I stands for “I” whenever you are talking about yourself.
N stands for names of things: people, streets, countries.
T stands for titles.
S stands for start of sentences
Review the acronym with students. What is the NAME of the month? August. What do we do with the first letter of the name of the month? (point to the N in mint or NAME) Right! We capitalize it. Print a sentence using “i” without capitalizing it, such as “Where am i?” Ask students to find what needs to be captalized. Right. The “I”. Our school is on Nelson Street. Nelson is the name of the street. What do we do with names in our writing? Correct. We capitalize them. Hold up a familiar picture book. Ask what the title is? What do we do with titles in our writing? Super. We capitalize them. Write a sentence on the chart paper or blackboard, without the beginning capital. Ask students what is wrong with the sentence. You’re amazing.
