Common Core Standards
Grade:
4th Grade
Standard:
CC.1.4.4.F
Description:
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
Standard:
CC.1.4.4.L
Description:
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
Standard:
CC.1.4.4.R
Description:
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
Standard:
ELA.4.C.3.1
Description:
Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.
Standard:
Literacy.L.4.2b
Description:
Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.
Standard:
Literacy.L.4.2c
Description:
Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
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4th Grade Writing - Commas & Quotation Marks Lesson
Punctuation : Commas in Compound Sentences
A
comma (
, ) can be used to
separate clauses in a
compound sentence .
Compound sentences have at least two independent clauses. The clauses are joined by
coordinating conjunctions . A
comma comes
after a clause,
before the conjunction that begins the next clause.
There was no ghost in the closet, but , and
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4th Grade Writing - Commas & Quotation Marks Lesson