WRITING:
Conventions
ELA Standards Grade 3
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WRITING: Conventions (60 % of CST in Writing) |
1.1: Use complete/correct declarative,
interrogative, imperative and exclamatory sentences. 1.2: Identify correct usage: verb tense,
pronoun case, and subject-verb agreement. 1.3: Identify and use the past, present,
and future verb tenses of words. 1.5: Punctuate dates, city, and state, and
items in a series. 1.6: Commas in dates, locations, items in
a series, apostrophes with contractions. 1.7: Capitalize geographical names,
holidays, historical periods, and special events. 1.8: Spell one-syllable words with blends
and contractions, compound words and homophones. 1.9: Arrange words in alphabetical order. |
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WRITING: Conventions (60 % of CST in Writing)
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(1.1)
RECOMMENDED: Copy sentences form guided writing. (1.2) RECOMMENDED:
Identify correct pronoun, e.g., he, she,
it. (1.3) RECOMMENDED:
Understand present tense in learned phrases with be, have, like, want, need; present progressive; learned imperative statements, e.g., sit
down, line up, point to. With
guidance, fill in cloze or sentence frame with correct verb. (1.5
& 1.6) RECOMMENDED: Use commas in dates. (1.7) RECOMMENDED: Use
capital letters when writing own name and at the beginning of sentences. (1.8)
RECOMMENDED: Copy cvc words. (1.9) RECOMMENDED:
Arrange alphabet cards in order.
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WRITING: Conventions (60 % of CST in Writing) |
(1.1) RECOMMENDED:
Write simple sentences. (1.2) RECOMMENDED: Choose correct form of verb, present and present progressive. (1.3)
RECOMMENDED: Use present, present progressive and
simple past tenses in affirmative and negative questions. (1.5
& 1.6) RECOMMENDED: Use commas between city and state and apostrophe
for heÕs, sheÕs, itÕs and IÕm. (1.7) Use capital
letters to begin sentences and proper nouns. (1.8) RECOMMENDED:
Spell cvc words including blends and digraphs. (1.9) RECOMMENDED:
Spell cvc words including blends and digraphs. |
Grade 3
Ð Intermediate Level
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WRITING: Conventions (60 % of CST in Writing) |
(1.1) Use standard word
order but may have some inconsistent grammatical forms (e.g. subject/verb
agreement). (1.2)
RECOMMENDED: Distinguish subject and object
pronouns. Identify
subjects and verb in sentences. (1.3)
RECOMMENDED: Use regular/irregular past tense in
affirmative and negative statements and questions; future tense, present
perfect; some conditional common; phrasal verbs (turn off). (1.5
& 1.6) RECOMMENDED: Use commas in a series and apostrophes to show
possession and in contractions, e.g., youÕve vs. your, theyÕre vs. there. (1.7)
ELA 1.7 (1.8)
RECOMMENDED: Spell contractions and compound words. (1.9)
RECOMMENDED: Arrange words by first two letters. |
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WRITING: Conventions (60 % of CST in Writing) |
(1.1) Use standard word order
but may have some inconsistent grammatical forms, including inflections. (1.2)
RECOMMENDED: Identify correct usage of all
pronouns and subject-verb agreement. (1.3)
RECOMMENDED: Use complex phrasal verbs (e.g., deprived
of); past perfect tense;
conditional (would, should, could); perfect conditional (e.g., I would haveÉ If). (1.5
& 1.6) RECOMMENDED: Edit work for commonly confused contractions e.g., youÕve vs. your, theyÕre vs. there. (1.7)
ELA 1.7 (1.8)
RECOMMENDED: Spell homophones correctly. (1.9)
RECOMMENDED: Arrange words by
first three letters. |
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WRITING: Conventions (60 % of CST in Writing) |
(1.1)
Use complete sentences and correct word order. Use
correct parts of speech, including correct subject/verb agreement. (1.2)
ELA 1.2 (1.3)
RECOMMENDED: Use progressive & future perfect
(e.g., She has been working, she will have been workingÉ); passive voice (e.g., It was written byÉ). (1.5
& 1.6) ELA 1.5, ELA 1.6 (1.7)
ELA 1.7 (1.8)
ELA 1.8 (1.9)
ELA 1.9 |