Grammar Picnic
Standards
Texas TEKS: English Language Arts
63 expectations · 0 in full · 49 in part
The conventions to edit drafts for, K.10D and 1.11D to 5.11D.
Kindergarten
9 expectations · 0 in full · 8 in part- K.10D(i)With adult help, edit drafts for complete sentencesComplete sentence, fragment, or run-on? Scratches its ears.Fragments and run-onsNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- K.10D(ii)With adult help, edit drafts for verbsFind all the verbs in the sentence. Bubbles burst.Nouns and verbsNot practised here: choosing the right form of a verb, and editing a draft of one's own writing
- K.10D(iii)With adult help, edit drafts for singular and plural nounsChoose the right word. The ____ stand at the door.Irregular pluralsNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- K.10D(iv)With adult help, edit drafts for adjectives, including articlesFind all the describing words in the sentence. The wet yellow leaf will fall.Describing wordsNot practised here: choosing an article (a or an), and editing a draft of one's own writing
- K.10D(v)With adult help, edit drafts for prepositionsChoose the right little word. Mom will pour juice ____ the cup.Prepositions of placeNot practised here: prepositions of time, and editing a draft of one's own writing
- K.10D(vi)With adult help, edit drafts for pronouns: subjective, objective and possessiveChoose the right pronoun. Will ____ eat hay?He or him, they or themNot practised here: possessive pronouns (his, her, their), and editing a draft of one's own writing
- K.10D(vii)With adult help, edit drafts for a capital at the start of a sentence and a nameFix the capital letters. were the knives sharp?Capital lettersNot practised here: names other than Mom, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa, and editing a draft of one's own writing
- K.10D(viii)With adult help, edit drafts for the end mark of a statementWrite the right end mark. Foxes runEnd marksNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- K.10D(ix)With adult help, edit drafts for correct spelling of words with grade-level patterns and rules, and of high-frequency wordsGrammar Picnic practises grammar and punctuation, not spelling: no item asks for a spelling.
Grade 1
10 expectations · 0 in full · 8 in part- 1.11D(i)Edit drafts for complete sentences with subject-verb agreementChoose the right word. ____ the clown dance?Subject-verb agreementNot practised here: telling a complete sentence from a fragment, and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 1.11D(ii)Edit drafts for past and present verb tenseSay it about yesterday. The elephants walk.Past, present, futureNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- 1.11D(iii)Edit drafts for singular, plural, common and proper nounsChoose the right word. The ____ stand at the door.Irregular pluralsNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- 1.11D(iv)Edit drafts for adjectives, including articlesFind all the describing words in the sentence. The wet yellow leaf will fall.Describing wordsNot practised here: choosing an article (a or an), and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 1.11D(v)Edit drafts for adverbs that tell whenThe adverbs here tell how (quickly, gently); none tells when (now, soon, yesterday).
- 1.11D(vi)Edit drafts for prepositionsChoose the right little word. Mom will pour juice ____ the cup.Prepositions of placeNot practised here: prepositions of time, and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 1.11D(vii)Edit drafts for pronouns: subjective, objective and possessiveChoose the right pronoun. Will ____ eat hay?He or him, they or themNot practised here: possessive pronouns (his, her, their), and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 1.11D(viii)Edit drafts for a capital at the start of a sentence and for the pronoun IFix the capital letters. were the knives sharp?Capital lettersNot practised here: the pronoun I, and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 1.11D(ix)Edit drafts for the end marks of statements, exclamations and questionsWrite the right end mark. Who smiled.End marksNot practised here: exclamations and the exclamation mark, and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 1.11D(x)Edit drafts for correct spelling of words with grade-level patterns and rules, and of high-frequency words, with adult helpGrammar Picnic practises grammar and punctuation, not spelling: no item asks for a spelling.
