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L Language

• Conventions of Standard English

  • L.4.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking; demonstrate proficiency within the 4-5 grammar continuum.

    • Use coordinating conjunctions (4-T.2)
    • Use subordinating conjunctions (4-T.3)
    • Create varied sentences based on models (4-W.1)
    • Correct errors with signs (4-X.1)
    • Use the correct homophone (4-DD.3)
    • Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? (4-JJ.1)
    • Identify the complete subject of a sentence (4-JJ.2)
    • Identify the complete predicate of a sentence (4-JJ.3)
    • Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence (4-JJ.4)
    • Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? (4-JJ.5)
    • Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? (4-JJ.6)
    • Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? (4-JJ.7)
    • Is the sentence simple or compound? (4-JJ.8)
    • Create compound sentences (4-JJ.9)
    • Order the words to create a sentence (4-JJ.10)
    • Which word is a noun? (4-KK.1)
    • Identify nouns (4-KK.2)
    • Identify nouns – with abstract nouns (4-KK.3)
    • Identify common and proper nouns (4-KK.4)
    • Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies (4-KK.5)
    • Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies (4-KK.6)
    • Form regular plurals with -s, -es, -ies, and -ves (4-KK.7)
    • Use regular plurals with -s, -es, -ies, and -ves (4-KK.8)
    • Is the noun singular or plural? (4-KK.9)
    • Form and use irregular plurals (4-KK.10)
    • Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives (4-KK.11)
    • Form the singular or plural possessive (4-KK.12)
    • Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns (4-KK.13)
    • Identify personal pronouns (4-LL.1)
    • Choose between subject and object personal pronouns (4-LL.2)
    • Replace the noun with a personal pronoun (4-LL.3)
    • Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me" (4-LL.4)
    • Identify possessive pronouns (4-LL.5)
    • Use possessive pronouns (4-LL.6)
    • Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns (4-LL.7)
    • Use reflexive pronouns (4-LL.8)
    • Identify relative pronouns (4-LL.9)
    • Use relative pronouns: who and whom (4-LL.10)
    • Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that (4-LL.11)
    • Use action verbs (4-MM.1)
    • Identify action verbs (4-MM.2)
    • Identify main verbs and helping verbs (4-MM.3)
    • What does the modal verb show? (4-MM.4)
    • Use the correct modal verb (4-MM.5)
    • Is the subject singular or plural? (4-NN.1)
    • Use the correct subject or verb (4-NN.2)
    • Pronoun-verb agreement (4-NN.3)
    • Use the correct subject or verb – with compound subjects (4-NN.4)
    • Which sentence is in the regular past tense? (4-OO.1)
    • Identify verbs in the regular past tense (4-OO.2)
    • Form and use the regular past tense (4-OO.3)
    • Identify the irregular past tense (4-OO.4)
    • Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 (4-OO.5)
    • Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 (4-OO.6)
    • Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 (4-OO.7)
    • Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 (4-OO.8)
    • To be: use the correct form (4-OO.9)
    • To have: use the correct form (4-OO.10)
    • Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense? (4-OO.11)
    • Change the sentence to future tense (4-OO.12)
    • Use the progressive verb tenses (4-OO.13)
    • Form the progressive verb tenses (4-OO.14)
    • Choose between the past tense and past participle (4-OO.15)
    • Use the perfect verb tenses (4-OO.16)
    • Form the perfect verb tenses (4-OO.17)
    • Use the correct article: a or an (4-PP.1)
    • Use the correct article: a, an, or the (4-PP.2)
    • Identify articles (4-PP.3)
    • Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? (4-QQ.1)
    • Identify the adjective that describes the noun (4-QQ.2)
    • Identify adjectives (4-QQ.3)
    • Order adjectives (4-QQ.4)
    • Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where? (4-QQ.5)
    • Identify adverbs (4-QQ.6)
    • Use relative adverbs (4-QQ.7)
    • Choose between adjectives and adverbs (4-QQ.8)
    • Is the word an adjective or adverb? (4-QQ.9)
    • Use adjectives to compare (4-QQ.10)
    • Spell adjectives that compare (4-QQ.11)
    • Use adjectives with more and most (4-QQ.12)
    • Use adverbs to compare (4-QQ.13)
    • Identify prepositions (4-RR.1)
    • Identify prepositions and their objects (4-RR.2)
    • Identify prepositional phrases (4-RR.3)
    • Prepositions: review (4-RR.4)
    • Identify coordinating conjunctions (4-SS.1)
    • Identify subordinating conjunctions (4-SS.2)

  • L.4.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing; demonstrate proficiency within the 4-5 conventions continuum.

