General Information
Test Item Specifications
- Requires the student to select the appropriate replacement for an ungrammatical word or phrase.
- Requires the student to select the correct version of a word or phrase to be used in a sentence.
- Requires the student to select the appropriate usage of grade-appropriate conventions.
- Requires the student to select the correct spelling of a word.
Items may ask the student to evaluate and correct errors that focus on grammar and usage or capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. Items should assess on-grade-level errors; however, once a Language Standard is introduced, grade-appropriate items may be written to assess continued mastery of standard conventions of English.
Items assessing these standards will be used with a three-or-four paragraph text containing possible errors in capitalization, usage, grammar, spelling, and punctuation. The editing task will be similar to a student's essay in quality and difficulty. The text should be accessible for the grade and should assess the student's knowledge of grammar, usage, and language conventions. Texts will be between 100 and 200 words.
These standards will be assessed using the Editing Task Choice item type. Descriptions of these item types can be found in the Enhanced Item Descriptions section on page 3.
Task Demand
Apply standard English grammar and usage.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Editing Task Choice
Apply standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Editing Task Choice
Related Courses
Course Number1111 | Course Title222 |
5010010: | English for Speakers of Other Languages-Elementary (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022 (course terminated)) |
5010030: | Functional Basic Skills in Communications-Elementary (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current)) |
5010045: | Language Arts - Grade Four (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current)) |
7710015: | Access Language Arts - Grade 4 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current)) |
5010104: | Introduction to Debate Grade 4 (Specifically in versions: 2020 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current)) |
Related Resources
Lesson Plans
Name | Description |
Cookies, Fractions and Decimals, Oh My! | This lesson asks students to recommend which cookie the owners of The Cookie Jar should add to their menu. Before they make their decision, the students have to convert decimal notation and fractions with denominators 10 and 100 to fractions with like denominators. Then they will be able to see exactly how many people voted for each cookie and they can factor in that information along with additional cookie facts to make their final recommendation. Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom. |
Order Please! | In this lesson, students will have an opportunity to learn about transition words. They willpractice editing sentences to include transitions and use these transition words in a writing activity. |
Well-Defined Word Choice | In this lesson, students will practice identifying and using descriptive words in their writing. Students will use photographs and text to study the concept of using descriptive words in writing. |
The Rule of Order: Adjectives | Students will learn and practice the rule for correctly ordering multiple adjectives modifying a noun to ultimately improve the precision of their descriptive writing skills. |
The Prepositional House | This lesson will provide students with an opportunity to be able to identify and apply their knowledge of prepositions and prepositional phrases. |
Walk This Way | Students will be asked to rank the different floor tiles for the playrooms in activity centers throughout community parks. They will need to take certain factors into consideration when making their rankings. They will also need to calculate the costs of installing the floor tiles using the given measurement of the playroom and the floor tiles. The "twist" will be that the client now needs to include a storage room for some of the playroom's equipment. They will need to decide if to use the same floor tile or different from the playroom and the additional cost of the storage closet. After, they will add the total costs of the playroom and the storage closet. They will report their findings and reasons by writing letters to the client. Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom. |
Fish Ahoy Fish | Students will work in groups to assist a client in purchasing different fish for a fish pond. From a data table, they will need to decide which type of fish and how many fish to purchase according to the size of the each pond. After, they will need to revisit a revised data table to make different selection of fish and calculate costs for the purchase of the fish. Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem, while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought process. MEAs follow a problem-based, student centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEA’s visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx |
Save Our Sand--An Engineer/Design Challenge | This Engineering Design Challenge is intended to help students apply the concepts of weathering and erosion from SC.4.E.6.4 as they build devices to stop beach erosion. It is not intended as an initial introduction to this benchmark. |
Florida's First Engineers-An Engineering Design Challenge | This Engineering Design Challenge is intended to introduce students to Native Floridians, their basic needs, and the challenges they faced in Florida's environment. Students will be designing and constructing a tool out of Florida native materials (items found in Florida's environment) that could meet one of the basic needs of humans. They will be discussing whether Native Floridians were engineers based on their ability to construct tools and shelters out of native materials in order to solve problems. |
Honey Bee Human--an Engineering Design Challenge | This Engineering Design Challenge is intended to help students apply the concepts of pollination from SC.4.L.16.1 as they design an apparatus that will pollinate a field. It is not intended as an initial introduction to this benchmark. In this Engineering Design Challenge, students will make a 2-dimensional model (a graphic illustration) rather than build a prototype. |
To, Too, or Two: Developing an Understanding of Homophones | An integral part of students' vocabulary and spelling development is to learn and understand the meaning of homophones. In this minilesson, students will identify and discuss homophones in a song. Then, student groups will create a skit that depicts the meaning of a homophone. Finally, student groups will create a comic strip version of their skit using homophones. |
Student Center Activities
Name | Description |
Vocabulary: Homophone Hunt | In this activity, students will choose the correct homophone to complete sentences. |
Vocabulary: Go Fish for Homophones | In this activity, students will match and correctly use homophones while playing a game. |
Tutorial
Name | Description |
Story Starters: Prepositional Phrases | In this tutorial you will learn how to write an interesting prepositional phrase to begin your writing. Press the button until you find the prepositional phrase you like…then finish the sentence on your own. Next, use the sentence you created to begin an amazing story! Or a poem! Or a descriptive paragraph!
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Worksheet
Name | Description |
Worksheets for teaching ESL learners | This page has many worksheets designed to help teach young ESL students. Some work on general language skills; others reinforce particular elements of grammar. |