Capital Letters Days List Worksheet

The days of the week are proper nouns, which means every one of them starts with a capital letter no matter where it sits in a sentence. That rule is easy to state and surprisingly easy to forget, and this Capital Letters Days List Worksheet gives second graders focused practice on both halves of it: knowing the order of the week, and writing each day the way it should always be written. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday are names, not ordinary words, and a child who learns to capitalize them is learning the larger habit of capitalizing every proper noun.

This 2nd grade capitalization worksheet is built in two parts. Part A gives a word box holding all seven days in lower case and scrambled out of order; children copy them onto seven numbered lines in calendar order, adding the capital letter each name needs. Part B moves the skill into real sentences: three sentences each hide one day printed in lower case, and the student writes that day correctly on the line beside it. Print one copy per child, read the word box aloud together first, and let students use a classroom calendar if they need a reference for the order.

What’s Included

• 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
• Answer key
• 7 ordering and capitalization lines plus 3 sentence items

There are three reasons this Capital Letters Days List Worksheet helps children learn the skill. First, it separates the two things a child has to do: Part A asks only for order and capitals with no sentence to decode, so attention stays on the letter at the front of the word. Second, the word box prints every day in lower case, which means the child cannot copy a capital letter; each one has to be supplied, and that is the moment the rule actually gets practiced. Third, Part B puts the same seven names back into sentences, where a proper noun sits in the middle of a line and is far easier to miss, so the skill transfers to the writing children actually do.

Teachers and parents can keep this going all week. Point at the classroom calendar each morning and ask a student to write the day on the board with its capital letter. Play a quick round of “what day comes next” with cards turned face down. Ask children to find the days of the week inside a library book and hold up a finger for every capital letter they spot. At home, let your child write the day at the top of a drawing or a journal entry, and check the first letter together before it goes on the fridge.

Related Resources

• Capital Letters Days Sentences Worksheet
• Writing Days of the Week Abbreviations Worksheet
• Rewriting Capitalization Worksheet
• Days of the Week Song (Lyric Music Video)