Conventions of Standard English

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Phrases and clauses

Phrases and clauses

Dependent/independent clause and complex sentences

Dependent/independent clause and complex sentences

Spelling practice: Endings - doubling a consonant and dropping the letter “e”

Spelling practice: Endings - doubling a consonant and dropping the letter “e”

Spelling practice: tion/sion/cian word parts

Spelling practice: tion/sion/cian word parts

Parts of speech

Parts of speech

Spelling practice: Y to i; adding suffixes to words

Spelling practice: Y to i; adding suffixes to words

Use punctuation to indicate a pause or a break

Use punctuation to indicate a pause or a break

Punctuating nonrestrictive elements

Punctuating nonrestrictive elements

Commas and quotation marks in dialogue

Commas and quotation marks in dialogue

Misplaced and dangling modifiers

Misplaced and dangling modifiers

Verbs in the active and passive voice

Verbs in the active and passive voice

Citing text and speech with commas and quotation marks

Citing text and speech with commas and quotation marks

Function of prepositions in sentences

Function of prepositions in sentences

Separating coordinate adjectives

Separating coordinate adjectives

Print the letter Bb

Print the letter Bb

Irregular comparative and superlative adjectives

Irregular comparative and superlative adjectives

Modal auxiliaries: will, would, shall, ought to

Modal auxiliaries: will, would, shall, ought to

Frequently occurring nouns and verbs

Frequently occurring nouns and verbs

Print the letter Zz

Print the letter Zz

Print the letter Yy

Print the letter Yy

Print the letter Qq

Print the letter Qq

Respond to prompts with a variety of sentence types

Respond to prompts with a variety of sentence types

Print the letter Kk

Print the letter Kk

Commas before coordinating conjunctions

Commas before coordinating conjunctions

Print the letter Ww

Print the letter Ww

Print the letter Uu

Print the letter Uu

Print the letter Tt

Print the letter Tt

Print the letter Ss

Print the letter Ss

Print the letter Rr

Print the letter Rr

Print the letter Pp

Print the letter Pp

Print the letter Nn

Print the letter Nn

Print the letter Oo

Print the letter Oo

Print the letter Vv

Print the letter Vv

Print upper- and lowercase Jj

Print upper- and lowercase Jj

Expand and rearrange simple and compound sentences

Expand and rearrange simple and compound sentences

Print the letter Ll

Print the letter Ll

Spell high-frequency words with suffixes (Part 1)

Spell high-frequency words with suffixes (Part 1)

Spell high-frequency words with suffixes (Part 2)

Spell high-frequency words with suffixes (Part 2)

Read third grade irregularly spelled words

Read third grade irregularly spelled words

Recognize and read irregularly spelled words

Recognize and read irregularly spelled words

Print the letter Mm

Print the letter Mm

Commas to separate introductory words, phrases, & clauses

Commas to separate introductory words, phrases, & clauses

Print the letter Ii

Print the letter Ii

Inappropriate shifts in verb tense

Inappropriate shifts in verb tense

Complex sentences

Complex sentences

Generalize spelling patterns

Generalize spelling patterns

Print the letter Hh

Print the letter Hh

Commas in greetings and closings of letters

Commas in greetings and closings of letters

Use frequently occurring prepositions

Use frequently occurring prepositions

Print the letter Gg

Print the letter Gg

Produce and expand complete sentences

Produce and expand complete sentences

Simple and compound sentences

Simple and compound sentences

Print the letter Ff

Print the letter Ff

Write a letter or letters for consonants or short vowels

Write a letter or letters for consonants or short vowels

Spell frequently occurring irregular words

Spell frequently occurring irregular words

Spell words with common spelling patterns

Spell words with common spelling patterns

Spell simple words phonetically

Spell simple words phonetically

Form plural nouns orally with /s/ and /es/

Form plural nouns orally with /s/ and /es/

Modal auxiliaries: Can/may, might/must, could/should

Modal auxiliaries: Can/may, might/must, could/should

How to write titles of works

How to write titles of works

Print the letter Ee

Print the letter Ee

Print the letter Dd

Print the letter Dd

Progressive verb tenses

Progressive verb tenses

Function of subordinating conjunctions

Function of subordinating conjunctions

Choose between adjectives and adverbs to modify

Choose between adjectives and adverbs to modify

Apostrophe to form frequently occurring possessives

Apostrophe to form frequently occurring possessives

Frequently occurring nouns

Frequently occurring nouns

Inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person

Inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person

Print the letter Cc

Print the letter Cc

Choose comparative or superlative to modify

Choose comparative or superlative to modify

Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names

Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names

Correlative conjunctions

Correlative conjunctions

Function of coordinating conjunctions in sentences

Function of coordinating conjunctions in sentences

Articles (a, an, the)

Articles (a, an, the)

Use demonstratives

Use demonstratives

Commas, colons, and semicolons in a series

Commas, colons, and semicolons in a series

Perfect verb tenses

Perfect verb tenses

Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions

Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions

Relative pronouns

Relative pronouns

Pronoun-antecedent agreement

Pronoun-antecedent agreement

Intensive pronouns

Intensive pronouns

Commas in addresses

Commas in addresses

Reflexive pronouns

Reflexive pronouns

Frequently occurring prepositions

Frequently occurring prepositions

Comparative and superlative adverbs

Comparative and superlative adverbs

Relative adverbs

Relative adverbs

The function of pronouns in sentences

The function of pronouns in sentences

Commas in a series

Commas in a series

Capitalize dates and names of people

Capitalize dates and names of people

It's, its, you're, and your

It's, its, you're, and your

Simple verb tenses

Simple verb tenses

Declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory sentences

Declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory sentences

Comparative and superlative adjectives

Comparative and superlative adjectives

Past tense of irregular verbs

Past tense of irregular verbs

Past, present, and future verbs

Past, present, and future verbs

Two, to, and too

Two, to, and too

Function of nouns and verbs in sentences

Function of nouns and verbs in sentences

Review simple, compound, and complex sentences

Review simple, compound, and complex sentences

Singular and plural nouns with matching verbs

Singular and plural nouns with matching verbs

Possessive nouns

Possessive nouns

Indefinite pronouns

Indefinite pronouns

Possessive pronouns

Possessive pronouns

Regular and irregular verbs

Regular and irregular verbs

Recognize and name end punctuation

Recognize and name end punctuation

Order of adjectives

Order of adjectives

Personal pronouns

Personal pronouns

Collective nouns

Collective nouns

Subject-verb agreement

Subject-verb agreement

Commas in dates

Commas in dates

Irregular plural nouns

Irregular plural nouns

Frequently occurring conjunctions

Frequently occurring conjunctions

Frequently occurring adjectives

Frequently occurring adjectives

Capitalize first word and letter I

Capitalize first word and letter I

Apostrophe to form contractions

Apostrophe to form contractions

Form and use possessives

Form and use possessives

Prepositional phrases

Prepositional phrases

Capitalize titles

Capitalize titles

Review capitalization

Review capitalization

Use correct capitalization

Use correct capitalization

Recognize and correct run-ons

Recognize and correct run-ons

Recognize and correct fragments

Recognize and correct fragments

Writing dialogue tags

Writing dialogue tags

Use common and proper nouns

Use common and proper nouns

Features of a sentence: End punctuation

Features of a sentence: End punctuation

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