1.L.1

Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

a. Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.

b. Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentences (e.g., He hops. We hop.).

c. Use personal, possessive, and indefinite pronouns (e.g., I, me, my; they, them, their; anyone, everything).

d. Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future (e.g., Yesterday I walked home; Today I walk home; Tomorrow I will walk home).

e. Use frequently occurring adjectives.

f. Use frequently occurring conjunctions (e.g., and, but, or, so, because).

g. Use determiners (e.g., articles, demonstratives).

h. Use frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., during, beyond, toward).

i. Produce and expand complete simple and compound sentences.

j. Identify declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences in response to prompts.

k. Write multiple sentences in an order that supports a main idea or story.