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Coordinating Conjunctions
4th Grade
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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
4.11.D
edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
(i) complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
(ii) past tense of irregular verbs;
(iii) singular, plural, common, and proper nouns;
(iv) adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms;
(v) adverbs that convey frequency and adverbs that convey degree;
(vi) prepositions and prepositional phrases;
(vii) pronouns, including reflexive;
(viii) coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects, predicates, and sentences;
(ix) capitalization of historical periods, events, and documents; titles of books; stories and essays; and languages, races, and nationalities;
(x) punctuation marks, including apostrophes in possessives, commas in compound sentences, and quotation marks in dialogue; and
(xi) correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words; and
Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking:
ELA.4.C.3.1
Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.
4th Grade Writing - Coordinating Conjunctions Lesson
Coordinating Conjunctions
A
coordinating
conjunction
connects
equally important words,
phrases
, or
clauses
in a sentence.
Example:
Janie wondered whether to make her mom a bracelet
or
a necklace for her birthday.
There are 7 coordinating conjunctions:
and
,
but
,
or
,
nor
,
for
,
yet
,
so
Example:
The scorpion was quite small,
but
its sting was very painful.
Hayes jogs
or
walks five miles every day for exercise.
Donald is not nervous about performing on stage,
nor
is he worried about forgetting his lines.
Ella's vote did not count,
for
she had not marked her ballot clearly.
There is very little chance of winning the lottery,
yet
people continue to spend money on lottery tickets.
Sam did not complete his homework on time,
so
he will not get full credit.
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