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Conventions of Standard English.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their).*
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons.*
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Form and use prepositional phrases.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns (e.g., a small red bag rather than a red small bag).
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Use modal auxiliaries (e.g., can, may, must) to convey various conditions.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Form and use the progressive (e.g., I was walking; I am walking; I will be walking) verb tenses.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Use relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (where, when, why).