Kids Academy worksheet: "Fix the Story: Capitalization" - a fun circus-themed activity for learning proper noun and sentence capitalization.

Let’s go through the story and find all the words that need a capital letter.

We’re looking for:
- The first word of each sentence → always capitalized.
- Proper nouns (names of people, places, days, months) → always capitalized.

Here’s the story line by line:

1. “on a friday afternoon aiden went to the”
→ “on” is start of sentence → should be On
→ “friday” is a day → should be Friday
→ “aiden” is a name → should be Aiden

2. “circus. it was october. it was windy”
→ “it” after period → start of new sentence → It
→ “october” is a month → October
→ “it” again after period → It

3. “in chicago. aiden put his jacket on.”
→ “in” after period → In
→ “chicago” is a city → Chicago
→ “aiden” again → Aiden

4. “at the circus there was a hippo riding”
→ “at” after period → At

5. “a unicycle. the hippo’s name was toby.”
→ “the” after period → The
→ “toby” is a name → Toby

6. “toby played the drums. the cute”
→ “toby” again → Toby
→ “the” after period → The

7. “performer delighted aiden!”
→ No new sentence here — but “aiden” is still a name → Aiden

Also note: The title “AT THE CIRCUS” already has capitals — so we don’t change that.

Now let’s write out the corrected version with only the words that needed fixing marked (as if tracing under them):

Original:
on a friday afternoon aiden went to the
circus. it was october. it was windy
in chicago. aiden put his jacket on.
at the circus there was a hippo riding
a unicycle. the hippo’s name was toby.
toby played the drums. the cute
performer delighted aiden!

Corrected (with changes shown in bold for clarity — though you’d trace under these in the worksheet):
On a Friday afternoon Aiden went to the
circus. It was October. It was windy
In Chicago. Aiden put his jacket on.
At the circus there was a hippo riding
a unicycle. The hippo’s name was Toby.
Toby played the drums. The cute
performer delighted Aiden!

So the words that need capital letters are:

On, Friday, Aiden, It, October, It, In, Chicago, Aiden, At, The, Toby, Toby, The, Aiden

But since the task says “trace the dotted line under the words that need a capital letter,” we list them as they appear in order in the text.

Final Answer:
On, Friday, Aiden, It, October, It, In, Chicago, Aiden, At, The, Toby, Toby, The, Aiden