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August

Edit sentences for punctuation, capitalization, and grammar errors

Identify declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences

Use correct end punctuation

Write each of the four kinds of sentences correctly

Identify the complete subject of a sentence

Identify the complete predicate of a sentence

Write sentences identifying the complete subject and complete predicate correctly

Identify the simple subject and predicate of a sentence

Language Arts State Goal 3  Write to communicate for a variety of purposes

A. Use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and structure

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September

Write sentences identifying the simple subject and simple predicate correctly

Identify imperative and interrogative sentences

Identify the subjects in imperative and interrogative imperative sentences

Write interrogative and imperative sentences and identify their simple subjects correctly

Identify compound subjects in sentences

Recognize the connecting word and or or that joins parts of a compound subject

Write sentences using compound subjects and conjunctions correctly

Identify compound predicates in sentences

Recognize the connecting word and or or that joins parts of a compound predicate

Write sentences using compound predicates and conjunctions correctly

Combine sentences by using compound subjects

Combine sentences by using compound predicates

Identify compound sentences

Identify the simple sentences and the connecting word that make up a compound sentence

Write compound sentences

Identify and, or, and but as conjunctions

Choose the appropriate conjunctions and use them correctly in a sentence

Identify simple, compound, and complex sentences

Combine simple sentences to form complex sentences, using appropriate subordinating conjunctions

Write complex sentences correctly

Vary sentence length by combining simple sentences to form compound sentences

Use subordinating conjunctions to combine simple sentences into complex sentences

Recognize and correct sentence fragments and run-on sentences

Proofread for run-on sentences 

Language Arts State Goal 3  Write to communicate for a variety of purposes

A. Use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and structure

3.A.2.  Write paragraphs that include a variety of sentence types; appropriate use of the eight parts of speech; and accurate spelling, capitalization, and punctuation

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October

Tell whether a noun names a person, place, thing, or idea

Identify nouns in sentences and paragraphs

Write sentences correctly identifying nouns

Identify common and proper nouns

Capitalize proper nouns correctly

Proofread for capitalization errors

Write sentences using common and proper nouns; labeling them correctly

Recognize appositives

Expand sentences by adding appositives

Write sentences using appositives correctly

Write the plural forms of nouns correctly

Proofread for plural nouns

Use forms of plural nouns correctly in sentences

Identify singular and plural possessive nouns and write them correctly

Write sentences using singular and possessive nouns correctly

Combine sentences by using possessive nouns

Identify plural, singular possessive, and plural possessive nouns

Write plural and possessive nouns correctly

Use plural and possessive nouns correctly in sentences

Replace nouns with more exact nouns

Language Arts State Goal 3  Write to communicate for a variety of purposes

A. Use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and structure

3.A.2.  Write paragraphs that include a variety of sentence types; appropriate use of the eight parts of speech; and accurate spelling, capitalization, and punctuation

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 November

Identify action Identify action verbs in sentences and tell whether the action is visible or invisible

Write sentences using action verbs correctly

Identify verb phrases

Distinguish between main verbs and helping verbs

Write sentences using verb phrases

Identify direct objects in sentences, including compound objects

Write sentences using direct objects, including compound objects

Identify transitive verbs and verb phrases in sentences

Identify intransitive verbs and verb phrases in sentences

Recognize all linking verbs as intransitive verbs

Write sentences using transitive and intransitive verbs correctly and labeling them

Identify being verbs and linking verbs in sentences

Identify predicate nouns and adjectives in sentences

Write sentences using predicate nouns and adjectives and labeling them

Identify verbs in the present, past, and future tense

Use verbs in the present, past, and future tense in sentences correctly

Identify and use the principal parts of verbs

Identify and use the perfect tenses of verbs

Write sentences using the perfect tense forms of verbs correctly

Identify regular and irregular verbs

Identify and use the principal parts of some irregular verbs

Proofread captions with incorrect past participles

Write sentences using the principal parts of some irregular verbs correctly

Use the past, present, and future tenses of verbs correctly consistently

Language Arts State Goal 3  Write to communicate for a variety of purposes

A. Use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and structure

3.A.2.  Write paragraphs that include a variety of sentence types; appropriate use of the eight parts of speech; and accurate spelling, capitalization, and punctuation

