Teacher Resources for Instructional Planning


Kindergarten, Language Arts Language Mechanics: Capitalize names and the first word of sentences (kindergarten writing benchmark)

Lesson Plans: A Friend Is... In a response to literature, students will work on capitalization and punctuation. Lug and the Giant Stork - Capital Letters This lesson plan utilizes an online game that teaches recognition of capital letters. What's in a Name? Teaching Concepts of Letter and Word Understanding that those ABCs in the song are letters that we use to make words is a big leap for many kindergarten students. We can use something as familiar and nonthreatening as their names and the names of their classmates as a starting place for reading and writing.

Resources: The Sentence Song: This song teaches the basics about writing a sentence. Read the lyrics and listen to a clip of the song. Early Childhood Writing : These organizers show students how to write sentences. They will be given the opportunity to practice using a capital letter to begin the sentences.
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