Order of Grammar Acquisition For English Language Learners Aligned to Common Core State Standards  

Grammar Targets for Level 1 Grammar Skill Description Alignment to CCSS Nouns Plural –s nouns Plural –es nouns L.K.1c Pronouns Possessive adjectives (My, your, his, her, its, our, their) Possessive Pronouns (Mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs) L.1.1d Verb to be Verb to be, past L.1.1e Present Tense Present tense Present tense, 3rd person singular Adjectives and Adverbs Adjective: feelings and character Adverbs: frequency, time, place, degree L.1.1f Prepositions Prepositions: location (It's IN the box.), movement (He's going TO the shops.), time (He left AFTER the lesson had finished.) L.K.1e Present and Past Continuous Present continuous (is walking) Past continuous (was walking) This/That/These/Those There is/There are Past Tense Past tense, regular verbs Future Future: going to and will L.3.1d Modals can L.3.1e Question Forms Simple Questions (who, what, when, where, why, how) L.K.1d Level 1 Students

Grammar Targets for Level 2 Grammar Skill Description Alignment to CCSS Nouns Irregular plural nouns L.2.1b L.3.1b Adjectives and Adverbs Adjectives: -ing and –ed Adverbs: -ly 2.L.1e Sentence Types Compound Sentences: A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. (Helpful hint: The first letter of each of the coordinators spells FANBOYS.) Except for very short sentences, coordinators are always preceded by a comma. In the following compound sentences, subjects are in yellow, verbs are in green, and the coordinators and the commas that precede them are in red.  I tried to speak Spanish, and my friend tried to speak English.  L.1.1j L.2.1f Past Tense Past tense: irregular verbs L.2.1c Modals Modals: should, must, may, might, can L.4.1c Question Forms Verb to be Present tense Past tense Future Possessives Possessive ‘s L.1.1b Two-part Verbs Two-part verbs (phrasal verbs) L.3.1d Comparatives and Superlatives Comparatives (ex. better) Superlatives (best) L.3.1g Gerunds and Infinitives Gerunds (She likes swimming in the lake.) Infinitives (She like to go to the lake.) L.8.1a Relative Clauses Relative clauses: that, who, where, when L.4.1b Conditionals Conditionals: will and would L.5.1c Level 2 Students

Grammar Targets for Level 3 Grammar Skill Description Alignment to CCSS Sentence Types Complex Sentences: A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which. In the following complex sentences, subjects are in yellow, verbs are in green, and the subordinators and their commas (when required) are in red. When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the teacher the last page.  L.3.1i L.4.1f Future Future Perfect (ex. She'll have finished it by next week.) will have + past participle Future Continuous (ex. This time next month, I'll have been living here for three years.) will + have+been+present participle L.5.1b Modals Modals: should have, could have, must have, can’t have, might have L.4.1c Question Forms Present Perfect Conditionals Conditionals: would have L.5.1c Present Perfect and Past Perfect Present perfect Past perfect Passive L.8.1b Level 3 Students

Grammar Targets Level 4 Level 4 Students Grammar Skill Description Alignment to CCSS Sentence Types Complex Sentences: A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which. In the following complex sentences, subjects are in yellow, verbs are in green, and the subordinators and their commas (when required) are in red. When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the teacher the last page.  L.3.1i L.4.1f Future Future Perfect (ex. She'll have finished it by next week.) will have + past participle Future Continuous (ex. This time next month, I'll have been living here for three years.) will + have+been+present participle L.5.1b Modals Modals: should have, could have, must have, can’t have, might have L.4.1c Conditionals Conditionals: would have Passive L.5.1c Level 4 Students

Grammar Targets Level 5 Level 5 Students Grammar Skill Description Alignment to CCSS Sentence Types Complex Sentences: A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which. In the following complex sentences, subjects are in yellow, verbs are in green, and the subordinators and their commas (when required) are in red. When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the teacher the last page.  L.3.1i L.4.1f Future Future Perfect (ex. She'll have finished it by next week.) will have + past participle Future Continuous (ex. This time next month, I'll have been living here for three years.) will + have+been+present participle L.5.1b Modals Modals: should have, could have, must have, can’t have, might have L.4.1c Conditionals Conditionals: would have Passive L.5.1c Level 5 Students