ELA21.3.37

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.37
Compose simple, compound, and complex sentences with correct subject-verb agreement.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:

A complete simple sentence includes a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought.
A complete compound sentence includes two subjects and two predicates and expresses two complete thoughts.
A complete compound sentence must include a coordinating conjunction to link the two complete thoughts.
A complex sentence expresses two thoughts, one complete thought and one incomplete thought, that are joined by a subordinating conjunction or relative pronoun.
A subject and its verb must both be singular or both plural.

Skills

Students are able to:

Write simple sentences with correct subject-verb agreement.
Write compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement.
Write complex sentences with correct subject-verb agreement.

Understanding

Students understand that:

There are different types of sentences, and writers vary the types of sentences they use to create variety in their writing.
In all sentences, the subject must agree with the verb: singular subjects use singular verbs and plural subjects use plural verbs.

Vocabulary

Compose
Simple sentence
Compound sentence
Complex sentence
Subject-verb agreement

Aligned Learning Resources

Later Gator - Subject Verb Agreement

Fragments

Predicate of a Sentence

Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences

Subject of a Sentence

Subject Verb Agreement

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