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All About Nosey

From the February 2021 Issue
Common Core Standards
  • L2.2A Capitalization
TEKS Standards
  • English Language Arts
    (11) Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts—writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions. The student is expected to: (D) edit drafts using standard English conventions, including: (ix) capitalization of months, days of the week, and the salutation and conclusion of a letter.

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Here are some facts about Nosey. But uh-oh! We made some mistakes with capital and lowercase letters. Find all 9 mistakes.

Rules

  • Capitalize the first letter of a sentence.
  • Capitalize the word “I.”
  • Capitalize the names of people.
  • Capitalize names of places such as roads, cities, states, and countries.

1) nosey’s favorite snack is apples.

2) she can’t eat Chocolate. That’s bad for dogs.

3) My friend and i wanted to know nosey’s favorite color.

4) Her Favorite color is yellow.

5) Nosey lives in a house on bone Road. It is filled with books.

6) what does Nosey love to do most? She loves to read and sniff out Facts.

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