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1st grade · English Language Arts · Unit 6 of 19

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.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: 1L1; 1L2 · 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 New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 6 of 19 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: New York State Education Department (NYSED)

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

    Which word is a naming word?

    • soft
    • hop
    • car

  2. Question 2

    Which word needs a capital letter?

    • maya
    • park
    • tree

  3. Question 3

    Which sentence is written the right way?

    • we like to play.
    • We like to play
    • We like to play.

  4. Question 4

    Which mark goes at the end?

    The dog can run

    • ,
    • .
    • ?

  5. Question 5

    Which sentence is written the right way?

    • Mom and I sit.
    • mom and I sit.
    • Mom and I sit

  6. Question 6

    Which mark goes at the end?

    What is in the box

    • ?
    • ,
    • .

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