Dragana Custic

Day 1 of 1

Grade: 1
Subject: Grammar

Date: December 4, 2015

Time: 20-30 minutes

Cognitive Level(s) of Lesson: Application

Objective:
Students will be able to:
Learning: Identify the correct capitalization of holidays
Behavior: by completing a Holiday Capitalization Worksheet
Condition: after engaging in a Smart Board capitalization review activity.
NJCCCS Addressed:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing
or speaking.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.A
Print all upper- and lowercase letters.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and
spelling when writing.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.2.A
Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.8
With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather
information from provided sources to answer a question.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1
Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and
texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.1.A
Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a
time about the topics and texts under discussion).
Instructional Strategies
Opening:

Good morning boys and girls! Today we are going to be learning about the capitalization of
many holidays that we are familiar with. First, we will be reviewing the capitalization of days of
the week and months in a year from our previous class. Then, I will give you a worksheet on
holiday capitalization that will allow you to be creative and show me if you have developed an
understanding of how holidays should be capitalized. Lets begin! (Anticipatory Set)
Presentation:
1. The teacher will divide the class into four groups of six. The teacher will instruct the
students to change their seats and sit with their group members. (Classroom
Organization)
2. The teacher will pull up the Smart Board review activity. The teacher will ask the
students if they remember what a proper noun is. Anticipated Responses: names of
people places things (Checking for Understanding)
3. The teacher asks the students what is special about proper nouns. Anticipated
Responses: they start with capital letters they need capital letters (Assessment of
Background Knowledge)
4. The teacher will begin by going over the capitalization of the days of the week on the
Smart Board. (Review)
5. The teacher will use the Dr. Seuss pointer and have the students echo read the names of
the days of the week and call on different students to tell her what needs to be capitalized
in each day.
6. Next, the teacher will call students up to the Smart Board to circle what needs to
capitalized in the sentences provided. The teacher will ask the students to explain why
they circled the letters they circled.
7. If the student has circled the wrong things, the teacher will ask the student to call on
another classmate who knows the correct answer to explain it.
8. In the next two slides, the teacher will ask the students to echo read the names of the
months of the year and the holidays.
9. The teacher will once again call on students to come up and fix the sentences by circling
what needs to be capitalized.
10. The students will be asked to explain their answer.
11. The teacher will tell the students that the reason they are separated into four groups of six
is that each student in the group will have a chance to complete each question on the
worksheet that the teacher will be passing out to them.
Guided Practice:
12. The teacher will tell the students to put their name and date on their worksheets.
13. The teacher will tell them that if all the tables have their name and date on their paper,
they can put their names in the bucket, showing that they are being good bucket fillers by
paying attention to teachers directions.
14. The teacher will model her worksheet on the ladybug overhead projector for the students.
(Modeling)
15. The teacher will read the box above the directions on the worksheet first to remind the
students what capitalization is and what it is used for.
16. The teacher will then read the directions to the students. The teacher will explain that the
students must rewrite each holiday below with a capital letter on the line next to it. After

they are finished writing each holiday using a capital letter, the teacher will explain that
they have to write a sentence using each holiday they are fixing on the bigger line
underneath. (Input)
17. The teacher will then model question one to the students to show the correct way to
complete the worksheet, giving the students a visual, instead of just having them listen to
directions. The students who are assigned question one in the groups will be asked to use
the teachers example as a model for the first part of the question, but be required to try
and come up with their own sentences for the second part of the question. (Modeling)
18. The teacher will leave her visual up for students to look at to help them complete the rest
of the worksheet.
19. The teacher will assign each student in the group a number to complete on the worksheet.
The teacher will explain that the students in the group can all help one another work on
each question.
20. The teacher will tell the students to raise their hand if they need any help. The teacher
will be walking around the room and monitoring their progress.
Closure:
21. The teacher will call on each student in the group to share their answers.
22. The teacher will ask the students to think back to the beginning of the lesson and tell her
what makes proper nouns so special and different. Anticipated Responses: need
capital letters start with capitals The teacher emphasizes that proper nouns are names
of important and special things. The teacher tells the students to remember that if
something is the first letter of a sentence, it needs to be capitalized. If it is the name of a
specific day or month, it needs to start with a capital letter, and if it is the name of a
specific holiday that is very special to many cultures, it should always be capitalized as
well. (Summary of Major Points)
23. The teacher will remind the students that it is important to know what to capitalize and
what not to capitalize. Important things like days of the week, months of the year, and
holidays are all special parts of our everyday lives. Every day is different from the day
that comes after it, every month is different as the months change, and every holiday is
celebrated at different times. Since they are so unique to our lives, we have to make sure
to always capitalize them. (Tying Coherent Parts to a Whole)
Assessment:
Formative: The teacher will use an exit slip and ask the students to write down their favorite
capitalization activity. (Smart Board or worksheet)
Individual Measurability: The teacher will observe each student by walking around the room
and monitoring their work and help those who need assistance. The teacher will give each
student the opportunity to complete a question on the worksheet.
Summative: The teacher will give the students a test on the capitalization of the days of the
week, months of the year, and holidays.
Differentiation:
Varying Content: The lesson will be presented through visual, auditory, and kinesthetic means.

Varying Process: The teacher will be teaching capitalization through a Smartboard activity and a
worksheet. The students will be split up into four groups of six and complete their own questions
on the worksheet.
Varying Product: Students with higher level thinking will be asked to complete a more complex
worksheet. Students in ESL will be asked to write the letter that needs to be capitalized and will
not be required to rewrite the whole holiday, instead they can draw a picture representing each
holiday next to the capital letter.
Technology: Smartboard, Ladybug Projector