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1st grade · English Language Arts · Unit 6 of 17

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.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 1.11(D) · 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 Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 6 of 17 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: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

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 mark goes at the end?

    I like my hat

    • ?
    • .
    • ,

  2. Question 2

    Which sentence is written the right way?

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

  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 word is a naming word?

    • wet
    • pencil
    • eat

  5. Question 5

    Which one is a whole sentence?

    • The dog runs fast.
    • Runs very fast.
    • The big dog.

  6. Question 6

    Which word needs a capital letter?

    • ball
    • kenji
    • cat

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