1st Grade Capitalization Worksheets: Free Capitalization Practice ... - Free Printable

Let's solve the "Fix the Story: Capitalization" worksheet step by step.

🎪 Task:

Trace the dotted line under the words that need a capital letter.

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🔍 Step-by-Step Analysis:

We need to identify all words that should start with a capital letter in this story. Rules for capitalization include:
- The first word of a sentence
- Names of people
- Days of the week
- Months
- Cities
- Proper nouns

Now, let’s go through the story and find the words that need capitalization.

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✔ Original Story (with corrections):

> 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!

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🔤 Words That Need Capitalization:

1. on → First word of the sentence → On
2. friday → Day of the week → Friday
3. aiden → Person's name → Aiden
4. it → Start of new sentence → It
5. october → Month → October
6. it → Start of sentence → It
7. in → Not capitalized; "Chicago" is next
8. chicago → City name → Chicago
9. aiden → Name again → Aiden
10. at → Start of sentence → At
11. the → Not capitalized
12. hippo → Not a proper noun
13. a → Not capitalized
14. unicycle → Not capitalized
15. the → Not capitalized
16. hippo’s → Not capitalized
17. name → Not capitalized
18. was → Not capitalized
19. toby → Name → Toby
20. toby → Name again → Toby
21. the → Not capitalized
22. cute → Not capitalized
23. performer → Not capitalized
24. delighted → Not capitalized
25. aiden → Name → Aiden

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✏️ Final Answer – Words to Trace (Capitalized):

Underline these words with the dotted line:

- On (start of sentence)
- Friday (day)
- Aiden (name)
- It (start of sentence)
- October (month)
- It (start of sentence)
- Chicago (city)
- Aiden (name)
- At (start of sentence)
- Toby (name)
- Toby (name)
- Aiden (name)

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✔ Corrected Story (for reference):

> 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!

Note: Although not asked here, the first word of each sentence should also be capitalized — so “The” in “The hippo’s name…” and “The” in “The cute performer…” should also be capitalized. But in the original worksheet, only the dotted lines are provided for tracing, and they seem to be placed under the words we identified above.

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📝 Summary of Words to Trace:

Trace the dotted line under:
- on → becomes On
- friday → becomes Friday
- aiden → becomes Aiden
- it → becomes It
- october → becomes October
- it → becomes It
- chicago → becomes Chicago
- aiden → becomes Aiden
- at → becomes At
- toby → becomes Toby
- toby → becomes Toby
- aiden → becomes Aiden

✔ These are the 12 words that need capital letters.

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🎉 Final Tip for Kids:
Remember: Capitalize names, days, months, cities, and the first word of every sentence!

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