Kentucky Reading and Writing L.3.1

L.3.1 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• L.3.1.a

  Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs in a grade-level text.

• L.3.1.e

  Use verb tenses.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students explain what nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs do in a sentence. They use plural and abstract nouns, regular and irregular verbs, and matching subjects, verbs, and pronouns. They choose verb tenses, comparisons, conjunctions, and simple, compound, or complex sentences.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student writes “children went” and “the child goes” and uses “joy” to name a feeling. They keep tense and pronouns consistent. They explain why “quick” describes a runner, while “quickly” describes how the runner moves.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students write “childs” or “goed” by adding regular endings to irregular words. They switch tense, write “they was,” or use “she” for “the girls.” They write “most faster” or use “quick” when they mean “quickly.”

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Correct “The small childs runs quick because they was late.” Underline a noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, and conjunction in your correction.

1. 01

   Give pairs word cards: “The,” “happy,” “children,” “ran,” “quickly,” “because,” “they,” “felt,” and “joy”; have them build a sentence and label each word.

2. 02

   Put “The quick dog ran” and “The dog ran quickly” on the board; ask what “quick” and “quickly” each describe.

3. 03

   Sort sentence cards: “Birds fly,” “Birds fly, and bees buzz,” and “Birds fly because spring has arrived”; name each sentence pattern.

4. 04

   Post sprint times for Ana (12 seconds), Ben (13), and Cal (14); students write who ran faster than whom and who ran fastest.

• L.4.1

  The 4th Grade version of this standard.

• L.3.3.b

  Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written General American English.

• L.2.1

  In writing or speaking, demonstrate appropriate use of:

• L.5.1

  The 5th Grade version of this standard.