(upbeat music) Oh.

Hey, Mom, what's wrong?

Oh, I am glad you are here.

It is so good to see you.

I have been writing this letter to our friend Sam Foster, and I know I've made some mistakes.

I wanted to tell him about all the fun things we've been doing this summer and then mail him this awesome letter.

But I need your help fixing it.

Girl: Okay.

Okay, so I'm going to read it, and then we'll go back and we'll see if we can find some things that I messed up on.

Can you help me?

Girl: Yes.

Jessica: Dear Sam, I hope you are having a great summer.

We have been having a lot of fun.

My favorite thing we have done is go swimming with Lily.

We also had ice cream on a hot day in Little Rock.

It was really yummy.

I hope you have had fun too.

Your friend, Mrs. Saum.

I think I messed up on some of the capitalization and punctuation.

What do you think?

Girl: Yeah.

So I'm trying to remember all the rules when we capitalize letters.

I know we capitalize our names like Magnolia and Jessica, but what else do I capitalize?

You capitalize the first letter in the sentence.

That's right.

We capitalize the first letter in the sentence.

And then we always have that one letter when it's by itself, it's a capital letter?

Girl: The I. Jessica: The I.

Good.

Okay.

So names, proper nouns like places, holidays, a city or a month.

Okay.

I think we've got all those.

We got the names.

First letter and the letter I.

What about punctuation?

We have a period.

An exclamation point.

Girl: Yes.

Jessica: And a question mark.

Girl: Yeah.

So the question marks, when we're asking something, when do we use a period?

When we're just saying something.

Saying or telling.

My mom is cool.

Jessica: Oh, thank you.

Or we can use that exclamation point when we say something like, really exciting.

Like, yeah, like I love popsicles!

Oh, that's a really good example.

Okay.

I think that we are ready to fix this letter.

And I'm looking at the very beginning, and I messed up on the very first word.

It's the beginning of the sentence.

It's the beginning of the letter.

So what do I need to do to fix that?

Do you have anything that can help me?

Girl: Yes.

Jessica: Oh, you are so prepared.

Okay, dear.

So we're going to capitalize dear.

And then I made the same mistake on Sam's name.

I need to capitalize it.

It's a proper noun.

You have anything else to help me?

How about that one right there Yeah, I think that will work.

Okay.

Very good.

So, dear Sam.

And then we have a comma to pause.

I, I messed up.

Oh, no.

Would you have a capital I in there anywhere?

I think I do.

Jessica: It's the beginning of the sentence and it's an I by itself, so I have to fix that.

I hope you are having a great summer.

What would you put at the end of that telling sentence?

You're just telling him that you had a great summer so it would be a period.

Perfect.

Got it.

Period.

And I hope you're having a great summer.

We have, we have another mistake.

I need a capital W for that we, do have a W in there?

A we with a capital W. I think I do.

Awesome.

We have been having a lot of fun.

Well, I'm not asking him anything.

I'm just telling him.

Yeah, okay.

So what could we put there?

We could put a period, but we have been having a lot of fun.

If I say it like that, what should we put?

We should put an exclamation.

Jessica: I agree.

We want him to know that we're excited about all the fun.

Awesome.

Okay.

My favorite thing is fixing this letter.

Where's a capital M with the my.

I think I have one.

Awesome, we'll capitalize that M for my.

My favorite thing we have done is go swimming with Lilly.

Well I remembered the period at the end of the sentence, but I didn't capitalize Lilly's name and that's a proper noun.

Do you have a capital L for Lilly in there?

Probably.

Here you go.

Of course you do.

Perfect.

Okay.

And I remembered the period.

That's great.

All right, we, I remembered it this time, also had ice cream on a hot day in Little Rock.

Now, Little Rock is a name of a city.

It's a proper noun.

So I think I need to capitalize the L and the R. Girl: Yes.

Jessica: Okay, let's fix that.

Perfect.

That there.

And then we need something to end the sentence.

We also had ice cream on a hot day in Little Rock.

I'm telling him about that.

Do you have a period for me?

Girl: Yes.

Thank you, ma'am.

It was really yummy!

What kind of punctuation goes there?

Girl: A, you say it.

Jessica: Exclamation point!

Because it's exciting.

It was yummy ice cream.

Okay.

I hope you have had fun, too.

All right.

I need to capitalize that I and then put a period at the end of that sentence.

Girl: Here's the I. Jessica: Perfect.

Girl: And here is this.

Jessica: The period, very good.

I hope you have had fun, too, period.

Your friend, I think I don't need an exclamation there.

Just a comma.

Do you have a comma so I can have a pause at the end of that sentence.

Girl: Sure I do.

Jessica: Perfect.

Your friend comma, Mrs. Saum.

How did I forget the S being capital in my own name?

Girl: I don't know.

Jessica: I don't know either.

There we go.

Awesome.

Thank you so much for helping me fix this letter.

I think we did a really good job and I think it's ready to mail.

I'll take this.

There you go.

Maggie, it was a great day to learn something new with you today.

Thank you so much for all of your help.

Happy to do it.

(upbeat music)