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December

Use verb forms that agree in number with their subjects

Proofread to correct subject-verb agreement

Write sentences using verbs that agree in number with their subjects

Use verb forms that agree with compound subject joined by or, either. . .or, and neither. . .nor

Use verb forms that agree with the subject in sentences beginning with here or there

Proofread to correct subject-verb agreement

Write sentences using compound subjects joined by or, either. . .or, and neither. . .nor and sentences beginning with here and there

Identify contractions in sentences

Identify the words that make up a contraction

Proofread to correct contractions in an essay

Write sentences using contractions correctly

Use sit, set, lie, lay, rise, and raise correctly

Proofread instructions to correct verb forms

Write sentences using sit, set, lie, lay, rise, and raise correctly

Use lend, borrow, let, leave, teach, and learn correctly

Proofread a notice to correct verbs

Write sentences using lend, borrow, let, leave, teach, and learn correctly

Replace the verb said with more exact verbs

Use a thesaurus

Language Arts State Goal 3  Write to communicate for a variety of purposes

A. Use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and structure

3.A.2.  Write paragraphs that include a variety of sentence types; appropriate use of the eight parts of speech; and accurate spelling, capitalization, and punctuation

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January

Identify adjectives and the nouns they modify

Recognize adjectives that answer what kind? Which one(s)? and how many?

Write sentences using adjectives correctly

Elaborate sentences by varying the placement of adjectives

Use articles correctly

Use demonstrative adjectives

Proofread a letter to correct articles and demonstrative adjectives

Write sentences using articles and demonstrative adjectives correctly

Use the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives

Proofread a list for incorrect adjectives

Write sentences using comparative and superlative adjectives correctly

Form comparative and superlative adjectives with more and most and less and least

Use the correct comparative and superlative forms of irregular adjectives and those requiring more and most

Proofread questions to correct adjective forms

Write sentences using comparative and superlative forms of irregular and those requiring more and most and less and least

Identify and form proper adjectives

Capitalize proper adjectives and spell them correctly

Write sentences using the correct forms of proper adjectives

Identify adverbs and the verbs they modify

Write sentences using adverbs

Identify adverbs and the adjectives or adverbs they

modify

Write sentences using adverbs that modify adjectives and other adverbs

Elaborate sentences by adding adverbs

Use comparative and superlative adverbs correctly

Proofread to correct adverb forms

Write sentences using comparative and superlative adverbs correctly

Use negative words correctly in sentences

Identify double negatives in sentences

Proofread for double negatives

Write sentences correctly using negatives

Distinguish adjectives from adverbs

Use adjectives and adverbs correctly in sentences

Proofread for incorrect adjectives and adverbs

Write sentences using adjectives and adverbs correctly

Language Arts State Goal 3  Write to communicate for a variety of purposes

A. Use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and structure

3.A.2.  Write paragraphs that include a variety of sentence types; appropriate use of the eight parts of speech; and accurate spelling, capitalization, and punctuation

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February

Replace exact      Replace modifiers in sentences with more exact modi          exact modifiers

Use correct end punctuation for declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences

Proofread a script to correct errors in punctuation

Write the four kind of sentences using end punctuation correctly

Capitalize proper nouns and proper adjectives

Proofread a biography to correct errors in capitalization

Write sentences using proper nouns and proper adjectives correctly

Identify interjections

Proofread comments from an electronic chat room, correcting errors in punctuation

Write sentences using interjections

 Use commas correctly with items in a series

 Proofread a list, adding commas where needed

Write sentences using commas in a series

Combine sentences by using words or phrases in a series

 Combine sentences by using sentences in a series

 Use commas to separate the parts of a compound sentence

 Use commas to separate an appositive from the rest of the sentence

Use commas after introductory words and with nouns of direct address

Proofread an interview to correct errors in the use of commas

Write sentences using commas with introductory words, appositives, nouns of direct address, and in compound sentences

