Capitalize Names of People

In this Iqleel skill, first-grade students will practice recognizing and using correctly capitalized names, such as Zaid and Maria. Through scaffolded questions, they will learn an essential capitalization rule: all names of people begin with a capital letter. By engaging in this practice, students will understand that a person’s name is a special type of noun that always starts with a capital letter. This skill strengthens their knowledge of Writing Conventions and supports them in writing accurately about friends, family, and characters in stories.

• Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
• Writing & Conventions
• Sentence Structure
• Language Conventions
• Usage and Mechanics
• Writing Foundations
• Basic Writing Skills
• Capitalization
• Grammar
• Mechanics
• Sentence
• Writing

• L.1.2.a — Capitalize dates and names of people.
• ENG-Y1-VGP.4 — Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English appendix 2 by using a capital letter for names of people, places, the days of the week, and the personal pronoun I.
• L.1.2.c

• Identify Uppercase Letters (S, A, T, I, P, N)
• Identify Uppercase Letters (C, K, E, H, R)
• Identify Uppercase Letters (M, D, G, O)
• Identify Uppercase Letters (L, F, B, Q, U)

• Add the Correct Uppercase Letter to the Sentence
• Identify Uppercase and Lowercase 'I'
• Capitalize Days and Months

• Identify Common and Proper Nouns
• Identify Words to Capitalize in a Sentence