Full Stops and Capital Letters - PowerPoint

A set of English teaching resources is available to help Key Stage 1 students learn the importance of using capital letters and full stops correctly in their writing. The lesson focuses on the fundamental rules that a sentence should always start with a capital letter and end with a full stop. Through the PowerPoint presentation, children are taught to identify and correct sentences that lack these essential punctuation marks. For instance, they are shown sentences like "it is my birthday" and instructed to rewrite them with the correct punctuation: "It is my birthday." This exercise helps to reinforce the concept that capitalisation and punctuation are crucial components of clear and proper sentence structure.

Further engaging activities are provided, including worksheets where students must rewrite sentences with the appropriate capital letters and full stops. Examples given for correction include "you are funny" which should be corrected to "You are funny." and "my dog is in the garden" which should be rewritten as "My dog is in the garden." Additionally, the resources offer exercises where students have to rearrange jumbled words to form coherent sentences and then punctuate them correctly. For example, the words "i", "love", "my", "cat" should be arranged to form the sentence "I love my cat." To complement the learning experience, interactive games are also suggested, prompting students to apply their knowledge in a fun and educational way. These resources not only teach the rules of capitalisation and punctuation but also encourage students to practice and apply these rules to improve their writing skills.