write about it!

Letter to My Future Self

What would you like to be doing 5 years from now? Help your child understand the concept of present versus future with a fun time capsule activity!

When to Capitalize

Confused about when to capitalize? This handy reference worksheet goes over common capitalization rules that kids encounter frequently.

Writing with a Heart

Tracing words, drawing a heart, and writing names are all part of this valentine that students will want to share with everyone they care about.

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