The materials remind students that a sentence starts with a capital letter and usually ends with a period. Students are asked to locate and read map labels such as "Bayside Rd.," "Main St.," and place names (Library, Police Station, Hospital) and to include at least three labeled roads when they create their own map. A store label appears as "MARKET FRESH" on one activity page, and students fill in labels for community buildings from a provided word box.

Students are explicitly told to "Explain that all holidays and months of the year start with capital letters" (Option 1 and Option 2). The skills list includes "Use correct capitalization for proper nouns and at the beginning of sentences (LA)." Students are asked to write holiday names and dates in the Holiday Book, label countries and write country names on the Holidays in Other Communities sheet, and write AMERICA on the flag activity.

Students are prompted to name and describe holidays and to record holidays in the "Holidays" section of the Country Research graphic organizer. Students are asked to choose and research a country (Mexico, Canada, or China) and to write the country name on activity pages (e.g., "A child from: ______", Venn diagram labels, and the acrostic poem prompts). The Student Activity Pages include labeled geographic names ("A child from AMERICA") and acrostic prompts such as "Major holiday is _________," which require students to write holiday and place names.

Students are asked to locate their country, state, and city on maps and to write the names of their state and city on the Government Flowchart. Students are instructed to write the leaders' titles (President, Governor, Mayor) and to record the names of the leaders who hold these positions. Students are reminded that "all names start with capital letters," and they write proper names in multiple places on the activity pages.

Students are asked to color and label each continent on the "Seven Continents" page, which requires writing geographic names. Students are asked to write the name of the country and the continent for the person they interview in Activity 4. The activity materials and video list display and use capitalized geographic names (Africa, Asia, North America, etc.), and holidays are mentioned as examples of traditions.

Students are asked to label each habitat using a provided list of labels (Desert, Rainforest, Woodlands, Arctic, Ocean, Grasslands, Wetlands), so they will write and copy capitalized habitat names including the geographic name "Arctic." Students are directed to write graph titles and to label the x and y axes on the Rainforest Graph, which requires them to produce properly capitalized titles and labels. Students are also asked to write the names of animals they observe (Activity 5), giving additional opportunities to write proper nouns.

The Desert activity page includes a filled field labeled "Habitat: South America," providing a clear example of a geographic name that students would read or record. The plant section lists "Organ Pipe Cactus" as a plant name, and many student pages include "Name" fields for plants, animals, and endangered species where students are expected to write proper names. Multiple worksheets prompt students to write names for organisms, giving repeated opportunities to produce capitalized geographic and organism names.

The skills list includes "Write sentences with correct capitalization and punctuation (LA)." Activity 7 explicitly tells students to "Review the fact that sentences begin with capital letters and end with periods," and students are asked to write complete sentences for food changes. Students encounter a product name (JELL-O) in Activity 5 and are asked to read the directions on the box.

Students encounter the geographic name "Earth" repeatedly in titles and prompts (e.g., "Digging Into Dirt," "Where on Earth Do I Live?," and references to the Earth's surface and crust). A specific product/coin name appears when students are asked to look for a coin such as a "Susan B. Anthony dollar" in Activity 5. Students are asked to write labels and sentences (e.g., labeling places and writing four complete sentences about how the Earth is important), which could involve writing proper nouns.

Students fill in their house, town, state, country, and continent on the "Where in the World Am I?" page, practicing writing geographic names. Students locate and label cities and features (Amarillo, Lubbock, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Houston; Palo Duro Canyon; Lake Travis; Red River) and chart Armadillo's journey on the Texas map, which requires writing geographic names. Students write a paragraph about visiting a place in Texas and label places on a map of their state, providing additional opportunities to produce geographic names in writing.

