Fix the teacher's mistakes
Write a short message to the class with capitalization errors on purpose. Kids love catching the teacher! Talk through why each word needs a capital. Then they fix their own writing using the same checklist.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
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