3b. Can use capital letters accurately, including for proper nouns - Middleton Primary School
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3b. Can use capital letters
accurately, including for proper
nouns.
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Example 2017
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Teachers’ Notes This therapy begins by revising pupils’ understanding of nouns. It moves on to explore what a proper noun is: a name used for an individual person, place, or organisation, spelled with an initial capital letter e.g. London, Mr.Jenkins, The Red Cross. The use of a capital letter for proper nouns is then modelled and exemplified. Finally, pupils have the opportunity to practise the skill.
What is a noun?
Nouns are words which identify people, places or things.
All of the words in red are
The pencil rolled across the table. examples of nouns. They
identify the places, things
or people (animals) in the
At the zoo, the tiger paced in his cage. sentence.
The dog jumped up and barked at the police officer.Your turn: can you identify the nouns in these sentences? On the beach she found some beautiful shells. When they went to the swimming pool, the water was cold! When he connected the crocodile clip, the light bulb lit up. On the beach she found some beautiful shells. When they went to the swimming pool, the water was cold! When he connected the crocodile clip, the light bulb lit up.
Proper Nouns
Now that you can identify
nouns, we are going to look at James ran across the playground
some special types of noun: to talk to Kaitlyn.
PROPER NOUNS.
Playground is a noun.
These are the actual names of
people and places.
James and Kaitlyn are nouns
which are also actual names of
THEY ALWAYS BEGIN WITH A the children so they are known as
CAPITAL LETTER! PROPER NOUNS.Proper Nouns
Can you As she woke up, Tania remembered it was her
identify the birthday.
PROPER
NOUNS in When they visited London Zoo, they were able to feed
the giraffes.
these
sentences? As a treat, the whole family visited Florida.Proper Nouns
As she woke up, Tania remembered it
How did you
was her birthday.
do?
When they visited London Zoo, they
were able to feed the giraffes.
As a treat, the whole family visited
Florida.Challenge: can you write down a proper noun
for each category:
a town a football
a country team
a film title a television
programmeSpot the mistake!
Which nouns in The capital city of france is paris.
these
sentences are At the sleepover, tom didn’t stop talking.
proper nouns?
Write them It is very sad to think that african elephants are killed
for their ivory.
out, putting in
the missing The england women’s cricket team won the
capital letters. tournament.How did you do? The capital city of France is Paris. At the sleepover, Tom didn’t stop talking! It is very sad to think that African elephants are killed for their ivory. The England women’s cricket team won the tournament.
Practising capital letters for proper nouns.
All About Me.
Make your own version
My name is Usain Bolt. of ‘All About Me’, making
sure you use capital
I was born in Jamaica. letters for all of the
My birthday is August 21st. PROPER NOUNS.
My nickname is ‘Lightning
Bolt’.
I have a brother called Sadiki
and a sister called Shrine.You can also read
