Daily Lesson Plan -- Lesson 50

Capitalisation

Subject: English | Class: Prep | Series: Skillford

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Overview

In this lesson children rewrite six sentences with capital letters where they belong. The sentences use the names of people, places and a month, and each sentence starts with a capital letter.

Learning Objectives

• Begin a sentence with a capital letter
• Use a capital letter for the name of a person
• Use a capital letter for the name of a place and a month
• Rewrite each sentence with capital letters where they belong

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Day 1: Capital Letters (40 minutes)

Materials

• Textbook page 73, pencils, a name card for each child

Warm-Up (5 minutes)

• Hold up each child's name card. Ask which letter is a capital letter. Say that names always start with a capital letter.

Main Activity (25 minutes)

• Read the instruction on page 73: "Rewrite each sentence with capital letters where they belong."
• Remind children that every sentence starts with a capital letter, and so do names of people, places and months
• Read each sentence aloud and ask which words need a capital letter. Write the correct sentence on the board and let children copy it on the line:
  1. pakistan is a beautiful country. -- Pakistan is a beautiful country.
  2. my teacher's name is nadia. -- My teacher's name is Nadia.
  3. my aunt Sadia lives in karachi. -- My aunt Sadia lives in Karachi.
  4. Ayesha has a cat named luna. -- Ayesha has a cat named Luna.
  5. my birthday is in november. -- My birthday is in November.
  6. tomorrow, the children will go to the zoo. -- Tomorrow, the children will go to the zoo.
• Point out that "Sadia" and "Ayesha" already have a capital letter

Wrap-Up (10 minutes)

• Children say a sentence about themselves ("My name is ___."). A friend says which words need a capital letter.

Differentiation

• Support: Look only for the first word of each sentence and for names, then check the sentence with the teacher
• Extension: Children write two sentences of their own about their family or school, using capital letters for names

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Teaching Tips

• The page gives no rule, so say the rule aloud before children begin: a capital letter at the start of a sentence, and for names of people, places and months
• Let children underline the small letters that must change before they write
• Ask children to check their finished sentences, starting from the first word