1. Grade 2 - Capitalization of Months & Days
Editing Invitation
Grade 2 - Capitalization of Months & Days

2. Excerpt from Arthur’s Teacher Trouble by Marc Brown (Pgs.4, 10, & 14)
Invitation to Notice
Are you ready for the September spellathon?
The next day, Mr. Ratburn announced a spelling test for Friday.
Allow students the opportunity to share their observations about the craft and style of Marc Brown’s writing. Discuss how the class might be feeling about a spelling test.
Click the mouse to reveal the focus of the convention – capitalizing months and days of the week. Click the mouse again to reveal their part of speech - noun.
Excerpt from Arthur’s Teacher Trouble by Marc Brown (Pgs.4, 10, & 14)

3. Days Months Bonus Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Saturday
January
July
February
August
March
September
April
October
May
November
June
December

4. Invitation to Imitate
Imitate a sentence using correct capitalization for a day of the week.
Suddenly it was Friday and time for the test.
Suddenly it was ______ and time for ______.
When? What?
Imitate a sentence using correct capitalization for a month.
Are you ready for the September spellathon?
Students can use the patterns to imitate the convention focus – capitalizing months and days – as a starting point. Alternatively, students are encouraged to develop original sentences.
Are you ready for ______ ______?
When? What?

5. Invitation to Write
Write a sentence using correct capitalization for a day of the week.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Write a sentence using correct capitalization for a month.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

6. Invitation to Celebrate
Share an original sentence that you created which includes a month or a day of the week.

7. How are the sentences different from the original?
Invitation to Compare
How are the sentences different from the original?
Suddenly it was Friday and time for the test.
Suddenly it wass Friday and time for the test.
Suddenly it was friday and time for the test.
Suddenly it was Friday and time for the test?

8. Invitation to Edit
(1) As everyone was leaving, the principal came out of his office. (2) “Are you ready for the september spellathon?” he asked.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?
change you to u
change he to He
change september to September
Make no change.