The student activity page lists many proper geographic names (Death Valley, Great Palmetto, Savage Hill, Crystal Lake, Cursed Cove, Piney Forest, Goat Farm, Roaring River) that students will read. Activity 4 asks students to draw and label places in their correct locations, requiring them to write those geographic names on the map. Activity 5 has students write a pirate journal entry (including place/direction references) and the skills section includes composing products using the writing process.

Students read and refer to the capitalized book title "The Usborne Children's Picture Atlas." Student-facing headings and labels in activity pages use initial capitals for category names (e.g., Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, Ponds, Mountain, Hill, Valley, Island). Students are asked to write sentences, label map symbols, and create posters that require writing names of landforms and bodies of water.

Students are asked to create a map of the United States, place resources in their correct location, and "label them" and "give the map a title," which requires writing geographic names. Several Student Activity Pages are blank maps intended for students to identify or label states and regions (e.g., "northeastern United States," "northwestern region," "southeastern United States"). The lesson repeatedly refers to the United States and regions, providing opportunities for students to write geographic names.

Students are reminded in Activity 3 to begin each sentence with a capital letter and to use correct end punctuation when writing questions. Students are asked in Activity 5 to write three or four sentences describing the weather today, which provides practice beginning sentences with capitals. The lesson text includes capitalized geographic names ("Sahara Desert," "Antarctica," and "The United States") that students will read and may encounter as models.

Students hear and see the geographic names of the seven continents repeatedly (Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Australia, Antarctica) as the teacher names each aloud and points to them on the map. Students are asked to label the seven continents on a worksheet, put them in order from smallest to largest, and paste labeled continents onto a paper mâché globe. The Student Activity Page also includes a field for "Continent," prompting students to write a continent name to identify where a chosen animal lives.

Students are asked to write the name of the continent at the top of the poster and to write the names of the oceans that surround the continent. The lesson text names and models geographic places students will encounter and could record, such as Sahara Desert, Mount Kilimanjaro, Amazon River, Great Plains, North America, South America, Africa, Europe, and Swiss Alps. The student activity page prompts students to name major landforms, bodies of water, habitats, and animals, requiring use of geographic names in their responses.

Students encounter multiple holiday names (Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, Easter, Hanukkah, Christmas) in Activity 1 and on the matching Student Activity Page, where the holidays are listed and used as labels. In Activity 2 students read and plot labeled categories (Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish) on a bar graph, reinforcing recognition of proper nouns. The Writing About My Beliefs page asks students to write sentences that could include names of holidays or religious terms.

Students are asked in Option 2 to "Check that her sentences begin with capital letters and end with periods," which gives explicit practice with sentence-initial capitalization. The lesson text includes geographic names used as examples ("Japan" and "India"), so students encounter capitalized geographic names in context. Students are directed to write a paragraph about a tradition, giving an opportunity to produce written text where capitalization can be applied.

Activity 3 instructs the child to remember that names of people and places start with capital letters and asks the child to correct any uncapitalized proper nouns after writing. Activity 1 includes an example sentence, "I rode in an airplane to Nebraska," which models a capitalized geographic name. Activity 4 names countries (Japan, China, England) and asks the child to identify these places on maps, providing exposure to geographic names.

Students read and locate geographic names on maps (North America, United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Jamestown, Plymouth) and are asked to point to and describe those places. Students read and discuss the Pilgrims and the First Thanksgiving and complete a "The First Thanksgiving Foods" activity that has them read and circle food names and create a Thanksgiving plate.

Students interact with many geographic names: the map and activity pages label each African country (examples listed: Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya) and students are asked to identify Africa on a world map, color each nation, and write the name of a chosen country on a Venn diagram. Students are also asked to fill in blanks in a "Guidebook to Africa" and locate nations mentioned in the book on their map, which requires reading and recording geographic names.

Students are asked to "Read the names of the countries in South America" and to "Locate Brazil and the Amazon River on a map of South America," which exposes them to geographic names. The unit also names specific geographic features (Andes Mountains, Amazon River, Brazil) and mentions a holiday: "Carnival is a very important holiday celebrated in South America." Students are directed to complete a "Guidebook to South America" and to write spelling sentences about continents or countries, providing opportunities to use geographic and holiday words in context.

