For this assignment, I looked at the category of third through fifth graders. In this particular category, the students are beginning to understand temporal words like before and after and also comparative words such as bigger or big as, confusion with the word versus, not understanding irregular word forms, increasing awareness of when sentences are and are not grammatically correct. A lot of them also had to do with sentence structure and how that relates to the children's understanding of incorrect sentences.
As a teacher, it is important for the students to grasp a clear understand for these three (and more) categories that the children don't understand or are beginning to understand. Strategies that would be useful for the students to use to grasp this understanding may include having them continuously write in journals to ensure that they are thinking about their writing. This is also very effective if the teacher is making an effort to point out mistakes in their writing and having them redo it. This will help them see what they did not do correctly.
Another great aspect for the teachers to work on with the students at this age is allowing them to read. Reading different books will help children in many different ways and one of these is for students to understand simple syntax that some books provides. By having them exposed regularly to this, they will be able to see how syntax should be used.
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