Kentucky Reading and Writing L.3.1.e
The Standard
- L.3.1
- When writing or speaking, demonstrate command of the conventions of General American English grammar and usage.
Use verb tenses.
Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Conventions of General American English
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students choose verbs that show when an action happens. They use past, present, and future tense to make the timing clear.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student writes, 'I ate lunch yesterday, I eat lunch today, and I will eat lunch tomorrow.' In a story about last weekend, the student keeps the verbs in past tense.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may write 'Yesterday I go' or 'Tomorrow I went.' They may use 'goed' instead of 'went' or switch tenses halfway through telling one event.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Write one sentence about eating lunch yesterday, one about eating lunch today, and one about eating lunch tomorrow. Underline each verb.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs sentence cards and yesterday, today, and tomorrow cards; have them match each sentence to a time card.
Ask students to explain how the meaning changes in 'I walked,' 'I walk,' and 'I will walk.'
Play a verb game: call out a time and an action, then have students say a sentence with the matching tense.
Use the class calendar to write one sentence about yesterday's lesson, today's lesson, and tomorrow's plan.
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