Standard 5: Language

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

4.5.W.4 Students will compose declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.

Student Actions 

Teacher Actions 

• Students will write declarative sentences. 

• Students will write interrogative sentences. 

• Students will write imperative sentences. 

• Students will write exclamatory sentences.  

• Teachers review and model how to write declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.  

• Teachers provide opportunities for students to write declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.

• Teachers monitor and provide opportunities for students to receive feedback when writing declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.

Supporting Resources 

Teacher Insights 

• This standard is for students to construct their own sentences. Students should be given opportunities to compose their own sentences with proper support and guidance.

• Declarative Sentences are statements and use a period as an end mark.

• Interrogative Sentences are questions and use a question mark as an end mark.

• Imperative Sentences issue commands or requests and use a period as an end mark.

•  Exclamatory Sentences express strong emotions and use exclamation points as an end mark. 

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.