Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Demonstrate
command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing
or speaking.
1. Use collective nouns (e.g.,
group).
2. Form and use frequently
occurring irregular plural nouns (e.g., feet, children, teeth, mice,
fish).
3. Use reflexive pronouns
(e.g., myself, ourselves) and indefinite pronouns (e.g.,
anyone, everything).
4. Form and
use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., sat, hid,
told).
5. Use adjectives and
adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
6. Produce, expand, and rearrange complete
simple and compound sentences (e.g., The boy watched the movie; The little boy
watched the movie; The action movie was watched by the little boy).
B. Demonstrate command of the
conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when
writing.
1. Capitalize holidays, product
names, and geographic names.
2. Use
commas in greetings and closings of letters.
3. Use an apostrophe to form contractions and
frequently occurring possessives.
4. Generalize learned spelling patterns when
writing words (e.g., cage --> badge; boy --> boil).
5. Consult reference materials, including
beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
C. Use knowledge of language and
its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
1. Compare formal and informal uses of
English.
D. Determine or
clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on
grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
1. Use sentence-level context as a clue to
the meaning of a word or phrase.
2.
Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a
known word (e.g., happy/unhappy, tell/retell).
3. Use a known root word as a clue to the
meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., addition,
additional).
4. Use knowledge of
the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words (e.g.,
birdhouse, lighthouse, housefly; bookshelf, notebook, bookmark).
5. Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries,
both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and
phrases.
E. Demonstrate
understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
1. Identify real-life connections between
words and their use (e.g., describe foods that are spicy or juicy).
2. Distinguish shades of meaning among
closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives
(e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny).
F. Use words and phrases acquired through
conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including
using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that
makes me happy).
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
17:6, R.S. 17: 24.4, and
R.S.
17:154.
