Not many teachers light up when they hear the word grammar. Maybe you recall your own days of diagramming sentences under the watchful eye of your high school English teacher. Or you feel slightly anxious as you worry about past participles, dangling prepositions, and plural possessives. Most students don’t exactly get excited by nouns, verbs,
Jenga game cards are easily my favorite way to teach and reinforce basic math fact, phonics, or grammar practice.
Are you looking for engaging grammar centers? These parts of speech activities are perfect. Here are 7 noun centers for teaching grammar.
GRAMMAR UNIT 7: CONTRACTIONS It is time to teach contractions ! My students have come so far with their grammar skills in units 1-6. Our language has improved so much as we have been learning about nouns , adjectives , verbs , adverbs , capitalization , and punctuation .
Discover grammar games that are engaging, rigorous, and fun! These I CAN Grammar Games are perfect for grammar review, practice, and literacy centers!
Are you looking for engaging grammar centers? These parts of speech activities are perfect. Here are 7 noun centers for teaching grammar.
A sneak peak into my FREE grammar worksheets and activities for 2nd grade! The perfect addition for back-to-school grammar instruction.
Ready to spice up your grammar lessons? Play Truth or Dare! While Truth or Dare in real life can be wild and crazy, Truth or Dare Grammar Style is school appropriate and engaging, focusing on the building blocks of typical grammar instruction. Students will be challenged with prompts about the parts of speech, types of sentences, phrases, clauses, punctuation, and more. This game is a wonderful way to add variety to your test preparation lessons, as it focuses on many of the skills tested on the ACT / SAT English assessments. It's also perfect for a final exam review sessions, literacy centers, and station activities, among other possibilities. The cards can be broken up into smaller groups and used in different segments...use each smaller group of cards as it applies to your current grammar instruction. This grammar review resource includes a sheet with directions for play and score keeping. Also, due to recent updates, there are now 2 versions...a spicier, goofier version for your extroverts and a tamer, safer version for the introverts. Each version includes 30 Truth cards and 30 Dare cards, equalling 120 cards total. In addition, both versions of this game are now EDITABLE in PPT. Change the prompts as needed to suit your students and curriculum. And, this resource now features a SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY you can reference when students have questions! This game is an excellent way to implement differentiation, appeal to students' interests, and allow for a student-centered learning environment. Great for test prep, review, or practice, this product can be utilized as a review activity, small group or whole class, as well as a competition-style game. It could even be used for regular task card work or station activities. Grammar Truth or Dare is ideal for any middle or high school classroom that calls for game culture. Make sure your students are familiar with the terms before playing. I hope this product makes teaching grammar more fun, relevant, and understandable for your students! ***IMPORTANT: This product is included in two larger bundles! 1. Grammar Games Bundle in my store. 2.ELA Games Bundle! If you like this product, you may be interested in other writing and grammar products, like these: The Grammar Games! Dice Review Revenge of the Grammar Games: Parts of Speech Style The Writing Games Dice Board: Research and Writing Skills Review Embedding Quotations in Research Papers Stages of the Writing Process Minilesson Teaching Grammar through Writing: A Sentence-Building Activity Persuasive Research Paragraph Instructional Materials Correlative Conjunctions Practice Coordinating Conjunctions Practice Subjects & Predicates Unit Bundle Verbals Unit Bundle Prepositional Phrases Bundle Preposition and Prepositional Phrase Practice with Mentor Sentences Infinitives and Infinitive Phrase Practice with Mentor Sentences Types of Sentences Bundle Fragments & Run-Ons Tricky Subjects Lesson Subjects and Predicates Grocabulary Style And more here! Stay in touch: Facebook Pinterest Blog Instagram ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Couple Tips: * Be sure to click the "follow" button that is located next to my picture so that you can hear about sales and new products! * By providing feedback on your purchased products, you can earn points, which ultimately translate into cash toward future purchases...bonus! Plus, I'd love to hear from you. ©Reading & Writing Haven All rights reserved by author. Duplication limited to single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.
Discover grammar games that are engaging, rigorous, and fun! These I CAN Grammar Games are perfect for grammar review, practice, and literacy centers!
Are you struggling to teach verbs like gustar to your Spanish students in a more engaging, student-centered way? Do you find yourself bore...
Jenga game cards are easily my favorite way to teach and reinforce basic math fact, phonics, or grammar practice.
Check out these awesome free grammar worksheets. They are perfect for your Grammar lessons or Literacy centers. Download them now!