    • Correct errors with signs (4-X.1)
    • Form compound words with pictures (4-AA.1)
    • Form compound words (4-AA.2)
    • Form and use compound words (4-AA.3)
    • Use the correct homophone (4-DD.3)
    • Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? (4-JJ.5)
    • Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? (4-JJ.6)
    • Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? (4-JJ.7)
    • Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies (4-KK.5)
    • Form regular plurals with -s, -es, -ies, and -ves (4-KK.7)
    • Form and use irregular plurals (4-KK.10)
    • Form the singular or plural possessive (4-KK.12)
    • Spell adjectives that compare (4-QQ.11)
    • Pronoun-verb contractions (4-TT.1)
    • Contractions with "not" (4-TT.2)
    • Commas with a series (4-UU.1)
    • Commas with dates (4-UU.2)
    • Commas with the names of places (4-UU.3)
    • Commas with direct addresses (4-UU.4)
    • Commas with introductory words and phrases (4-UU.5)
    • Commas: review (4-UU.6)
    • Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect (4-VV.1)
    • Capitalizing days, months, and holidays (4-VV.2)
    • Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features (4-VV.3)
    • Capitalizing the names of historical events, periods, and documents (4-VV.4)
    • Capitalizing proper adjectives, nationalities, and languages (4-VV.5)
    • Capitalization: review (4-VV.6)
    • Greetings and closings of letters (4-XX.1)
    • Capitalizing titles (4-XX.3)
    • Formatting titles (4-XX.4)
    • Formatting and capitalizing titles (4-XX.5)
    • Punctuating dialogue (4-XX.6)

• Knowledge of Language

  • L.4.3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

    • L.4.3.a Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.

      • Sort sensory details (4-E.1)
      • Show character emotions and traits (4-V.1)
      • Choose the synonym (4-CC.1)
      • Choose the antonym (4-CC.4)
      • Shades of meaning with pictures (4-GG.1)
      • Describe the difference between related words (4-GG.2)
      • Positive and negative connotation (4-GG.3)
      • Use thesaurus entries (4-II.8)

    • L.4.3.b Choose punctuation for effect.

    • L.4.3.c Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English and situations where informal discourse is appropriate.

• Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

  • L.4.4 Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies: context clues, word parts, word relationships, and reference materials.

    • Order items from most general to most specific (4-Q.2)
    • Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes (4-Y.1)
    • Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- (4-Y.2)
    • Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- (4-Y.3)
    • Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less (4-Y.4)
    • Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness (4-Y.5)
    • Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment (4-Y.6)
    • Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review (4-Y.7)
    • Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review (4-Y.8)
    • Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning (4-Y.9)
    • Word pattern analogies (4-Y.11)
    • Word pattern sentences (4-Y.12)
    • Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots (4-Z.1)
    • Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words (4-Z.2)
    • Use the meanings of words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (4-Z.3)
    • Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots (4-Z.4)
    • Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots (4-Z.5)
    • Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings (4-Z.6)
    • Select the members of a group (4-BB.1)
    • Select the words that don't belong (4-BB.2)
    • Choose the synonym (4-CC.1)
    • Which sentence has the same meaning? (4-CC.2)
    • Find synonyms in context (4-CC.3)
    • Choose the antonym (4-CC.4)
    • Which sentence uses an antonym? (4-CC.5)
    • Find antonyms in context (4-CC.6)
    • Homophones with pictures (4-DD.1)
    • Identify homophones (4-DD.2)
    • Use the correct homophone (4-DD.3)
    • Multiple-meaning words with pictures (4-EE.1)
    • Which definition matches the sentence? (4-EE.2)
    • Which sentence matches the definition? (4-EE.3)
    • Shades of meaning with pictures (4-GG.1)
    • Describe the difference between related words (4-GG.2)
    • Find words using context (4-HH.1)
    • Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context (4-HH.2)
    • Use context to identify the meaning of a word (4-HH.3)
    • Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures (4-HH.4)
    • Use academic vocabulary in context (4-HH.5)
    • Use dictionary entries (4-II.6)
    • Use dictionary definitions (4-II.7)
    • Use thesaurus entries (4-II.8)

  • L.4.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and nuances in word meanings.

    • L.4.5.a Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors in context.

      • Similes and metaphors with pictures (4-F.2)
      • Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors (4-F.3)
      • Read poetry (4-N.3)

    • L.4.5.b Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.

      • Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1 (4-FF.1)
      • Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 1 (4-FF.2)
      • Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 2 (4-FF.3)
      • Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2 (4-FF.4)

  • L.4.6 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being and that are basic to a particular topic.

    • Sort sensory details (4-E.1)
    • Revise the sentence using a stronger verb (4-V.2)
    • Positive and negative connotation (4-GG.3)
    • Find words using context (4-HH.1)
    • Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context (4-HH.2)
    • Use context to identify the meaning of a word (4-HH.3)
    • Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures (4-HH.4)
    • Use academic vocabulary in context (4-HH.5)