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.
Which sentence below is a compound sentence?
Write a compound sentence about the Earth and space using one of these conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
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.'