Capital Letters: A-Z Pictures
Capital Letter A,B,C…
School
Teacher
Student
Finger
John
Blouse
Aunt
Mother
Sister
Baby
Daisy
Focus Word(s): CAPITAL LETTERS – UPPER CASE LETTERS
Discussion: What can the students see in the pictures, do not accept one word answer.
Explain: A dress and skirt are different things, and that Daisy is wearing a DRESS.
Note: Names being with Capital Letters.
Get the students to understand the difference between name and non-names.
Capital Letter: A letter of the alphabet that usually differs from its corresponding lowercase letter in form and height, as A, B, Q, and R as distinguished from a, b, q, and r : used as the initial letter of a proper name, the first word of a sentence, etc.
English Textbook Level One: (Pictures & Textbook)
Page 5: Capital Letters – Names
school is not a name, so we do not use a capital letter.
teacher is not a name, so we do not use a capital letter.
student is not a name, so we do not use a capital letter.
finger is not a name, so we do not use a capital letter.
John is a name, so we use a Capital J.
blouse is not a name, so we do not use a capital letter.
aunt is not a name, so we do not use a capital letter.
mother is not a name, so we do not use a capital letter.
sister is not a name, so we do not use a capital letter.
baby is not a name, so we do not use a capital letter.
Daisy is a name, so we use a Capital D.
Word of the day: Dance – dance – [dans, dahns] – /dæns, dɑns/
Can you dance? Get a student to dance
Activity:
English Homework: Page 5 Capital Letters
Check and circle the words that begin with a capital letter.
These are names, and names begin with a capital letter.
Sue, Anne, Joe, Miss Lee
Write the correct Capital Words in the story and read the story.