Capitalize Names of People

Capitalize people's names: every name gets a big letter!

1st Grade - English Language Arts - Capitalization

About This Skill

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.

Skills & Topics

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

Curriculum Alignment

  • 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

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