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Florida: B.E.S.T. Standards

33 skills · 15 in full · 12 in part

The conventions skills of benchmark C.3.1 that each grade is to master.

Kindergarten

4 skills · 0 in full · 3 in part
  1. ELA.K.C.3.1 (1)Begin each sentence with a capital letter and use ending punctuationFix the capital letters. were the knives sharp?Capital lettersNot practised here: ending punctuation, which is under End marksIn part
  2. ELA.K.C.3.1 (2)Capitalize the days of the week, the months of the year, and the pronoun ICapital-letter items drop the capital at the start of a sentence and on names; no item leaves a day, a month or I in lower case.No practice yet
  3. ELA.K.C.3.1 (3)Form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/Sort the nouns by how you spell the plural. Write each plural. fox garden torch cupcake peach bush window sailoradd -sadd -esPlurals: -s, -es, -iesNot practised here: saying the plural aloud; the items sort and write its spellingIn part
  4. ELA.K.C.3.1 (4)Use interrogatives to ask questionsAsk a question about the marked words. Parrots talk.Who, what, where, when, why, howNot practised here: why; who, what, where, when and how are askedIn part

Grade 1

5 skills · 2 in full · 3 in part
  1. ELA.1.C.3.1 (1)Capitalize proper nounsFix the capital letters. were the knives sharp?Capital lettersNot practised here: proper nouns other than names, days and Mom, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa (places, months)In part
  2. ELA.1.C.3.1 (2)Form and use simple verb tenses for regular verbs by adding -edSay it about yesterday. The elephants walk.Past, present, futureNot practised here: regular -ed verbs on their own; the items mix them with irregular ones (eat, ate)In part
  3. ELA.1.C.3.1 (3)Form and use complete simple sentencesComplete sentence, fragment, or run-on? The soup is spicy.Fragments and run-onsNot practised here: writing a sentence; the items ask which is a complete sentence and which is a fragmentIn part
  4. ELA.1.C.3.1 (4)Use possessivesChoose the right word. The boys send ____ cards.Possessives with 's
  5. ELA.1.C.3.1 (5)Use subject-verb agreement in simple sentencesChoose the right word. Grandma ____ the plant.Subject-verb agreement

Grade 2

6 skills · 3 in full · 1 in part
  1. ELA.2.C.3.1 (1)Form plurals -y to -iesSort the nouns by how you spell the plural. Write each plural. fox garden torch cupcake peach bush window sailoradd -sadd -esPlurals: -s, -es, -ies
  2. ELA.2.C.3.1 (2)Use apostrophes to form contractionsDraw a line from the two words to their contraction. will notcannotshe isare notis notcan'twon'tisn'tshe'saren'tContractions: don't, she's
  3. ELA.2.C.3.1 (3)Appropriately use pronounsChoose the right pronoun. Will ____ eat hay?He or him, they or themNot practised here: reflexive and indefinite pronouns (myself, someone)In part
  4. ELA.2.C.3.1 (4)Use commas in a seriesJoin the sentences into one with a list. The waiters serve the bread. The waiters serve the soup. The waiters serve the rice.Commas in a series
  5. ELA.2.C.3.1 (5)Use plural possessivesAn owner is always one (the farmer’s cow); plural owners (the farmers’ cows) are not generated yet.No practice yet
  6. ELA.2.C.3.1 (6)Use interjectionsNo interjections (wow, oh) yet.No practice yet

Grade 3

11 skills · 7 in full · 3 in part
  1. ELA.3.C.3.1 (1)Conjugate regular and irregular verb tensesSay it about yesterday. The elephants walk.Past, present, future
  2. ELA.3.C.3.1 (2)Form and use regular and frequently occurring irregular plural nounsChoose the right word. The ____ stand at the door.Irregular plurals
  3. ELA.3.C.3.1 (3)Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbsChoose the right word. Dad ____ the cake.Irregular past tense
  4. ELA.3.C.3.1 (4)Maintain consistent verb tense across paragraphsFind the two mistakes. Write the paragraph again with them fixed. the babies smiled. They laughed. They napped. they crawled.Edit a paragraphNot practised here: keeping the tense in writing of their own; the items find and fix a shiftIn part
  5. ELA.3.C.3.1 (5)Form and use irregular plural nounsChoose the right word. The ____ stand at the door.Irregular plurals
  6. ELA.3.C.3.1 (6)Form and use the progressive and perfect verb tensesChoose the right word. The friends ____ laughing.Progressive tensesNot practised here: the perfect tenses, which are under Perfect tensesIn part
  7. ELA.3.C.3.1 (7)Use simple modifiersFind all the describing words in the sentence. The wet yellow leaf will fall.Describing wordsNot practised here: adverbs, which are under AdverbsIn part
  8. ELA.3.C.3.1 (8)Use prepositions and prepositional phrasesFind the prepositional phrase. The elephant walked at sunset.Prepositional phrases
  9. ELA.3.C.3.1 (9)Form and use compound sentencesSimple, compound, or complex? Babies spill milk.Simple, compound, complex
  10. ELA.3.C.3.1 (10)Use quotation marks with dialogue and direct quotationsNo dialogue or quotations yet.No practice yet
  11. ELA.3.C.3.1 (11)Use commas to indicate direct addressChoose the sentence with the comma in the right place. A. Yes, the girl's kites are blue.B. Yes the, girl's kites are blue.C. Yes the girl's kites are blue.Commas with yes, no, names and tags

Grade 4

3 skills · 3 with practice
  1. ELA.4.C.3.1 (1)Use subject-verb agreement with intervening clauses and phrasesChoose the right word. The ants ____ little, but the dogs were big.Agreement in longer sentences
  2. ELA.4.C.3.1 (2)Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-onsComplete sentence, fragment, or run-on? Scratches its ears.Fragments and run-ons
  3. ELA.4.C.3.1 (3)Use conjunctionsChoose the joining word. The milk is cold ____ the soup is hot.And, but, so, because

Grade 5

4 skills · 0 in full · 2 in part
  1. ELA.5.C.3.1 (1)Use principal modals to indicate the mood of a verbOnly will and can are generated; no item chooses between modals yet.No practice yet
  2. ELA.5.C.3.1 (2)Use appositives, main clauses, and subordinate clausesChoose the joining word. Dad will light the fire ____ he builds it.When, before, after, if, althoughNot practised here: appositives (Sam, my brother, …), which are not generated yetIn part
  3. ELA.5.C.3.1 (3)Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in tense and numberFind the two mistakes. Write the paragraph again with them fixed. the babies smiled. They laughed. They napped. they crawled.Edit a paragraphNot practised here: shifts in number, and shifts between clauses of one sentenceIn part
  4. ELA.5.C.3.1 (4)Use conjunctions correctly to join words and phrases in a sentenceConjunctions here join whole clauses; joining words and phrases (cats and dogs) is not generated yet.No practice yet

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