Proper Nouns and List Commas Year 2

Support Year 2 students as they learn to use capital letters for proper nouns and commas in lists with this ready-to-use grammar and punctuation unit.

Students distinguish common and proper nouns, apply capitalisation to exact names, add commas to lists, and edit sentences that need both capitals and commas. Teaching slides, scaffolded worksheets, displays, a game, quiz and assessment provide a coherent sequence from explicit instruction to independent practice.

What’s Included

• 26-page unit plan PDF
• 20-slide Proper Nouns and List Commas teaching presentation
• 23-slide Proper Nouns and List Commas quiz
• Two classroom displays: Proper Nouns and List Commas
• Eight worksheets covering proper nouns, editing, practice, challenges, correcting commas, list commas and linking lists
• List Comma Bang printable game
• Proper Nouns and List Commas assessment
• Answer key

Learning Focus

• Identify proper nouns and distinguish them from common nouns
• Use capital letters for exact names
• Correct names of people, places, days, months and events
• Use commas in lists of three or more items
• Apply Australian English comma conventions
• Edit sentences for grammar and punctuation accuracy

Classroom Use

Suitable for Year 2 whole-class grammar and writing lessons, literacy rotations, small-group work, revision, homework, intervention, assessment and independent practice.

Curriculum Alignment

Australian Curriculum v9.0: AC9E2LA10

Answer information: Answers are included.

Format: Digital download supplied in PDF and Microsoft PowerPoint formats. The complete resource contains 69 pages/slides across the included files. No physical item will be shipped.