Standard 5: Language

Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to reading and writing.

For additional guidance, there is a Grammar Companion Guide on page 8 of the Support Documents.

Student Actions 

Teacher Actions 

• Students will continue to identify pronouns

• Students will understand that a possessive noun is a noun that shows ownership. 

Supporting Resources 

Teacher Insights 

For additional guidance, there is a Grammar Companion Guide on page 8 of the Support Documents.

Types of Pronouns (webpage)

• At this level, students are just recognizing pronouns and possessive nouns; they are not required to independently identify them.

• Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns.

• Pronouns are an important part of our language, and speech becomes awkward without them.

• Types of pronouns

• A possessive noun indicates ownership between one thing and another.

• To identify a possessive with a singular noun or a plural noun that does not end in s, an apostrophe and an s will be added to the end.

• girl’s necklace

• people’s thoughts

• To identify a possessive with a plural noun that ends in s, look for words with just an apostrophe at the end.This includes plural nouns that end in ies.

• boys’ shirts

• parties’ balloons

Due to recursive nature of the standards, it is essential that teachers are aware of how all objectives within and between strands work together for optimal instruction.