Subscribe

1st grade · English Language Arts · Unit 6 of 13

Sentences

Capitals, periods and more

What your child practices

Starting sentences and names with a capital letter, ending with a period or question mark, telling whole sentences from parts, counting words and finding naming words.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 1.L.1; 1.L.2 · writing complete sentences with capitals and end marks

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A sentence starts with a capital letter.
  2. Names start with a capital too, like Ravi.
  3. A telling sentence ends with a period.

Example: Which word needs a capital letter? “I saw ravi.” Ravi is a name. Names start with a capital. Answer: ravi

Sentences in Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 6 of 13 in 1st grade English Language Arts, after Sight Words and before Story Time.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Arizona Department of Education

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    How many words are in this sentence?

    We can play.

    • 3
    • 4
    • 2

  2. Question 2

    Which mark goes at the end?

    The bus is big

    • ?
    • .
    • ,

  3. Question 3

    Which sentence is written the right way?

    • I see a bug
    • i see a bug.
    • I see a bug.

  4. Question 4

    Which one is a whole sentence?

    • In the snow.
    • We play in the snow.
    • The cold snow.

  5. Question 5

    Which mark goes at the end?

    Where is my sock

    • ?
    • ,
    • .

  6. Question 6

    Which sentence is written the right way?

    • Leo can hop
    • leo can hop.
    • Leo can hop.

More 1st grade