Capitals and end marks worksheets
Aligned with Common Core L.1.2
Printable worksheets for first-grade capitals and punctuation: choosing a period, question mark or exclamation mark, finding letters that should be capitals, fixing sentences, and writing names, days and months.
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My Writing Checklist
Six things to check before writing is done, with examples.
Pick the End Mark
Ten sentences missing their end marks. Some tell, some ask and some show a big feeling. Matches L.1.2b.
Fix the Capitals
Eight sentences written in all lowercase. Circle every letter that should be a capital. Matches L.1.2a.
Fix It Up
Five sentences with no capital and no end mark. Write each one the right way.
Names, Days and Months
Twelve words to write. Names, days and months get a capital. Other words do not. Matches L.1.2a.
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What it is
Every sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a mark. A period ends a telling sentence, a question mark ends an asking sentence, and an exclamation mark shows a strong feeling. First graders also learn that names, days of the week, months and the word I always get a capital.
What comes next
Spelling with phonics patterns, so words are spelled the way they sound.
How to teach it
- Read sentences out loud with expression. Your voice goes up for a question and gets excited for an exclamation.
- Make a capital checklist together. First word, names, days, months and I.
- Have your child reread their own writing and touch the first letter and the last mark of each sentence.
- Keep it positive. Hunting for missing capitals can feel like a game, not a correction.
Common mistakes
- Writing a lowercase i for the word I.
- Forgetting the capital on names of days and months.
- Putting a period at the end of a question.
- Using capitals in the middle of words, like caT.