Edit Spelling and Conventions in Context

Apply Grade 1 spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and sentence conventions during short connected writing.

How the lesson starts: Edit Spelling and Conventions in Context

Detective Dot
Hi friend! Meet Detective Dot. Dot is a ladybug who hunts for oops bugs. Oops bugs hide in writing! Dot finds them. Let's hunt!
Two kinds of bugs
A spelling bug. The duk swims. D, U, K does not spell duck. Duck ends with C, K. A capital bug. ana has a red kite. Ana is a name. Names need a capital!
Let's find the bug
Max kiks the ball. Check each word. Max. A name with a capital. Good! Kiks? That looks funny. Kicks has a C before the K. The ball. Fine! So kiks has the oops bug. Tap it! Watch out. Read every word, not just the first.