Forgetting capitals and periods
Your child writes long strings of words with no capital letters and no periods. Knowing where a sentence ends is new for young writers, and it gets better with short, regular checking.
For: Parents, teachers and therapists of children aged 4 to 8
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- Young writers focus on ideas, letters and spelling; punctuation comes last.
- Knowing what a sentence is takes time: who + does what.
- A checklist helps them remember.
What helps
- Read the writing aloud together: where do you stop?
- Build sentences: who + does what.
- Fix other people’s sentences first.
- A short checklist at the end: capital, spaces, period.
The planstep by step.
1Fix it
Fix sentences with missing capitals and periods.
2End marks
Period, question mark, exclamation mark.
3Build and check
Build sentences and use a checklist.
Questions
Questions about capitals and periods
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When should children use periods?
Related packs
Sources
The LetterSchool app
Between worksheets: practise in the app
The same letter shapes as this sheet, with instant feedback on every line, animations and stars. Children play, and learn the right formation.