We are learning about capital letters for names. Names always start with a big letter. Emma is a person's name, so it needs a capital E.

We check which word has a capital. Jamal is a person's name. Names start with capital letters.

We fix the capitals. Saturday is a day name. Only We and Saturday need capitals here.

This question tests 1st grade capitalization of names and dates (CCSS.L.1.2.a: Capitalize dates and names of people). Capital letters (big letters, uppercase) are used for specific, special words; we ALWAYS capitalize names of people - both first names (Emma, Jamal, Sofia) and last names (Smith, Brown, Rodriguez); we also ALWAYS capitalize days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, etc.) and months of the year (January, February, etc.); we do NOT capitalize common nouns - regular words for things like cat, dog, book, ball, house (unless they start a sentence). The sentence contains a month and a common noun; 'September' is a specific month needing a capital, while 'School' is shown capitalized but is a common noun here and should be lowercase. Choice C is correct because 'September' should have a capital letter as it's a month, a proper noun. Choice D represents over-capitalization; students make this error by capitalizing 'School' thinking it's special, but it's a common noun unless it's a specific name like 'Lincoln School'. To help students, practice distinguishing like 'September' (specific month - capital) vs 'month' (general), and 'school' (common) vs 'Lincoln School' (proper); use anchor charts. Watch for capitalizing common nouns and teach 'Specific = capital, general = lowercase!'; connect months to school starting in September.

This question tests 1st grade capitalization of names and dates (CCSS.L.1.2.a: Capitalize dates and names of people). Capital letters (big letters, uppercase) are used for specific, special words; we ALWAYS capitalize names of people - both first names (Emma, Jamal, Sofia) and last names (Smith, Brown, Rodriguez); we also ALWAYS capitalize days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, etc.) and months of the year (January, February, etc.); we do NOT capitalize common nouns - regular words for things like cat, dog, book, ball, house (unless they start a sentence). The sentence contains a name that needs a capital letter; 'brown' is part of a person's name (last name), which is a proper noun - a specific name for a specific person. Choice C is correct because the word 'brown' needs to be capitalized as 'Brown' since it's a person's last name, which always starts with a capital letter. Choice B represents over-capitalization of common nouns; students make this error because they capitalize words that are important but aren't proper nouns (like 'Crayons' because crayons are fun). To help students: Practice full names (e.g., 'Jamal Brown'), and create sorts for proper vs common nouns ('Brown' as name vs 'brown' as color). Make anchor chart: 'Always Capitalize: Names (Emma Smith), Days (Monday), Months (March), I, Start of sentence;' watch for forgetting last name capitals (Jamal brown).

This question tests 1st grade capitalization of names and dates (CCSS.L.1.2.a: Capitalize dates and names of people). Capital letters (big letters, uppercase) are used for specific, special words; we ALWAYS capitalize names of people - both first names (Emma, Jamal, Sofia) and last names (Smith, Brown, Rodriguez); we also ALWAYS capitalize days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, etc.) and months of the year (January, February, etc.); we do NOT capitalize common nouns - regular words for things like cat, dog, book, ball, house (unless they start a sentence). The sentence contains a name that needs a capital letter; 'emma' is a person's name, which is a proper noun - a specific name for a specific person. Choice C is correct because the word 'emma' needs to be capitalized as 'Emma' since it's a person's first name, a proper noun requiring a capital letter at the start. Choice B represents over-capitalization; students make this error because they're learning which words are 'special' (proper nouns) and which are 'regular' (common nouns), and they might capitalize common nouns like 'ball' if they think it's important, but it's a general word, not a specific name. To help students, create proper noun vs common noun sorts - 'Emma' (proper - name) vs 'girl' (common - any girl), and use highlighters to mark names that need capitals; practice with the class by asking 'Is it a SPECIFIC NAME or a GENERAL WORD? Specific name = capital!' Make an anchor chart: 'Always Capitalize: Names (Emma Smith), Days (Monday), Months (March), I, Start of sentence. Do Not Capitalize: Regular things (cat, book, ball, house)'; watch for students who forget capitals on names or capitalize everything important to them like 'my Ball'.

We capitalize people's names. Maya and Williams are both names. Each name needs a big letter first.

This question tests 1st grade capitalization of names and dates (CCSS.L.1.2.a: Capitalize dates and names of people). Capital letters (big letters, uppercase) are used for specific, special words; we ALWAYS capitalize names of people - both first names (Emma, Jamal, Sofia) and last names (Smith, Brown, Rodriguez); we also ALWAYS capitalize days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, etc.) and months of the year (January, February, etc.); we do NOT capitalize common nouns - regular words for things like cat, dog, book, ball, house (unless they start a sentence). The sentence contains a day of the week that needs a capital letter; 'monday' is part of a date - a specific day of the week. Choice B is correct because the day 'monday' is capitalized correctly as 'Monday' because days of the week always get capital letters. Choice A represents missing capitalization; students make this error because they forget that days are proper nouns (specific names) or don't recognize days as needing capitals, treating them like common nouns (like 'day'). To help students: Create proper noun vs common noun sorts - 'Monday' (proper - specific day) vs 'day' (common - any day), and practice discriminating proper vs common nouns ('Monday' needs capital, 'day' doesn't). Use highlighters: highlight dates that need capitals; make anchor chart: 'Always Capitalize: Names (Emma Smith), Days (Monday), Months (March), I, Start of sentence.'

This tests capitalizing month names. March needs one capital M. We don't use all capitals for months.

We capitalize people's names. Carlos is a person's name. Names need big letters to start.