A collection of FREE grammar resources for teachers & homeschooling parents. These grammar activities come in printable and digital versions.
A collection of FREE grammar resources for teachers & homeschooling parents. These grammar activities come in printable and digital versions.
Do you hate to teach poetry? Do you want your students to learn and enjoy poetry? Try these simple ways to learn how to teach poetry...
Try these free literacy centers, including activities for grammar, phonics, reading, and writing in your 2nd grade classroom!
Fun and engaging grammar games for your secondary ELA classroom! These grammar games will get your students collaborating, moving, and discussing those critical sentence structure and grammar skills! Bring fun to grammar instruction!
Use these adorable visual schedule cards to keep your students up to date on what’s going to happen next. Every schedule card comes with clipart to help younger kids visualize what's next. Every card is text editable with three different options to show the time for each event.
39 super fun sentence structure worksheets and activities and sentence building games to get kids excited about language arts!
The first few weeks of school are all about setting the foundation. We're establishing routines and procedures, encouraging a growth mindset culture, building classroom community, etc. I also like to spend some time laying the foundation for what students will need to be successful writers throughout the year, especially since writing is a focus that threads through all subject areas. In second grade especially, sentence structure is a great place to start. We review the 4 parts that every sentence has to have in order to be a complete sentence:
Are you struggling to teach verbs like gustar to your Spanish students in a more engaging, student-centered way? Do you find yourself bore...
Etymology, which is the study of the historical word orgins and their meanings, is a powerful tool for improving vocabulary.
Learning to read is such a fun and special time: it's a valuable skill, and sparking an early love of reading can make it become a lifelong passion. In order
I understand your struggles, and that's why I developed my Fun and Free Grammar Worksheets for Grades 3 & 4. It's taken grammar review from drab to fab,
Can you provide meaningful instruction without a grammar worksheet? You can, and here are ten alternatives to the grammar worksheet.
Do you need a comprehensive way to practice numerous Grammar and Vocabulary topics in middle school and with ESL students? Grab this time-saving bundle of language arts centers and games for your students. Some of sets (not all) can be used for distance learning. Number of pages: 956 Common Core Standards addressed: L.5.5c, L.5.1d, L.5.1b, L.4.5c, L.4.1g, L.4.1d, L.4.1b, L.4.1, L.3.5c, L.3.4b, L.3.2e, L.3.1g, L.3.1f, L.3.1e, L.3.1d, L.3.1b, RF.3.3a Grade Levels: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, Homeschool
Daily grammar practice is a tool that helps students practice and master grammar standards. Learn more about grammar spiral review in the classroom.
Digital Language Spiral Review with Google Forms. Fully practice and review grammar and word study standards all year! Now for Google Classroom!
Check out how easy it is to use old iPhones as Listening Centers!
This free, printable worksheet is great for your winter and holiday-themed classes. Have your students fix the mixed up sentences with winter and Christmas vocabulary.
Fun and engaging Grammar Games for your fourth grade classroom. Learning grammar can be boring, but with these fun activites grammar can be fun!
Motivate your students to practice identifying simple and complete subjects and predicates with our exciting, no-prep Subjects and Predicates Worksheet Games Pack! Included are 6 engaging grammar practice activities for reviewing subjects and predicates. These subject and predicate worksheet games are perfect for grammar center activities, partner work, small group practice, early finishers, ELA test prep review, and more! This pack includes 6 no-prep grammar games for the following skills: • Matching subjects and predicates • Identifying subjects and predicates • Differentiating between simple subjects and complete subjects • Differentiating between simple predicates and complete predicates These games are so simple to use and require very minimal prep. Just print, grab some playing pieces, and play! Included with this Subject and Predicate Games Pack: Instructions for play 6 game worksheets Answer keys ✅ Want to learn more about these games? Check out the preview above. Teachers love… ❤️ that these games are no-prep! Print out the game you want to use and grab a few common materials you already have (dice, counters, etc). ❤️ that various game formats are included, so your students won’t get bored playing the same game. ❤️ that their students have so much fun that they don’t even realize how much they are learning! You may also like these grammar practice activities: Types of Sentences Games All Types of Nouns Games All Types of Verbs Games All Types of Adjectives Games Homophones Bump Games Customer Tips: We love to hear what you think! Please leave your feedback on this resource to earn credit points to save money on future purchases! Click on the green ★ above to follow my store to get notifications of new resources, sales, and freebies! © Games 4 Gains, LLC. This purchase is for single-classroom use only. Sharing this resource with multiple teachers, an entire school, or an entire school system is strictly forbidden. Multiple licenses are available at a discount.
