5th Grade “No Excuse Rules”
-Sentences begin with capital letters
-Sentences and questions always have end punctuation . ? !
-Essential words are spelled correctly
-Words students have access to are spelled correctly
-Neatness is the student’s “Personal Best”
-Proper nouns and “I” are capitalized
-Sentences do not begin with the words “because”, “but” or “and”
-When answering questions students use language from the
question in their answer - TTQA/ Echo the question
-Sentences begin with capital letters
-Sentences and questions always have end punctuation . ? !
-Essential words are spelled correctly
-Words students have access to are spelled correctly
-Neatness is the student’s “Personal Best”
-Proper nouns and “I” are capitalized
-Sentences do not begin with the words “because”, “but” or “and”
-When answering questions students use language from the
question in their answer - TTQA/ Echo the question