Kindergarten Spring — Lowercase Letter Formation, Sentence Frames, and the First Independent Writing
English · GR
K (NC Y1)
eng.gK.s.gr.capitalization.first_word_and_I
Capitalize the first word of a sentence and the pronoun I
Apply capitalization to the first word of every sentence written, and always to the pronoun I (even mid-sentence).
Mastery threshold
90%
Min instances
20
Typical minutes
15
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Common misconceptions
- Lowercase 'i' for the pronoun
- Capital letters mid-word (random sprinkling — common until letter-discrimination is automatic)
- No capital after a period (start of new sentence)