[16] Revised Capitilisation

Using capital letters –
Beginning of a sentence
and names of characters

The mice are looking for cheese. Little mouse, Jeremy, jumps on the table.

He searches for the cheese. Didi, the cat, looks at the mice hungrily. He,

too, wants a meal.

What do you notice?

All the sentences begin with a _________________ letter.

All the names begin with a _________________ letter.

Write the names of the cat and mouse below.

Cat’s name : ____________ Mouse’s name : ____________

SKILLS 1

Discovering two uses of the capital letters: beginning
of sentence and name of a character

Using capital letters
- Greetings

Good morning, Good morning,
Mrs Lim! Arthur!

What does each greeting start with? Yes / No
Does it start with a capital letter? Yes / No
Do the names begin with a capital letter?

Using capital letters -
Taking about myself

I am seven years old.
I go to Bedok Primary School.
I take the school bus every day.

What do you notice about “I”? Yes / No
Is it a capital letter?

SKILLS 2

Discovering two uses of the capital letters: greetings and
talking about myself (I)

Using capital letters - Days of
the week & Months of the year

* Days of the week
Jessica’s dairy

Monday – Tuesday – Wednesday – Thursday –
It’s a lovely No spelling! No grammar! Hooray! The

day! I pray. Please say. sun is out
today.

Friday – Saturday – Sunday –
I spy a There’s no I will be
colourful playing the
school whole day.
jay. today.

* Months of the year
All the months of the year begin with a capital letter.

January February March April

May June July August

September October November December

SKILLS 3

Discovering and understanding uses of capital letters: days of
the week and months of the year

Using capital letters
Names of people

Read the poem about Peta’s aunties.

Auntie Trix is kind, All my Aunties

Auntie Rose has all sorts of ideas on her mind,

Auntie Christine is a teacher for all times,

Auntie Vivien is everything good, you will find,

Auntie Joyce always makes things shine,

Auntie Phyllis likes to make things rhyme.

How many aunties does Peta have? ____________
What are their names? (Remember to start each name with a capital letter)

___________________________ ___________________________
___________________________ ___________________________
___________________________ ___________________________

SKILLS 4

Discovering and understanding the uses of capital letter:
names of people