Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
3.2.B
demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:
(i) spelling multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables;
(ii) spelling homophones;
(iii) spelling compound words, contractions, and abbreviations;
(iv) spelling multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns;
(v) spelling words using knowledge of syllable division patterns such as VCCV, VCV, and VCCCV;
(vi) spelling words using knowledge of prefixes; and
(vii) spelling words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants;
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
3.11.D
edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
(i) complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement;
(ii) past, present, and future verb tense;
(iii) singular, plural, common, and proper nouns;
(iv) adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms;
(v) adverbs that convey time and adverbs that convey manner;
(vi) prepositions and prepositional phrases;
(vii) pronouns, including subjective, objective, and possessive cases;
(viii) coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects, predicates, and sentences;
(ix) capitalization of official titles of people, holidays, and geographical names and places;
(x) punctuation marks, including apostrophes in contractions and possessives and commas in compound sentences and items in a series; and
(xi) correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words; and