Capitalizing Names Resources

All About Me: I Like Myself

Practice Capitalization

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

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

First Grade Writing Skills

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.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Capitalization Hopper

Game

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.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Game

Common and Proper Noun Scavenger Hunt

First Grade Writing Skills

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

1st grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

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.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Introducing the Sentence

Identifying Common or Proper Nouns

Introducing the Sentence

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

1st grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

The Adventures of Leaf Man!

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.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

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!

Preschool

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Preschool Writing

Find and Fix the Mistakes: Capitalization and Punctuation

Preschool Writing

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

Preschool

Math

Workbook

Sentences: Start to Finish

Find and Fix the Mistakes: Capitalization and Punctuation

Challenge your young learner’s command of grammar and punctuation rules with this printable quiz!

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Fix the Letter: Commas and 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!

1st grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Fix the Letter: Commas and Capitalization

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

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Letter to My Future Self

Can You Write Your Name Assessment

Letter to My Future Self

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

Preschool

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Can You Write Your Name Assessment

Assess whether kids can write their names with this worksheet.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Yesterday and Today

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.

Preschool

Social studies

Workbook

Turn Your Name Into Art

Get into Grammar: Capitalization

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.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

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.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Capital Letters

Capital Letters

Practice identifying capital letters and learning the rules of capitalization by circling them in a letter.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Name Activity Placemat

Capitalization Practice: Kimiko

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!

Preschool

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Get into Grammar: Capitalizing Proper Nouns

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!

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Correct the Capitals: Ken

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.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Correct the Capitals: Ken

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

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Writing Book Titles

Play the Super Why! Name Game

Writing Book Titles

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

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Play the Super Why! Name Game

It all starts with letters. In this activity from PBS KIDS' Super Why! your child will work on recognizing the letters in his or her name.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Worksheet

First Name Art