1. Welcome Back Teachers!
During this week of school, we created a simple editing invitation to help you model and teach expectations with students during this part of your day. We know you have a lot on your plate right now, so we hope this gives you a simple, fun, and easy way to help get your students back in the groove of invitation work! Happy first week back!

2. Editing Invitation Capitalization and Punctuation Day 1
(1st word in a sentence)
and
Punctuation
(End of a sentence)
Welcome Back! This week, our editing invitations will focus on 2 important skills….capitalizing the first word in a sentence and using correct punctuation at the end of a sentence. We will use excerpt sentences from the picture book, Big Plans, to model correct capitalization and punctuation rules. The authors of Big Plans are Bob Shea and Lane Smith.
Editing Invitation
Day 1

3. Invitation to Notice Soon…the entire world will know of my big plans.
Plans so big I’ll need Dad’s shiniest tie and fanciest shoes.
Teachers, read the slide to students. Then, explain to students:
Students, every sentence begins with a capital letter. This is one of the first capitalization rules that schoolchildren learn as they begin to write sentences. The red underline means that I intentionally made a grammatical choice at the beginning of the sentence. The pink circle also means that I intentionally inserted a period as the end punctuation to the sentence. Every sentence has a beginning – Capital Letter and an ending – punctuation mark.
Invitation to Notice
Day 1
Excerpt from Big Plans by Bob Shea

4. When my rocket is ready, and Missouri is happy, bird, hat and I will blast off into uncertainty!
Teachers, read the slide to students. Then, explain to students:
I’m noticing that “When” is the first word in this sentence and it is capitalized. I am also noticing that the punctuation at the end of this sentence is an exclamation point….it’s within the pink circle. Exclamation points are inserted at the end of a sentence to show strong feelings or excitement.
Invitation to Notice
Day 1
Excerpt from Big Plans by Bob Shea

5. Invitation to Notice Sentences start with a capital letter Remember….
and end with a punctuation mark!
Punctuation
Sentence definition
Period .
Statement (Declarative) - telling sentence.
Command (Imperative) – gives an order or tells someone to do something.
Question mark ?
Question (Interrogative) – asks for information.
Exclamation point !
Exclamatory – shows strong feelings or emotions.
Remember all sentences start with a capital letter…….and remember, that all sentences need to end with punctuation. Let’s review punctuation marks and sentence types:
A period goes at the end of a statement (telling sentence) or a command. A command is to give (someone) an order or to tell (someone) to do something in a forceful and often official way.
A question mark goes at the end of a question. A question is to ask someone for information.
An exclamation point goes at the end of a sentence showing strong feelings (or emotions).
Grammar Keepers: pg. 146 (capitalize first word in a sentence) Write Source: Pg 479
Write Source – Types of sentences: pg. 479
4 types of sentences:
Declarative – makes a statement (this is the most common)
Interrogative – asks a question (a question gets the reader’s attention)
Imperative – gives a command (commands often appear in dialogue or directions)
Exclamatory – shows strong emotion or feeling (these sentences emphasize a point)
Write Source- Capitalization (first word in a sentence) – pg
Invitation to Notice
Day 1

6. Now, it’s your turn to practice:
In your journals, write 3 sentences about one of the following:
An experience from this past weekend
How do you feel about being back at school – please explain
Example: I waited anxiously for the school bus to arrive this morning. When the large yellow vehicle finally arrived, I nervously
climbed aboard and was relieved to see the bus driver from
last year. I soon realized that today would be a memory
making day – my first day of fourth grade!
Now, it’s your turn to practice. Think about this past weekend as you prepared for school. In your journals, write 3 sentences about an experience from this past weekend or How do you feel about being back at school – please explain. Be sure to capitalize the first word of each sentence and inserting a punctuation mark at the end of each sentence. Once you have finished writing, go back and underline the first word of each sentence and circle each punctuation mark used at the end of a sentence.
Invitation to Notice
Day 1

7. Invitation to Compare Sentences start with a capital letter Remember….
and end with a punctuation mark!
Punctuation
Sentence definition
Period .
Statement (Declarative) - telling sentence.
Command (Imperative) – gives an order or tells someone to do something.
Question mark ?
Question (Interrogative) – asks for information.
Exclamation point !
Exclamatory – shows strong feelings or emotions.
Remember all sentences start with a capital letter…….and remember, that all sentences need to end with punctuation. Let’s review punctuation marks and sentence types (from yesterday):
A period goes at the end of a statement (telling sentence) or a command. A command is to give (someone) an order or to tell (someone) to do something in a forceful and often official way.
A question mark goes at the end of a question. A question is to ask someone for information.
An exclamation point goes at the end of a sentence showing strong feelings (or emotions).
Grammar Keepers: pg. 146 (capitalize first word in a sentence)
Write Source – Types of sentences: pg. 479
4 types of sentences:
Declarative – makes a statement (this is the most common)
Interrogative – asks a question (a question gets the reader’s attention)
Imperative – gives a command (commands often appear in dialogue or directions)
Exclamatory – shows strong emotion or feeling (these sentences emphasize a point)
Write Source- Capitalization (first word in a sentence) – pg
Invitation to Compare
Day 2