Combine sentences by using introductory phrases set off with commas

Combine sentences by using subordinating conjunctions

Language Arts State Goal 3  Write to communicate for a variety of purposes

A. Use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and structure

3.A.2.  Write paragraphs that include a variety of sentence types; appropriate use of the eight parts of speech; and accurate spelling, capitalization, and punctuation

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March

Write correct abbreviations for places, businesses, titles, agencies, organizations, measurements, and states

Proofread a form to correct errors in abbreviations

Write sentences using abbreviations correctly

Use quotation marks, commas, end punctuation, and capital letters correctly in dialogue

Proofread a dialogue to correct errors in capitalization and punctuation

Write a dialogue correctly using capitalization and punctuation

Correctly capitalize words in titles

Distinguish between titles that are underlined and those that are enclosed in quotation marks

Proofread an event calendar to correct the punctuation of titles

Write sentences using titles correctly

Generate sentences with titles and direct quotations, using correct capitalization and punctuation

Identify pronouns and their antecedents

Use pronouns correctly in sentences

Proofread an editorial for correct use of pronouns

Write sentences using pronouns correctly

Replace confusing pronouns with a noun or noun phrase

Avoid repetitiveness  by substituting nouns or noun phrases for pronouns

Distinguish between subject and object pronouns

Choose the correct pronoun to complete sentences

Proofread an essay, correcting the pronouns

Write sentences using subject and object pronouns correctly

Identify and use possessive pronouns and contractions

Proofread a set of instructions, correcting the pronouns

Write sentences using possessive pronouns correctly

Choose the correct pronoun form after linking verbs

Proofread a dialogue, correcting the pronouns

Write sentences using pronouns correctly after linking verbs

Use the correct forms of pronouns in compound subjects and compound objects

Proofread a project plan, correcting the pronouns in compound subjects and object

Language Arts State Goal 3  Write to communicate for a variety of purposes

A. Use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and structure

3.A.2.  Write paragraphs that include a variety of sentence types; appropriate use of the eight parts of speech; and accurate spelling, capitalization, and punctuation

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April

Write sentences using pronouns in compound subjects and objects correctly

Use who, whom, and whose correctly in sentences

Proofread a pho   Proofread a phone survey

Write sentences using who, whom, and whose correctly

Combine sentences by using pronouns

Use correctly the pronouns we and us before nouns in sentences

Proofread a postcard, correcting the pronouns we and us

Write sentences using the pronouns we and us correctly

Identify indefinite pronouns

Use verbs that agree with singular and plural indefinite pronouns in sentences

Proofread a TV script, correcting the verb forms

Write sentences using indefinite pronouns correctly

Identify the incorrect use of a homophone and write the correct homophone

Use homophones in sentences correctly

Identify prepositions and prepositional phrases in sentences

Identify the objects of prepositions

Write sentences using prepositions correctly

Identify adjective phrases

Identify the nouns modified by adjective phrases

Write sentences using adjective phrases correctly

Identify adverb phrases

Identify the words modified by adverb phrases

Write sentences using adverb phrases

Expand sentences by adding prepositional phrases

Combine sentences by using prepositional phrases

Distinguish between prepositions and adverbs

Write sentences using prepositions and adverbs correctly

Use the prepositions in, into, and of correctly

Proofread a paragraph, correctly the prepositions and helping verbs

Write sentences using in, into, and of correctly

Language Arts State Goal 3  Write to communicate for a variety of purposes

A. Use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and structure

3.A.2.  Write paragraphs that include a variety of sentence types; appropriate use of the eight parts of speech; and accurate spelling, capitalization, and punctuation

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May

Match idioms with their meanings

Use idioms correctly in sentences

To identify figures of speech such as similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, and personification

To use these figures of speech in enhancing writing

Use strong verbs in writing

Use color words in writing

To show not tell readers in writing

Use specific emotion and sensory words in writing

Create a word picture in writing

Recognize and use story grabbers in writing

Use transitional words and phrases

Recognize and use dialogue with special tags and tagless dialogue

Language Arts State Goal 3  Write to communicate for a variety of purposes

A. Use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and structure

3.A.2.  Write paragraphs that include a variety of sentence types; appropriate use of the eight parts of speech; and accurate spelling, capitalization, and punctuation

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