Common Core: Language
4.L.1f
Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons.*
October 1, 20184.L.2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
October 1, 20183.L.4d
Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
October 1, 20183.L.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
October 1, 20183.L.5a
Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
October 1, 20183.L.5b
Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
October 1, 20183.L.5c
Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).
October 1, 20183.L.6
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).
October 1, 20183.L.3b
Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written standard English.
October 1, 20183.L.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
October 1, 2018