Convention

A contraction shortens words by replacing one or more letters with an apostrophe. Many reading curriculums introduce this concept in second grade. Our reading program expects a second grade student to use an apostrophe to form both contractions and frequently occurring possessives. Contractions The following words are commonly used to form contractions. am are have…

Before completing a writing assignment, children should proof their work to ensure proper use of capital letters. Every child progresses differently. Incorporating capital letters in writing is a gradual progress. However, many reading programs expect students to use correct capitalization by forth grade. When appropriate, review the following capitalization rules with your child. Guidelines Benchmark…

When writing, punctuation marks serve to make the meaning clear and separate parts or ideas, e.g., clauses and sentences. The information below contains the proper usage for punctuations marks. Period Question Mark Exclamation Point Quotation Marks Single Quotation Apostrophe Comma Parentheses Colon Semicolon Hyphen Ellipsis Bullets Slash Underlining or Italics Brackets Rules of Punctuation Period…