Awesome Hands-On Activities for Teaching Grammar: Grades 4-8

Awesome Hands-On Activities for Teaching Grammar: Grades 4-8
Author: Susan Van Zile
Publisher: Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2003-11-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439434607

Do you know students who groan at the mere mention of the word grammar? This teacher-written resource will help you motivate kids to learn -- even enjoy -- grammar. Hands-on activities like Foil the Fragments, Great Sentence Caper, and Vivid Verb Cheers encourage students' creativity and help them remember the concepts they need to know. Also includes mini-lessons, rubrics, reproducibles, and photographs. Make this book an enriching addition to your grammar lessons! Book jacket.

Hands-on English

Hands-on English
Author: Fran Santoro Hamilton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1998
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780966486704

Handbook that gives quick access to the basics of English. Makes grammr visual with symbols to represent parts of speech. Also includes information on usage, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, reading, writing, and studying. Second edition, expanded by 32 pages, includes new information on decoding, paragraph development, and conciseness. For students, teachers, parents, home educators, people learning English as a subsequent language, anyone (9 years or older) who wants to improve skill with English.

Grammar Alive!

Grammar Alive!
Author: Brock Haussamen
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English (Ncte)
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Offers elementary teachers advice and strategies to help them teach, apply, and understand English grammar while still adhering to state and school standards.

Hands-On Grammar

Hands-On Grammar
Author: Katherine S. McKnight
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9780999226049

Draw your students into the power of language and help them make the connection between abstract grammatical concepts and concrete writing experiences. Dr. Katie McKnight, renowned author, speaker, and adolescent literacy specialist, shares 40 classroom exercises that actively involve multiple intelligences and help students internalize concepts far more readily than traditional worksheets. This book contains:? 40 grammar mini lessons and corresponding activities? Step by step easy-to-follow instructions ? Value packed resource with handouts and teaching materials

Common Core: Grammar Usage

Common Core: Grammar Usage
Author: Armstrong
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2013-12-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1622234952

Centered around Common Core State Standards, Common Core: Grammar Usage is designed to help students improve written and spoken language skills. Practice pages, student charts, graphic organizers, research challenges, discussion starters, writing prompts, games, group activities, and recommended reading lists enable students to practice: building an effective vocabulary; mastering complex sentence construction; utilizing tenses to clarify sequence; eliminating common usage errors; and harnessing the power of punctuation. Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character. Mark Twain Media also provides innovative classroom solutions for bulletin boards and interactive whiteboards. Since 1977, Mark Twain Media has remained a reliable source for a wide variety of engaging classroom resources.

The English Grammar Workbook for Grades 6, 7, and 8

The English Grammar Workbook for Grades 6, 7, and 8
Author: Lauralee Moss
Publisher: Zephyros Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-09-18
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781641520829

Ace your grammar, improve your grades―125 simple exercises for grades 6, 7, and 8 Grammar is an essential part of the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade curriculum. With The English Grammar Workbook for Grades 6, 7, and 8, students will build a strong foundation for understanding the concepts of grammar and using them effectively when reading, writing, or speaking. This grammar workbook offers students the flexibility to learn at their own pace while providing the structure they need to successfully retain essential grammar rules, such as parts of speech, sentence structure, phrases and clauses, active and passive voice, mood, punctuation, writing style, and more. Inside the pages of this grammar workbook, you’ll find: Basics and building blocks—Students can progress at their own pace and build their knowledge as they go. Engaging lessons and reviews—Strengthen students’ learning and skill retention with simple reviews after every three lessons. Practical quizzes and answers—Prepare students for real-world grammar usage with helpful quizzes and an easy-to-navigate answer key. Make learning the fundamental concepts of grammar easy and organized.

60 Kinesthetic Grammar Activities

60 Kinesthetic Grammar Activities
Author: Alice Savage
Publisher: Alphabet Publishing
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2020-09-20
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1948492512

“[60 Kinesthetic Grammar Activities contains] a wide range of practicable activities that, in the words of the authors, ‘connect language in our head to our arms and legs, eyes and ears.“ — Scott Thornbury, Author of How to Teach Grammar and Grammar Uncovered from the Foreword Language is more than words. But too often, we teach grammar as a set of boring rules, best practiced by filling out worksheets. 60 Kinesthetic Grammar Activities by Alice Savage and Colin Ward bursts this myth with a collection of activities that get students out of their seats and learning in a dynamic and active classroom. The benefits of kinetic language learning activities are many: teach gesture and nonverbal communication activate our embodied mind make grammar memorable change the dynamics of the classroom build community and raise students’ moods. This book contains everything you need to practice 60 common grammar points in a dynamic and active way! All the activities inside are all low-prep or no-prep, easy to adapt to your classroom, and flexible enough to work with a variety of target language features.

Grammar Games and Activities That Boost Writing Skills

Grammar Games and Activities That Boost Writing Skills
Author: Immacula A. Rhodes
Publisher: Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-08
Genre: Education, Elementary
ISBN: 9780439629171

Make grammar skills stick with dozens and dozens of highly motivating, hands-on games and activities! Packed with reproducible game boards and engaging manipulatives, this resource provides fresh, fun-filled activities on all the key topics: capitalization, punctuation, parts of speech, plurals, contractions, and more. Great for learning centers! For use with Grades 2-4.

The Amazing Pop-up Grammar Book

The Amazing Pop-up Grammar Book
Author: Kate Petty
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9780525455806

Prepositions and verbs spin around in this exuberant celebration of the wonders of grammar. As children explore pages packed with flaps, tabs, wheels, and much more, they will get to know each part of speech. Lively animal characters are their guides as they search a Lost and Found for the possessive case and create strange creatures by mixing adjectives. The games, puzzles, and word-balloon text will captivate even the greatest grammar-phobes. Full color. 16 pp, 7 spreads.