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ELA2nd Gradeedit drafts using standard English conventions, including:

The Standard

adverbs that convey time and adverbs that convey place

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading · The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.

Teacher's field guide

What This Standard Means

What Students Need to Do

Students edit sentences by adding or correcting words that tell when or where an action happens. They check that each word fits the sentence and makes the meaning clear.

What Mastery Looks Like

Students find words such as today, later, here, and outside in sentences. They add or revise these words so readers know when or where an action happens.

Common Misconceptions

Students may confuse when or where words with describing words such as soft or blue. They may also place the adverb where the sentence sounds awkward or changes meaning.

How to Assess It

Give students: “We will play.” Ask them to add one word telling when and one word telling where, then label each word.

Lesson moves

Ways to Teach It

  1. Give students action cards and word cards such as tomorrow, nearby, upstairs, and soon, then have them build and read complete sentences.

  2. Ask students to write two sentences about recess, one telling when an action happened and one telling where it happened.

  3. Play Adverb Sort by having teams place word cards under When or Where, then use each word in a sentence.

  4. Use a classroom schedule and map to write directions with time and place words, such as first, later, here, and outside.

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