South Dakota ELA 5.L.1.f

ELA5th GradeLanguage

The Standard

5.L.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., lose, loose).

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students choose the word that fits when words look or sound alike. They use the sentence's meaning to check their choice while writing and editing.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students use lose for misplacing something and loose for something not tight. They choose between there, their, and they're in a sentence and fix a wrong choice in their own writing.
Common Misconceptions: Students may write loose when they mean lose because the spellings look alike. They may write their for a place or they're for something someone owns because the words sound alike.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: Fill in “Don't _____ your _____ change” using lose and loose, then explain why each word fits.

Lesson moves

Give pairs lose and loose word cards, then have them place each card on a matching sentence strip and read the sentences aloud.
Ask students to correct “I left my coat over their” and explain why there fits but their does not.
Read eight short sentences aloud while students hold up the correct lose, loose, their, or there card.
Bring a mock lost-and-found sign reading “Don't loose your jacket,” and have students correct it before posting a clean copy.

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