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Cool Capitals

Cool Capitals
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Description

This simple worksheet will help your students to begin to develop their editing skills as they decode basic sentences and identify where the capital letters belong.

Use as a teacher led, whole class or literacy group activity.
 

Suitable for
  • Relief Teachers
Lesson Structure
  • Individual Activity
  • Rotations / Group Work
  • Class Activity
Curriculum Codes

AC9EFLY06 9

Create and participate in shared editing of short written texts to record and report ideas and events using some learnt vocabulary, basic sentence boundary punctuation and spelling some consonant–vowel–consonant words correctly

AC9EFLA09 9

Identify punctuation as a feature of written text different from letters; recognise that capital letters are used for names, and that capital letters also signal the beginning of sentences while punctuation marks signal the end

ACELA1432 8.4

Understand that punctuation is a feature of written text different from letters; recognise how capital letters are used for names, and that capital letters and full stops signal the beginning and end of sentences

ACELY1652 8.4

Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops

ACELY1654 8.4

Construct texts using software including word processing programs

ACELY1651 8.4

Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge

ENe-9B old

Demonstrates developing skills and knowledge in grammar, punctuation and vocabulary when responding to and composing texts

ENe-2A old

Composes simple texts to convey an idea or message

ENe-3A old

Produces most lower case and upper case letters and uses digital technologies to construct texts

ENE-PRINT-01 new

Tracks written text from left to right and from top to bottom of the page and identifies visual and spatial features of print

ENE-CWT-01 new

Creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences

ENE-SPELL-01 new

Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies to spell taught familiar and high-frequency words when creating texts

ENE-VOCAB-01 new

Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts

ENE-HANDW-01 new

Produces all lower-case and upper-case letters to create texts

ENE-UARL-01 new

Understands and responds to literature read to them

VCELA156

Understand that punctuation is a feature of written text different from letters and recognise how capital letters are used for names, and that capital letters and full stops signal the beginning and end of sentences

VCELY161

Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops

VCELY160

Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge

VCELY163

Construct texts using software including word processing programs

Differentiation

Modifications

Some students may benefit working in a small teacher-led group to have the sentence read out loud for them.
 

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