Georgia K.L.GC.1.12

ELAKindergartenGrammar, Usage, & Mechanics

The Standard

Mechanics: Capitalize proper nouns. (Introduce)

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Language (L) · Grammar Conventions

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students identify specific names of people, pets, and places in speech and print. They write an uppercase letter at the start of each name.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given a mixed list such as girl, Ava, city, and Macon, a student selects Ava and Macon. The student rewrites those names with correct first-letter capitals and explains that they name one specific person or place.
Common Misconceptions: Students may capitalize every noun, every word at the beginning of a line, or words they think are important. They may also leave names lowercase because they focus only on sentence beginnings.
How to Assess It: Give an exit ticket: “Circle the words that need capital letters, then fix them: dog, luis, school, savannah.” Look for Luis and Savannah with uppercase first letters.

Lesson moves

Give students name cards and letter tiles, then have them replace each lowercase first letter with the matching capital letter.
Ask, “Why does Maya begin with a capital letter, but girl does not?” and let partners explain.
Play a card sort with ben, dog, atlanta, and park, then rewrite the names that need capital letters.
Label a classroom map with Georgia, Atlanta, and students’ street names, checking the first letter of each special name.

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