8. Invitation to Compare Day 2
The entire world will know of my big plans.
were my father and I at the Houston Dynamo game this past weekend?
The students in the class were excited about the school year
Your teacher is excited you are here!
Let’s review the following sentences to determine if they are written correctly.. Be prepared to share why each sentence may be written correctly or not.
Additional partner share – share the sentence type.
1 – Declarative (statement)
2 – Interrogative (question)
3 – Imperative (command)
4 – Exclamatory (exclamation-feelings/emotions)
If time allows, have partners brainstorm examples of imperative sentences.
Invitation to Compare
Day 2
Excerpt from Big Plans by Bob Shea

9. Invitation to Imitate Day 2 Let’s imitate this sentence:
Soon…the entire world will know of my big plans.
In your journals, write about something you did this summer.
Capitalize and underline the first word of each sentence. Insert the rule above the first word.
Circle 5 punctuation marks.
In parentheses, (_) write the type of sentence above each punctuation mark.
1st word in sentence
(statement)
See page 146 in Grammar Keepers. Instruct students Add rule:
Instruct students to write the rule (1st word in a sentence) above each capital letter in the beginning of the sentence.
Also, direct students to write the words – statement - declarative, question - interrogative, command - imperative, or exclamatory above each end punctuation mark. Labeling sentences may take more practice.
This does not need to be long – 5-7 minute quick write then share.
Invitation to Imitate
Day 2
Excerpt from Big Plans by Bob Shea

10. Share your sentences with capitalization and punctuation!
Partner share
Invitation to Share
Day 2

11. Adapted from a Chinese folktale
Two Cinderellas
Yen-Shen
Adapted from a Chinese folktale
(1) Once upon a time there was a beautiful girl named Yen-Shen who lived with her stepmother and stepsister. (2) They were jealous of Yen-Shen’s beauty and kindness, so they were cruel to her (3) Yen-Shen was very sad and lonely. (4) Her only friend was a goldfish with big, glowing eyes.
How should sentence 2 be changed?
Change Yen-Shen to yen-Shen
Delete the comma after kindness
Add a period after her
Make no change
Students should write the answer with the rule…….statement and a period needs to be added to the end of the sentence in their notebook.
Invitation to Edit: We Try It Together!
Day 3
Excerpt from Two Cinderellas from Write Source

12. Adapted from a Chinese folktale
Two Cinderellas
Yen-Shen
Adapted from a Chinese folktale
(1) Once upon a time there was a beautiful girl named Yen-Shen who lived with her stepmother and stepsister. (2) They were jealous of Yen-Shen’s beauty and kindness, so they were cruel to her (3) Yen-Shen was very sad and lonely. (4) her only friend was a goldfish with big, glowing eyes.
What change needs to be made in sentence 4?
Change her to Her
Change goldfish to Goldfish
Delete the comma after big
Sentence 4 needs no change.
Students should write the answer with the rule – First word of the sentence.
Invitation to Edit: We Try It Together!
Day 3
Excerpt from Two Cinderellas from Write Source

13. Invitation to Edit: We Try It Together!
In your journals write 3-4 sentences about the following picture:
Quick write: First Day of School
Students write about the picture. Then have students go back and edit their sentences for capitalization and punctuation using the rules from the week.
Invitation to Edit: We Try It Together!
Day 3

14. Adapted from a Chinese folktale
Two Cinderellas
Yen-Shen
Adapted from a Chinese folktale
(5) The stepmother made Yen-Shen work very hard (6) yen-Shen never had enough to eat, but she shared the little food she had with her beloved fish.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?
Change The to the
Add a period after hard
Change work to works
No change is needed in sentence 5.
Students should write the answer with the rule…….statement and a period needs to be added to the end of the sentence.
Invitation to Edit: You Try It!
Day 4
Excerpt from Two Cinderellas from Write Source

15. Adapted from a Chinese folktale
Two Cinderellas
Yen-Shen
Adapted from a Chinese folktale
(5) The stepmother made Yen-Shen work very hard (6) yen-Shen never had enough to eat, but she shared the little food she had with her beloved fish.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 6?
Change yen-Shen to Yen-Shen
Delete the comma after eat
Delete the period after fish
Sentence 6 is written correctly.
Students should write the answer with the rule – First word of the sentence.
Complete the Independent practice.
Invitation to Edit: You Try It!
Day 4
Excerpt from Two Cinderellas from Write Source