Blog or Wiki Address: https://firstgradeteaching.blogspot.com/2017/08/foundational-skills-for-first-grade.html
Subject Matter: Writing/Grammar
Grade Level: 1st Grade
Lesson Objective:
Learners will demonstrate knowledge of/understanding of/ability to:
Reading Standards for Foundational Skills K–5
1. Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print. a. Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation).
Innovative Designer
Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions.
Website Addresses Used as Resources:
1. http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/finalelaccssstandards.pdf
2. http://www.iste.org/standards/standards/for-students#startstandards
3. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/34691859610806537/
4. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Fix-It-Up-Sentences-2838613
5. http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/capitalization_punctuation_language_arts_first_1st_grade.htm
Student Research Questions:
Essential Question:
How do you know when you have a complete sentence?
1. Does the first word of a sentence needs to be capitalized?
2. What goes at the end of sentence when it stops?
3. Do you capitalize someone's name?
4. What is the punctuation called when you are asking a question?
5. Does the city or state need to be capitalized? Or both?
6. What is the punctuation called when you are shouting at someone?
7. The months of the year, do they need to be capitalized?
8. Do you capitalize the days of the week?
9. Which holidays do you capitalize?
10. The title of the books you read, are they capitalized?
Assessment:
It has so many fun games to choose from that the students can accelerate by learning their punctuation and capitalization. I can assess the students by seeing if they have completed the levels of the games. The games will let the students move forward once they have completed each level. Besides the games, I can assess the students by quizzing them on what to capitalize and what punctuations are needed at the end of a sentence. I can, also, assess the students by giving them a title to start with and they can write a few sentences to make a story out of it. Another assessment that I can give to the students is a short story with punctuation and capitalization mistakes and the students need to find the mistakes.
