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Marks on the Pantry Door

Read a short story about a family's height marks, then capitalize the names of people, the days of the week, and the months in dates.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.1.2.a

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students capitalize the names of people.
  • Students capitalize the days of the week and the months in dates.
  • Students tell names and dates apart from words that stay lowercase.

How to use

Read the story aloud and have students point to each name and date. Then let them answer on their own and check the capital letters together.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.1.2.a

Capitalize dates and the names of people.

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Name Date

Marks on the Pantry Door

Use capital letters for names, days, and months.

Read the story

Ama tells about the marks on her family's pantry door. Read the story.

Marks on the Pantry Door

1In our kitchen, there is a white pantry door. My family uses it to see how much we grow. Our dad makes a pencil mark over each head.

2Next to each mark, he writes a name and a date. My big brother Kofi has a mark from March 3. My little sister Hana has a mark from May 21.

3Today is Sunday, October 5. I stand tall with my back to the door. Our dad draws a line and writes Ama next to it. I am taller than my mark from April!

4After lunch, my cousin Luis comes to visit. He wants a mark too! Our dad writes Luis and October 5 next to his line.

Names of people

A person's name starts with a capital letter, like Kofi. Words like brother, sister, and cousin stay small.

1.
Ama forgot the capital letters for the names in this sentence. Underline the two names.
Our dad gave kofi and luis a pencil.

dadgavekofiluispencil

2.
Answer with a name from the story. Start each name with a capital letter.

The big brother is  .
The little sister is  .
The cousin who comes after lunch is  .

3.
Which word in this sentence needs a capital letter?
My sister hands the pencil to ama.
  • A. pencil
  • B. ama
  • C. sister
  • D. hands
4.
In paragraph 4, why does the word Luis start with a capital letter?
  • A. It is the first word of a sentence.
  • B. It is the name of a month.
  • C. It is the name of a person.
  • D. It is a day of the week.

Days and months

The days of the week and the months start with a capital letter, like Sunday and May 21.

5.
Read paragraphs 2 and 3. Write the missing day or month. Start it with a capital letter.

Kofi has a mark from   3.
Hana has a mark from   21.
Today is  , October 5.

6.
Ama wrote a note for the fridge. Underline the one word that needs a capital letter.
Next friday we will make new marks.

fridaywewillmakenewmarks

7.
Our dad writes a label next to Kofi's mark. Which label is written correctly?
  • A. kofi, March 3
  • B. Kofi, march 3
  • C. kofi, march 3
  • D. Kofi, March 3
8.
Write each word or date again. Use a capital letter.

april →  
saturday →  
july 30 →  

9.
Circle every word that needs a capital letter.

kofidoorpencilaprilsundaylunchkitchenhana

10.
Pretend you get a mark on the pantry door today. Write a sentence with your name and today's date. Use capital letters.

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