CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1d
ELA3rd GradeConventions of Standard English
The Standard
Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
What This Standard Means
Students need to choose the right verb form when talking or writing about past, present, and future actions. They should know that many verbs add -ed, like walk to walked, but others change in different ways, like run to ran or go to went.
Mastery looks like students using these forms correctly in sentences and noticing when a verb “sounds wrong.” Common trouble spots are overusing -ed, mixing tense in one paragraph, and confusing tricky pairs like sit and sat, bring and brought, or teach and taught.
Ways to Teach It
- Give pairs verb cards and sorting mats labeled regular and irregular, then have them write one past-tense sentence for each card.
- Ask students to rewrite this prompt in past tense: Yesterday after school, I go home, eat a snack, and run outside.
- Use five sentence strips with verb errors, and have students hold up the corrected verb on whiteboards.
- Have students list five actions from last weekend, then check which verbs used -ed and which changed in another way.
Before This Standard
If students are struggling here, check these first.
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