Kentucky Reading and Writing L.3.2

L.3.2 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• L.3.2.d

  Use possessives.

• L.3.2.e

  Use conventional spelling for high-frequency words where suffixes are added to base words.

• L.3.2.f

  Use spelling patterns (graphemes) and generalizations in writing multisyllabic words.

• L.3.2.g

  Consult reference materials as needed to check and correct spellings.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students capitalize words in titles and put commas in addresses. They use commas and quotation marks in dialogue and apostrophes to show ownership. They spell words with endings and longer words using spelling patterns, then check uncertain spellings in a dictionary.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student writes “The Secret Garden” and “Lexington, KY” with the right capitals and comma. They write “Mia said, ‘That is Ben’s bag.’” with correct dialogue marks and an apostrophe. They spell “running” and “thunderstorm” correctly and check a doubtful word in a dictionary.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may capitalize small words like “of” in the middle of a title or leave out the comma between a city and state. They may put quotation marks around the speaker’s name or write “Bens” to show ownership. They may write “runing” or guess at a longer word instead of checking it.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Fix the title “my trip to the lake” and the address “12 Pine St Lexington KY 40508.” Then write Mia’s words as dialogue in “Mia said Jacks dog is runing,” and spell “thunderstorm” before checking it in a dictionary.

1. 01

   Pairs mark a book title, mailing address, and spoken line on sentence strips with colored pens for capitals, commas, quotation marks, and apostrophes.

2. 02

   Ask students to write two lines of dialogue about a lost lunchbox, then swap papers to check commas, quotation marks, and possessives.

3. 03

   Teams build “running,” “hoping,” and “sunflower” with letter tiles, then underline each vowel spelling and check a dictionary.

4. 04

   Have students make a pretend travel postcard titled “My Kentucky Trip” and address it to 18 Oak St., Frankfort, KY 40601.

• L.6.2

  The 6th Grade version of this standard.

• L.2.2

  The 2nd Grade version of this standard.

• L.1.2

  The 1st Grade version of this standard.

• L.5.2

  The 5th Grade version of this standard.