This formative assessment is designed to evaluate 4th-grade students' understanding of compound sentences through identification, editing, writing, and analysis of sentence structure within the context of informational texts, particularly focusing on Earth and space science.
Write a compound sentence about the Earth and space using one of these conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
Which sentence below is a compound sentence?
Edit the following sentence to make it a compound sentence: 'The astronaut suited up he walked to the spacecraft.'
Identify both subjects in this compound sentence: 'The sun is a star, and it provides heat to the Earth.'
Identify both verbs in this compound sentence: 'The sun is a star, and it provides heat to the Earth.'