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Knowledge of Language.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Differentiate between contexts that call for formal English (e.g., presenting ideas) and situations where informal discourse is appropriate (e.g., small-group …
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Knowledge of Language.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Choose punctuation for effect.*
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Knowledge of Language.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.*
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Knowledge of Language.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Use correct capitalization.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their).*
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons.*
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Form and use prepositional phrases.
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns (e.g., a small red bag rather than a red small bag).
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Conventions of Standard English.
- 4th Grade
- Michigan State ELA Standards
- Language
Use modal auxiliaries (e.g., can, may, must) to convey various conditions.