Grade 2
11 expectations · 0 in full · 8 in part- 2.11D(i)Edit drafts for complete sentences with subject-verb agreementChoose the right word. ____ the clown dance?Subject-verb agreementNot practised here: telling a complete sentence from a fragment, and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 2.11D(ii)Edit drafts for past, present and future verb tenseSay it about yesterday. The elephants walk.Past, present, futureNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- 2.11D(iii)Edit drafts for singular, plural, common and proper nounsChoose the right word. The ____ stand at the door.Irregular pluralsNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- 2.11D(iv)Edit drafts for adjectives, including articlesFind all the describing words in the sentence. The wet yellow leaf will fall.Describing wordsNot practised here: choosing an article (a or an), and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 2.11D(v)Edit drafts for adverbs that tell when and adverbs that tell whereThe adverbs here tell how (quickly, gently); none tells when (soon, yesterday) or where (here, outside).
- 2.11D(vi)Edit drafts for prepositions and prepositional phrasesFind the prepositional phrase. The elephant walked at sunset.Prepositional phrasesNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- 2.11D(vii)Edit drafts for pronouns: subjective, objective and possessiveChoose the right pronoun. Will ____ eat hay?He or him, they or themNot practised here: possessive pronouns (his, her, their), and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 2.11D(viii)Edit drafts for coordinating conjunctions that form compound subjects and predicatesJoin the two sentences with "so". The children are sad. Mom hugs them.And, but, so, becauseNot practised here: compound subjects (the boy and the girl), and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 2.11D(ix)Edit drafts for capitals in months, days of the week, and the greeting and closing of a letterDays appear (on Monday), but no item drops their capital; there are no months and no letters.
- 2.11D(x)Edit drafts for end marks, apostrophes in contractions, and commas in a series and in datesWrite the right end mark. Who smiled.End marksNot practised here: the exclamation mark, commas in dates, and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 2.11D(xi)Edit drafts for correct spelling of words with grade-level patterns and rules, and of high-frequency wordsGrammar Picnic practises grammar and punctuation, not spelling: no item asks for a spelling.
Grade 3
11 expectations · 0 in full · 9 in part- 3.11D(i)Edit drafts for complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreementChoose the right word. ____ the clown dance?Subject-verb agreementNot practised here: compound sentences, and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 3.11D(ii)Edit drafts for past, present and future verb tenseSay it about yesterday. The elephants walk.Past, present, futureNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- 3.11D(iii)Edit drafts for singular, plural, common and proper nounsChoose the right word. The ____ stand at the door.Irregular pluralsNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- 3.11D(iv)Edit drafts for adjectives, including comparatives and superlativesChoose the right form of the describing word. The sun is ____ than the candle.Comparatives and superlativesNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- 3.11D(v)Edit drafts for adverbs that tell when and adverbs that tell howWhich word tells how? The owls hoot loudly.AdverbsNot practised here: adverbs that tell when (soon, yesterday), and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 3.11D(vi)Edit drafts for prepositions and prepositional phrasesFind the prepositional phrase. The elephant walked at sunset.Prepositional phrasesNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- 3.11D(vii)Edit drafts for pronouns: subjective, objective and possessiveChoose the right pronoun. Will ____ eat hay?He or him, they or themNot practised here: possessive pronouns (his, her, their), and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 3.11D(viii)Edit drafts for coordinating conjunctions that form compound subjects, predicates and sentencesChoose the joining word. The milk is cold ____ the soup is hot.And, but, so, becauseNot practised here: compound subjects (the boy and the girl), and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 3.11D(ix)Edit drafts for capitals in official titles of people, holidays, and geographical names and placesNo titles of people, holidays or place names in the word list.
- 3.11D(x)Edit drafts for apostrophes in contractions and possessives, and commas in compound sentences and in a seriesAdd the missing comma. Dad chopped wood so he was tired.Commas in compound sentencesNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- 3.11D(xi)Edit drafts for correct spelling of words with grade-level patterns and rules, and of high-frequency wordsGrammar Picnic practises grammar and punctuation, not spelling: no item asks for a spelling.
