English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 3
| 36. Demonstrate knowledge of the rules of standard English grammar including punctuation, capitalization, sentence formation, and spelling appropriate for third grade.
a. Use articles a, an, and the correctly.
b. Identify the role of a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, and conjunction within a sentence and explain the type of the information it conveys.
c. Form plural nouns, verbs, and possessives, including irregular plural nouns and verbs.
d. Use simple abbreviations, including days of the week, months of the year, titles, units of metric and customary measurement, street names, and state names. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 4
| 38. Compose complete sentences with correct subject-verb agreement, punctuation, and usage.
a. Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns.
Example: a small red bag rather than a red small bag
b. Form and use prepositional phrases and conjunctions.
c. Recognize and correct sentence fragments and run-on sentences.
d. Use commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks correctly.
e. Use correct capitalization, including familial relations and proper adjectives.
f. Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 5
| 39. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage in writing.
a. Evaluate the usage of pronouns for the proper case.
Examples: subjective, objective, possessive
b. Identify inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.
c. Use varied pronouns and their antecedents correctly in composing and revising writing.
d. Use subject-verb agreement correctly when composing and revising writing.
e. Use verb tenses to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.
f. Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense, including subject-verb agreement.
g. Use perfect verb tenses to compose and revise writing.
h. Use correlative conjunctions correctly when composing and revising writing. |