Form and use prepositional phrases and conjunctions.
Arkansas Academic Standards:
L.4.1.G
Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards:
4.L.1.e
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.L.4.1e
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE4L1e
Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS):
L.4.1.e
Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards:
L.4.1e
Tennessee Academic Standards:
4.FL.SC.6.d
Form and use prepositional phrases.
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks:
L.4.1.e
Form and use prepositional phrases in sentences to add more information about qualities such as location, time, agency, and direction.
North Carolina - Standard Course of Study:
L.4.1.e
Form and use prepositional phrases
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
Use and identify prepositional phrases.
Wisconsin Academic Standards:
L.4.5.b
prepositional phrases;
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.4.f
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
E04.D.1.1.1 - Use relative pronouns (e.g., who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (e.g., where, when, why).
E04.D.1.1.2 - Form and use the progressive verb tenses (e.g., I was walking, I am walking, I will be walking).
E04.D.1.1.3 - Use modal auxiliaries (e.g., can, may, must) to convey various conditions.
E04.D.1.1.4 - Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns (e.g., a small red bag rather than a red small bag).
E04.D.1.1.5 - Form and use prepositional phrases.
E04.D.1.1.6 - Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.*
E04.D.1.1.7 - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).*
E04.D.1.1.8 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*
E04.D.1.2.1 - Use correct capitalization.
E04.D.1.2.2 - Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.
E04.D.1.2.3 - Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
E04.D.1.2.4 - Spell grade-appropriate words correctly
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.4.l
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
E04.D.1.1.1 - Use relative pronouns (e.g., who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (e.g., where, when, why).
E04.D.1.1.2 - Form and use the progressive verb tenses (e.g., I was walking, I am walking, I will be walking).
E04.D.1.1.3 - Use modal auxiliaries (e.g., can, may, must) to convey various conditions.
E04.D.1.1.4 - Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns (e.g., a small red bag rather than a red small bag).
E04.D.1.1.5 - Form and use prepositional phrases.
E04.D.1.1.6 - Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.*
E04.D.1.1.7 - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).*
E04.D.1.1.8 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*
E04.D.1.2.1 - Use correct capitalization.
E04.D.1.2.2 - Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.
E04.D.1.2.3 - Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
E04.D.1.2.4 - Spell grade-appropriate words correctly
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.4.r
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
E04.D.1.1.1 - Use relative pronouns (e.g., who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (e.g., where, when, why).
E04.D.1.1.2 - Form and use the progressive verb tenses (e.g., I was walking, I am walking, I will be walking).
E04.D.1.1.3 - Use modal auxiliaries (e.g., can, may, must) to convey various conditions.
E04.D.1.1.4 - Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns (e.g., a small red bag rather than a red small bag).
E04.D.1.1.5 - Form and use prepositional phrases.
E04.D.1.1.6 - Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.*
E04.D.1.1.7 - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).*
E04.D.1.1.8 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*
E04.D.1.2.1 - Use correct capitalization.
E04.D.1.2.2 - Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.
E04.D.1.2.3 - Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
E04.D.1.2.4 - Spell grade-appropriate words correctly
4th Grade Writing - Prepositional Phrases Lesson
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Preposition
A preposition is a word used to connect a noun or pronoun to the rest of a sentence. Along with other words in prepositionalphrases, prepositions can be used to explain relationships between words in a sentence.
CommonPrepositions
aboard
before
down
into
past
about
behind
during
like
to
above
below
except
near
toward
across
beside
for
of
under
after
between
from
on
up
along
beyond
in
off
with
at
by
inside
outside
without
A prepositionalphrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. The noun or pronoun at the end is called the objectofthepreposition.
4th Grade Writing - Prepositional Phrases Lesson