Capitalization and

Punctuation
MS. MCKENZIE’S KINDERGARDEN CL ASS
WRITING SKILLS
 Standard 5.1 Capitalize the first word in
a sentence and the pronoun.
STANDARDS
Standard 5.2 Recognize and name end
punctuation.
 • Students will be able to
correctly punctuate the end of a sentence

• SWBAT identify the different

punctuation marks
OBJECTIVES
• SWBAT capitalize the beginning of
a sentence

• SWBAT know when to Capitalize

pronouns
 Question Mark

Exclamation Mark

Period

REMOVE THE BOXES TO REVEAL WHAT

THE THREE PUNCTUATION MARKS LOOK
LIKE
 • Period- This mark goes at a end of a
statement.
Different • Question Mark- This is used after
Punctuation someone has asked a question.
Marks • Exclamation Mark- This is used at the end
of a sentence that is told in excitement or
yelling.
 A) Nouns

B) Vowels

C) The pronoun “I”, names, the

word at the beginning of the
sentence, and specific places

WHAT SHOULD ALWAYS BE CAPITALIZED?

A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun
in a sentence. Anna has a purple bow in
her hair. The pronoun "her" saved us from
repeating the name Anna again. Pronouns
include I, me, mine, she, he, it, we, and
us.

WHAT ARE PRONOUNS?

 The pronoun “I”
is always
ALWAYS A RULE capitalized. In
TO REMEMBER
the middle of a
sentence of at
the beginning.
 No matter what the word
CAPITALIZATION
is, the first word of every
AT BEGINNING
OF SENTENCES sentence needs to be
capitalized.
Names will always be
capitalized. At the beginning of
a sentence, middle, and even
end. Also, specific places are
always capitalized.
NAMES AND PL ACES
 The dog is running across the field

Who's dog is running across the

field

Hurry and get the dog running

across the field

DRAG THE CORRECT PUNCTUATION TO THE SENTENCES

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