LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

English Language Arts — Grade 4

Goal 5: The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.

Objective 5.01. Use correct capitalization (e.g., names of languages, nationalities, musical compositions) and punctuation (e.g., commas in a series, commas in direct address, commas and quotation marks in dialogue, apostrophes in possessives).

Additional related resources

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General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Stop that run-on!
Run-on sentences inhibit understanding and weaken someone's writing. In this lesson, students will learn to identify run-on sentences and how to fix them. They will then apply those skills to their own writing.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts)
By DPI Writing Strategies.
Animal report
After studying the various animal groups, students write a report about an animal of their choosing using well-formed paragraphs.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Science)
By Kay Sims.