CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.1j
The Standard
Produce and expand complete simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences in response to prompts.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
What This Standard Means
Students need to make complete sentences that tell, ask, command, or show strong feeling. They also need to add details to short sentences when given a prompt, such as adding who, what, where, or when. They should hear the difference between a sentence and a fragment.
Mastery looks like a child turning “dog runs” into “The brown dog runs in the yard,” or changing a prompt into a clear question or command. Students often forget capitals and end marks, write fragments, or mix up question marks and exclamation points.
Ways to Teach It
- Give pairs word cards with subjects, verbs, details, and end marks, then have them build and read four sentence types aloud.
- Ask students to expand “The bird sings” by adding where, when, and one describing word, then share their best sentence.
- Read five student sentences aloud and have students hold up a period, question mark, or exclamation point card.
- Use classroom signs and announcements to find real commands, questions, and exclamations, then rewrite one as a telling sentence.
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.1f
Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.6
Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1i
Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.6
Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation.