105 Review

Convention: Capitalizing I

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective
Students will review how to choose a topic, make it better, add details, and choose better details. Students will also practice capitalizing the word I when writing about themselves.

Teaching Notes

• Review the four skills from this unit: choosing a topic, improving a topic, adding details, and choosing better details.
• Explain that review means practicing what we already learned.
• Remind students that the word I is always written with a capital letter.
• Model writing short sentences about yourself using a capital I.

🧒 Student Worksheet

Helping Material

Good writers choose a topic and tell more about it with details.
They choose the best details to help the reader understand.
When you write about yourself, always write the word I with a capital letter.

Modeled Improvement (Before → After)

1. Before: i like pizza.
   After: Why it’s better:

2. Before: i have a dog.
   After: Why it’s better:

3. Before: i play with friends.
   After: Why it’s better:

4. Before: i saw two birds.
   After: Why it’s better:

5. Before: when i read, i smile.
   After: Why it’s better:

Writing Choices Q&A

1. What is a topic?

2. Why do writers add details?

3. What makes details better?

4. How do you write the word I?

5. Is i correct when writing?

Mini Activities

1. Fix the Sentence
   i like school

2. Say It Right
   i play ball

3. Choose the Topic
   Sentence: I like dogs.

4. Add a Detail
   I like food.

5. Draw and Write
   Write about yourself.

Writing Samples

(5 samples · 3–5 sentences · review of skills + capital I)

About Me

My Favorite Food

Recess Time

My Pet

After School

Reflection

• What writing rule did you remember today?