Grade 1 Fall — Sentence Mechanics, Noun-Verb Grammar, and the Three Text Types in Full Sentences
English · GR G1 eng.g1.f.gr.proper_nouns

Capitalize proper nouns: people, places, days of the week

Distinguish common and proper nouns; capitalize names of specific people, specific places, and days of the week.

Mastery threshold
85%
Min instances
18
Typical minutes
20
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Prereqs
Successors
  • eng.g1.s.gr.capitalization.months_titles
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  • eng.g2.f.gr.proper_nouns.advanced
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Common misconceptions
  • Capitalizing common nouns mid-sentence ('I have a Dog')
  • Not capitalizing months and days (G1 stretch expectation)
  • Forgetting to capitalize the pronoun I

Exercise pool (2)

Diff Stem Type
3 Sort these into COMMON and PROPER piles: cat, Tuesday, school, Maria, doctor, Chicago, park, Mr. Smith, Monday, friend sort
4 Fix the capitalization: 'i went to chicago with maria on monday and we ate at central park.' correct errors