CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.1 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.1.a - Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.1.b - Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.1.c - Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.1.d - Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.1.e - Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).

 
Authors: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers

Title: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.1 Demonstrate Command Of The Conventions Of Standard English Grammar... Language - 5th Grade English Language Arts Common Core State Standards

Publisher: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington D.C.

Copyright Date: 2010

(Page last edited 10/08/2017)

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