1.11.D.i

ELA1st GradeThe student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.

The Standard

complete sentences with subject-verb agreement

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading · edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students write a whole thought that names who or what and tells what happens. They reread each sentence and choose a verb that matches one subject or several subjects.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student writes a whole thought that tells who or what and what that subject does. The verb matches whether the subject is one person or thing, or more than one.
Common Misconceptions: Students may treat a fragment such as "The big dog" as a full sentence. They may mismatch singular and plural forms, writing "The dogs runs" or "They is playing."
How to Assess It: Give students the fragments "My friends" and "plays outside," then ask them to combine and correct them. Students should write, "My friends play outside."

Lesson moves

Give pairs noun and verb cards, then have students build matching sentences and read them aloud.
Ask students to explain why "The cat sleep" sounds wrong, then write a corrected sentence.
Play Sentence Fix-It by displaying mismatched sentences and awarding points when teams correct both the fragment and verb.
Have students write two classroom rule signs, such as "We listen" and "Our teacher helps us."

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