English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2
| 45. Demonstrate understanding of standard English language conventions when writing.
a. Identify the role of a noun, verb, adjective, and adverb within a sentence and explain the type of the information it conveys.
b. Form regular nouns and verbs by adding -s or -es.
c. Form and use simple present and past verb tenses.
d. Form plurals by changing -y to -ies.
e. Form and use frequently-occurring irregular plural nouns and verbs.
f. Use plural possessives. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 3
| 15. Analyze meaningful parts (morphemes) of words and phrases in discussions and/or text.
a. Identify meaningful parts of words (morphemes) and use them as clues to the meaning of unfamiliar words, including base words, roots, and frequently occurring affixes and inflections.
Examples: affixes -less, -ful, pro-, trans- ; roots aqua, cent, port, form, ject, spect, dict, tend, fer
b. Apply knowledge of the changes in tense (-ed), number (-s), and degree (-er and -est) signified by inflected endings to determine the meaning of a word.
c. Identify common and derivational prefixes and suffixes and use them as clues to a word's meaning.
Examples: pre-, re-, mis-; -ly, -less, -ful, -able, -ment
d. Identify common Latin and Greek roots and use them to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
e. Sort words with shared and varied suffixes by parts of speech. |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 4
| 39. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage.
a. Use relative pronouns who, whose, which, and that, relative adverbs where, when, and how, and irregular possessive nouns.
b. Form and use the progressive verb tenses.
Examples: I was walking, I am walking
c. Use modal auxiliaries to convey various conditions.
Examples: can, may, must |