NAME OF STUDENT: Victoria Staker SCHOOL: West Middle Island

CHILD STUDY COURSE: CS 414 DATE OF LESSON: 02/25/2021

COOPERATING TEACHER: Mrs. Alexandre GRADE: 2nd GROUP SIZE: 24
SPECIFIC LESSON: Capitalization
CURRICULUM AREA: English Language Arts

Central Focus:
Learn the common rules of capitalization.

Learning Objective:
• Students will learn the most common rules for capitalization.
• Students will be able to modify/change a piece of writing for capitalization errors.

NYS Common Core Standard(s):

Language
Conventions of Standard English
L.2.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Rationale:
Previously, the students have been writing opinion pieces but were in need of some support
incorporating the conventions of writing. In the lesson, the students will review some of the
common capitalization errors, discussing when to use a capital letter and why it is important, and
demonstrate command of the conventions of writing through correcting sentences. In the future,
students will be able to apply their editing rules of capitalization to their own writing.

Materials:
• Capitalization book: Martin, J. M., & Phillips, M. (2004). The mega-deluxe capitalization
machine. New York, NY: Scholastic.
• Capitalization presentation
• Smartboard and Smartboard markers
• Capitalization anchor chart
• PWB (dry erase board) and dry erase marker
• Fix the capitalization mistakes worksheet
• Writing Prompt worksheet
• Pencil

Development/Procedures:
Introduction/Motivation Instructional Strategies:
To begin the lesson, the teacher will say to the class, “So, I know you all have been doing lots of
writing and everyone has done such a good job. I am so proud of you, but I have noticed when
walking around that we need a refresher on when to capitalize.” The teacher will ask the students
to share some reasons why we use a capital letter. The teacher will also ask the students why it is
important to use a capital letter (It is important in writing to show readers the importance of
specific words and to indication change in meanings such as a beginning of a sentence, to show
important words in a title, and to signal proper names and official titles.).
I know a lot of you have been doing really good writing in the class and as I’ve been walking
around I’ve noticed that we do need a little bit of practice when to capitalize. So, today we are
going to review when to capitalize.

Instructional Strategies:
1. The teacher will explain that she is going to read a book to help with the rules of
capitalization. The teacher will read the book, The mega-deluxe capitalization machine to
the class to help the class focus of capitalization and to grasp the essential rules of usage
and mechanics.
2. During the book, the teacher will ask the students questions.
Cover: What do you this book will be about? Why do you think that? (Look at the
cover and use clues)
Page 1: So Cindy is very excited about the science fair and I know some of you
have the science fair coming up. What do you think Cindy’s robot is able to do?
Do you think that it can fly?
Page 2: What do you think is going to happen next? What is going to happen to
the piece of paper?
Page 6: If you could go anywhere in the world, what city or country would you go
to?
3. After the book, the teacher will say, “Sometimes we make some capitalization mistakes
when writing and if we are using a computer, the software can identify those errors, but
on paper we need to change them ourselves when editing our work.” The teacher will
share an anchor chart with the basic rules for capitalization to review. The teacher will
call on students to read the rules aloud.
4. The teacher will share a presentation about capitalization in which the teacher will allow
the students to actively engage, participating on their PWB and one student coming up to
the board (The presentation will have the students drag the check mark to the sentence
that is correct, identify what is wrong in the sentence or what needs to be changed, drag
the arrows to where a capital letter should go, and rewrite the sentence in the box,
correctly).

Academic Language:
• Capitalization

Differentiation:
• For students who need extra help, the students will be able to highlight the errors on the
worksheet, so they know what needs to be modified when rewriting the new sentence.
• For the students who need enrichment, the teacher will provide the students with a
separate writing prompt after they finish their fix the capitalization mistakes worksheet.

Technology Component:
Technology will be incorporated into the lesson through the use of the classroom Smartboard.
The book, The mega-deluxe capitalization machine will be presented on the Smartboard because
the students aren’t allowed to sit on the carpet due to the current pandemic. This will allow the
students to be able to see the book and read along. The Smartboard will also be incorporated
through the capitalization presentation. The students will be able to come up to the board and
interact with the activities in the presentation.

Closure:
As closure, the students will complete the fix the capitalization mistakes worksheet
independently to show what they have learned and if they apply the capitalization rules to
modify/change the sentences present on the worksheet. The students will have fifteen minutes to
complete (Those students who finish earlier will read their book independently).

Assessment:
Informal: The students will participate in the class discussions. The students will also participate
during the presentation through use of the Smartboard and through the use of their PWB. The
teacher will walk around to make sure the students are on task.
Formal: The teacher will check the student’s fix the capitalization mistakes worksheet.

Re-engagement:
For any student(s) who did not understand the lesson, the teacher will have the student(s) work in
small groups or one-to-one. The teacher will break down the lesson completely, having the
capitalization anchor chart out to review the rules of capitalization again. Once going over the
rules again, the teacher will work on sentences that have errors in capitalization, one sentence at
a time.
Capitalization book

Cover

Title Page and Page 1

Pages 2 and 3

Pages 4 and 5
Pages 6 and 7

Pages 8 and 9
Pages 10 and 11

Pages 12 and 13
Pages 14 and 15
Capitalization Presentation
Fix the capitalization mistakes worksheet

Writing Prompt worksheet