Resources
L.5.1a
Standard: L.5.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English
grammar and usage when writing
or speaking.
a. Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in
general and their function in particular sentences.
Language Progressive Skills by Grade: The skills, marked with an asterisk (*) in
Language standards 1–3, are particularly likely to require continued attention in
higher grades as they are applied to increasingly sophisticated writing and speaking.
Resources
Websites:
K-12 Reader: This site provides a variety of grammar worksheets:
http://www.k12reader.com/
Education.Com: This site provides a variety of educational resources, worksheets,
and printables:
http://www.education.com/worksheets/fifth-grade/grammar/
grammar-learning-conjunction.pdf
grammar-review-conjunctions-worksheet.pdf
grammar-review-prepositions-worksheet.pdf
prep&prepphrases.pdf
sentence-diagramming-4-worksheet.pdf
Florida Center for Reading Research (fcrr):
http://www.fcrr.org/studentactivities/c_005a.pdf
LearnZillion provides a wide range of lesson video clips and student downloads to
be used with the videos. A useful feature is that the lessons are listed by grade level
and standard (CCSS).
https://learnzillion.com/common_core/ela
Other Resources:
LCPS Narrative Rubric
LCPS Opinion Writing Rubric
LCPS Informational Writing Rubric
Everyday Editing: This resource book (online) provides a variety of grammar and
writing lesson ideas and teacher commentary.
Anderson, Jeff. Everyday Editing: Inviting Students to Develop Skill and Craft in
Writer’s Workshop. Stenhouse Publishers, 2007. Included: Everyday Editing.pdf
Teaching Compound Sentences
(from Everyday Editing)
Resources
L.5.1a
What you want students to walk away knowing about compound sentences:
• Compound sentences are made when two or more sentences are combined with a
comma and a coordinating conjunction.
• Coordinating conjunctions can be remembered with the mnemonic FANBOYS—
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
• Compound sentences can be represented in a formula: Sentence + , + one of the
FANBOYS + sentence + . = Compound Sentence.
Misunderstandings you may need to clarify:
• Confusion that any sentence with one of the FANBOYS is a compound sentence
• Confusion that any sentence with one comma is a compound sentence
• Confusion that compound sentences can’t be combined with any other sentence
form
In chemistry class, we learned that a compound is something made by combining
two or more different things. It’s the same with compound sentences. Though we
define the compound sentence pattern as joining two sentences with a comma and
one of the FANBOYS, we can combine three—or perhaps more—sentences with
commas and FANBOYS. Compound sentences can also be formed by joining two
related sentences with a semicolon. (That’s right. No need for the FANBOYS. The
semicolon joins alone.) The separation is more subtle; sometimes we want less
separation between sentences. And, like chemistry, how and what you combine have
neutral, wonderful, or disastrous results.