Year 1 · Adding Endings · Lesson 5.6

Year 1 English: Days of the week: spelling and capital letters

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5.6

Days of the week: spelling and capital letters

Year 1
Spell and use capital letters for the days of the week

A classroom. The days of the week always go in the same order.

There are seven days in a week. They always go in the same order: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Days of the week are names, so they start with a capital letter. Wednesday is a tricky word. Learn its letters: W-E-D-N-E-S-D-A-Y.

The days of the week, in order.

Key ideas

There are seven days: Monday to Sunday.
Days of the week start with a capital letter.
The days always go in the same order.
Wednesday is tricky: W-E-D-N-E-S-D-A-Y.

Worked example 5.6.1

Look at the week. Which day comes after Tuesday?

Key words. The days in order: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

Method. The days of the week always go in the same order, from Monday to Sunday.

Find Tuesday on the list. Each day has its place in the week.
Tuesday is day 2 of 7
Find the day after. The day after is the next day along the list.
day 2 + 1 = day 3
Write the answer.
Wednesday

Check. Say the days in order to check: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. ✓

Watch out. Use the week list in order. Do not guess from the picture.

Worked example 5.6.2

Write saturday with a capital letter.

Method. Days of the week are names, so they start with a capital letter.

Find the day. Look for the day in the sentence.
saturday
Check the first letter. Names and days start with a capital letter.
s should be S
Write the answer.
Saturday

Check. Compare with the week list: Saturday is on it with a capital letter. ✓

Watch out. Only the first letter needs a capital. Write Saturday, not saturday.

Worked example 5.6.3

Put these days in order, starting with Monday: Thursday, Monday, Tuesday.

Method. Put the days in the same order as the week list. Monday comes first.

Find each day on the list. Each day has a number in the week.
Thursday is day 4, Monday is day 1, Tuesday is day 2
Put them in order. The day with the smallest number comes first.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
Write the answer.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

Check. There are 3 days in the question and 3 in the answer. ✓

Watch out. Check that you have written every day once.

Watch out

Watch out: a day of the week always starts with a capital letter, even in the middle of a sentence. Write Wednesday with a W at the start and the letters W-E-D-N-E-S-D-A-Y.

Exam tip

Grown-up tip. Make a week strip with the days on cards, and say them in order every morning. Ask: “Which day comes after Friday?” Check the spelling of Wednesday together.