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Lesson Plan

Capitalization? It's in the Bag!

In this lesson, students engage in a fun activity that involves pulling out words from a brown lunch bag. Give your kids a fun way to prove that they've have mastered the rules of capitalization.
Grade:
Fourth Grade
Subjects:
English Language Arts
Grammar and Mechanics
Parts of Speech
Nouns
Common and Proper Nouns
View aligned standards
L.4.2.a

Learning Objectives

Students will understand that proper nouns should be capitalized.

Introduction

(10 minutes)
  • Tell students they will be playing a game in today’s lesson; however, they must learn the rules first.
  • The game rules are also the rules of capitalization, so tell them they will be reviewing those rules before they can play the game.
  • Display your capitalization rules anchor chart where all students can see it.
  • Emphasize that common nouns don't need to be capitalized, but proper nouns do.