Grade 4
11 expectations · 0 in full · 8 in part- 4.11D(i)Edit drafts for complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement, avoiding splices, run-ons and fragmentsComplete sentence, fragment, or run-on? Scratches its ears.Fragments and run-onsNot practised here: subject-verb agreement, and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 4.11D(ii)Edit drafts for the past tense of irregular verbsChoose the right word. Dad ____ the cake.Irregular past tenseNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- 4.11D(iii)Edit drafts for singular, plural, common and proper nounsChoose the right word. The ____ stand at the door.Irregular pluralsNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- 4.11D(iv)Edit drafts for adjectives, including comparatives and superlativesChoose the right form of the describing word. The sun is ____ than the candle.Comparatives and superlativesNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- 4.11D(v)Edit drafts for adverbs that tell how often and how muchThe adverbs here tell how (quickly, gently); none tells how often (always) or how much (very).
- 4.11D(vi)Edit drafts for prepositions and prepositional phrasesFind the prepositional phrase. The elephant walked at sunset.Prepositional phrasesNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- 4.11D(vii)Edit drafts for pronouns, including reflexive pronounsChoose the right pronoun. Will ____ eat hay?He or him, they or themNot practised here: reflexive pronouns (myself, themselves), and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 4.11D(viii)Edit drafts for coordinating conjunctions that form compound subjects, predicates and sentencesChoose the joining word. The milk is cold ____ the soup is hot.And, but, so, becauseNot practised here: compound subjects (the boy and the girl), and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 4.11D(ix)Edit drafts for capitals in historical periods, events and documents, titles of books, stories and essays, and languages, races and nationalitiesNo such names in the word list.
- 4.11D(x)Edit drafts for apostrophes in possessives, commas in compound sentences, and quotation marks in dialogueChoose the right word. The boys send ____ cards.Possessives with 'sNot practised here: commas in compound sentences, quotation marks in dialogue, and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 4.11D(xi)Edit drafts for correct spelling of words with grade-level patterns and rules, and of high-frequency wordsGrammar Picnic practises grammar and punctuation, not spelling: no item asks for a spelling.
Grade 5
11 expectations · 0 in full · 8 in part- 5.11D(i)Edit drafts for complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement, avoiding splices, run-ons and fragmentsComplete sentence, fragment, or run-on? Scratches its ears.Fragments and run-onsNot practised here: subject-verb agreement, and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 5.11D(ii)Edit drafts for the past tense of irregular verbsChoose the right word. Dad ____ the cake.Irregular past tenseNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- 5.11D(iii)Edit drafts for collective nounsChoose the word for the group. A ____ of elephants walked.Collective nounsNot practised here: agreement with a collective noun, and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 5.11D(iv)Edit drafts for adjectives, including comparatives and superlativesChoose the right form of the describing word. The sun is ____ than the candle.Comparatives and superlativesNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- 5.11D(v)Edit drafts for conjunctive adverbsNo conjunctive adverbs (however, therefore) are generated.
- 5.11D(vi)Edit drafts for prepositions and prepositional phrases, and how they affect subject-verb agreementFind the prepositional phrase. The elephant walked at sunset.Prepositional phrasesNot practised here: a phrase between the subject and its verb (the box of toys is), and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 5.11D(vii)Edit drafts for pronouns, including indefinite pronounsChoose the right pronoun. Will ____ eat hay?He or him, they or themNot practised here: indefinite pronouns (someone, everyone), and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 5.11D(viii)Edit drafts for subordinating conjunctions that form complex sentencesChoose the joining word. Dad will light the fire ____ he builds it.When, before, after, if, althoughNot practised here: editing a draft of one's own writing
- 5.11D(ix)Edit drafts for capitals in abbreviations, initials, acronyms and organizationsNo abbreviations, initials, acronyms or organizations in the word list.
- 5.11D(x)Edit drafts for italics and underlining, quotation marks in dialogue, and commas in compound and complex sentencesAdd the missing comma. Dad chopped wood so he was tired.Commas in compound sentencesNot practised here: italics and underlining, quotation marks in dialogue, commas in complex sentences, and editing a draft of one's own writing
- 5.11D(xi)Edit drafts for correct spelling of words with grade-level patterns and rules, and of high-frequency wordsGrammar Picnic practises grammar and punctuation, not spelling: no item asks for a spelling.
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