Students are asked to write the title and the author of each story on the "Fiction Stories" activity sheet, giving them practice writing proper nouns in context. The lesson text includes geographic names (e.g., "France") and book titles that are geographic or proper nouns (e.g., "Africa", "Volcanoes") which students read in Activity 3 to classify fiction vs. nonfiction. Activity 5 has students identify authors' last-name initials and arrange books alphabetically, which requires attention to authors' names and letters.

Students are asked to locate continents and countries on a world map (Activity 1: help her find the continent on the world map; Activity 4: help her locate the continent of Asia and the country of China). The lesson repeatedly names geographic places (Africa, Asia, China) and asks students to discuss what they know about those places and record cultural details on comparison charts.

Students are asked to identify Alaska on a world map and told that the Inuit live there, providing practice with a geographic name. In Activity 4 students track Paul Bunyan and Babe's journey across named U.S. states (Maine, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas, Iowa, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Alaska) and color each state. The script and story text use proper names (Rabbit, Weasel, Thunderbirds, The People, Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, United States), which students read and act out.

Students encounter and read capitalized geographic names (Costa Rica, Italy, Japan, and Sumida) in the nursery rhyme examples. Students see a capitalized month name in the poem example ("December") when composing their own month poem. Students are asked to fill a chart row labeled "Holidays," prompting them to identify holiday items from the texts and images.

Students interact with maps and activity pages that display capitalized geographic names (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Antarctica, North Pole, South Pole) and an equator marking. Students label and color stars using capitalized star names (Sun, Betelgeuse, Proxima Centauri) on the Stars activity page. Activity 7 includes an explicit note explaining why "Sun" and "Moon" are capitalized.

Students encounter the holiday name "President's Day" in the wrapping up section. Students read and reference product/book titles such as Henry's Freedom Box and Your Life as a Settler in Colonial America when completing activities. Students locate and use geographic names like Virginia, the United States, the southern states, and the Lincoln Memorial on maps and timelines.

Students read and discuss texts and images that include capitalized geographic and proper names such as Ellis Island, New York Harbor, Statue of Liberty, National Geographic Readers: Ellis Island, Henry's Freedom Box, and O, Say Can You See?. Students answer comprehension questions and complete writing pages that require them to name or describe these places (for example, filling in "Because immigrants were brought to Ellis Island..."), which exposes them to capitalized geographic names and product/book titles. Students listen to and retell oral histories and investigate photographs labeled with proper nouns, providing additional incidental exposure to capitalized names.

The lesson text includes capitalized examples such as the holiday name "Martin Luther King, Jr., Day," book titles like "The Story of Ruby Bridges" and "O, Say Can You See?", and a geographic name in the image caption: "November 14, 1960 in New Orleans, LA." Students are asked to fill out pages about Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., and to write responses on the "Civil Rights" page, exposing them to proper nouns and place names in context. The materials therefore present multiple correctly capitalized instances of holidays, product/book titles, and a geographic name.

Students are asked which words start with a capital letter in the Shared Reading (You, This, It) and told that the first word in a sentence always begins with a capital letter. Activities prompt students to recognize that people's names begin with an uppercase letter (e.g., asking why 'Meg' and 'Ted' begin with capitals). The Sentence Scramble activity reminds students that sentences always begin with an uppercase letter and asks them to use that rule when forming sentences.

Students are explicitly told that "the names of holidays are capitalized" and then read, write, and label holiday names (e.g., Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter) on multiple activity pages. Students find and record occurrences of the word "Christmas" in the text, read the Seasons and Holidays theme card, and write holiday names on the Seasons and Holidays and Label the Seasons and Holidays pages. Students also complete a task that asks them to write a sentence with a blank that applies to a holiday their family celebrates.