Recognize and correct sentence fragments and run-on sentences.
Arkansas Academic Standards:
L.4.1.H
Demonstrate command of simple and compound sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons.
Use independent clauses and coordinating conjunctions when writing a compound sentence.
Arizona Academic Standards:
4.L.1.f
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.L.4.1f
Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS):
L.4.1.f
Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards:
L.4.1f
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons.
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE4L1f
Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting rhetorically poor fragments and run-ons.
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks:
L.4.1.a
Produce complete sentences, using knowledge of subject and predicate to recognize and correct inappropriate sentence fragments and run-on sentences.9
North Carolina - Standard Course of Study:
L.4.1.f
Produce complete sentences, while recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences
Tennessee Academic Standards:
4.FL.SC.6.e
Produce complete sentences; recognize and correct inappropriate fragments and run-ons.
Wisconsin Academic Standards:
L.4.5.e
compound and complex sentences; and
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.4.f
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
E04.D.1.1.1 - Use relative pronouns (e.g., who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (e.g., where, when, why).
E04.D.1.1.2 - Form and use the progressive verb tenses (e.g., I was walking, I am walking, I will be walking).
E04.D.1.1.3 - Use modal auxiliaries (e.g., can, may, must) to convey various conditions.
E04.D.1.1.4 - Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns (e.g., a small red bag rather than a red small bag).
E04.D.1.1.5 - Form and use prepositional phrases.
E04.D.1.1.6 - Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.*
E04.D.1.1.7 - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).*
E04.D.1.1.8 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*
E04.D.1.2.1 - Use correct capitalization.
E04.D.1.2.2 - Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.
E04.D.1.2.3 - Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
E04.D.1.2.4 - Spell grade-appropriate words correctly
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.4.l
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
E04.D.1.1.1 - Use relative pronouns (e.g., who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (e.g., where, when, why).
E04.D.1.1.2 - Form and use the progressive verb tenses (e.g., I was walking, I am walking, I will be walking).
E04.D.1.1.3 - Use modal auxiliaries (e.g., can, may, must) to convey various conditions.
E04.D.1.1.4 - Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns (e.g., a small red bag rather than a red small bag).
E04.D.1.1.5 - Form and use prepositional phrases.
E04.D.1.1.6 - Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.*
E04.D.1.1.7 - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).*
E04.D.1.1.8 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*
E04.D.1.2.1 - Use correct capitalization.
E04.D.1.2.2 - Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.
E04.D.1.2.3 - Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
E04.D.1.2.4 - Spell grade-appropriate words correctly
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.4.r
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
E04.D.1.1.1 - Use relative pronouns (e.g., who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (e.g., where, when, why).
E04.D.1.1.2 - Form and use the progressive verb tenses (e.g., I was walking, I am walking, I will be walking).
E04.D.1.1.3 - Use modal auxiliaries (e.g., can, may, must) to convey various conditions.
E04.D.1.1.4 - Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns (e.g., a small red bag rather than a red small bag).
E04.D.1.1.5 - Form and use prepositional phrases.
E04.D.1.1.6 - Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.*
E04.D.1.1.7 - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).*
E04.D.1.1.8 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*
E04.D.1.2.1 - Use correct capitalization.
E04.D.1.2.2 - Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.
E04.D.1.2.3 - Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
E04.D.1.2.4 - Spell grade-appropriate words correctly
4th Grade Writing - Sentence Fragments and Run-ons Lesson
Fragment
A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence. A complete sentence requires a subject, a verb, and a complete thought. A sentence fragment is missing one or more of these things.
Example: In the morning.
This sentence is missing a subject and a verb, and it does not express a complete thought.
Complete Sentence: In the morning, we will go to the park.
To correct a sentence fragment, add a subject, verb, and/or a complete thought.
Run-on Sentence
A run-on sentence is two or more complete thoughts joined together with incorrect punctuation.
Example: I hope it does not rain on Saturday, I want to go to the park.
This run-on sentence includes two complete thoughts with only a comma between them.
Complete Sentence: I hope it does not rain on Saturday. I want to go to the park.
To correct a run-on sentence, add a period between the two complete thoughts.
4th Grade Writing - Sentence Fragments and Run-ons Lesson