I love grammar. But convincing my students to love grammar sometimes feels like trying to convince a bobcat to enjoy a nice, relaxing ice bath.
Writing/Literacy centers are pretty common in mainstream American classrooms but how about for ESL students? Hands-on activities are still very helpful and possible for students just beginning to learn English. I just finished introducing all the letter sounds with my students. And we are working on putting those sounds together to form 3 letter words.
I was desperate for a better way to teach grammar. On my end, I was overwhelmed with how much I needed to teach: how to get it all done and how to do so logically. For my students, I was concerned about their engagement (not tuning out or getting bored) AND how to ensure that they "got it". These worries are particularly valid if you KNOW your students have knowledge gaps, are going to need a LOT of practice, or aren't doing well with transferring knowledge into their writing. Solution: The Grammar House Cup (game) The idea for the GHC came partially from the "Grammar Olympics", a competition that I witnessed in another high school while student teaching. I decided to go with the Harry Potter theme instead and built my own game board system that differed from the Olympics' structure. The BENEFITS of the GHC game are: Clear organization of a single topic or unit (in the game board format) A "frame" or theme for the whole year Logical sequence of topics/units Increased student buy-in Increased student use of study tools and teacher-provided resources More students going "above and beyond" the minimum because they're motivated to earn points for their houses. The Basic Game Premise We have 4 houses of students (just like in Hogwarts). Students earn points for their house throughout the year, and whichever house has the most points at the end of the fourth quarter (end of the year) wins. Students earn points by completing tasks in the game board (see below). Sometimes the points are connected to an assessment (such as passing a quiz on the first try), and some point opportunities are directly within a student's control (such as doing more practice than is assigned). The biggest prize/motivator is bragging rights. We have an actual trophy, and the winning house/homeroom gets their homeroom name and year added to the trophy (AND gets to keep the trophy in their homeroom the following year). I have also given donuts or food to the winning house. Fortunately, we've been doing the GHC for enough years now that incoming 7th graders are looking forward to it, so that adds to the motivation as well. The Secret of the Game ...is that my game board is actually a very traditional learning sequence in disguise (see image below). For EACH grammar topic... Students watch a flipped video lesson (of me teaching) and fill in their guided notes. (See a DEMO VIDEO on commas here. This is a longer video, and most are shorter than this.) Students independently attempt a practice page after the guided notes. CHOICE practice: Before the quiz, students can get teacher help, do independent practice on IXL (a program we have), or do a "creative project". In-class quiz (after which they either get points for passing OR are required to do "quiz corrections" and show improved mastery). We move on to the next topic of the quarter. (There are 3-4 topics per quarter.) Closer to the test, students complete a practice test as homework (to review), and we go over the practice test answers in class. Students take the quarter test over the 3-4 topics, after which they get points or do corrections (just like they did for quizzes). MEANWHILE, during the game board, students have been picking up points for various reasons, such as... Doing more practice than assigned Doing a "creative project" to show application of learning Completing the game board EARLY (working ahead and not procrastinating). We call this reward "catching the golden snitch". (Scroll down to see the GAME BOARD later in this post!) Points & Grades It's important to note that a house's points are NOT directly connected to grades. ...However, students who earn more points DO tend to perform better on quizzes and tests, because they were earning points by LEARNING. So while GHC "points" and grades are correlated, the points have more to do with effort and participation. Putting Students into Houses I conveniently have a total of 4 class periods (2 each of seventh and eighth grades), and likewise we just HAPPEN to have four homerooms in the middle school. Therefore, I just assigned each homeroom one of the Hogwarts houses. (Obviously, my homeroom is Gryffindor. My social studies teacher in the room next door to mine is a huge ally of the GHC game and agreed to be Slytherin.) I know a sorting hat might have been more fun, but the positive of doing it by homeroom is that it promotes homeroom unity and enthusiasm; it also motivates the homeroom teachers to care about and support the GHC. Launching the Game Teacher setup on my part includes: Prepping this quarter's game board (and all of its respective lesson videos, guided notes, practice sheets, etc.). I organize it all in Google Drive and share a folder to students. Copies of this quarter's grammar notes. (I put ALL the guided notes, practice pages, and practice test into ONE packet for the quarter. If they lose it, they have to print their own replacement from what I shared with them in Drive.) When we begin in the first quarter, there is usually a diagnostic test (see above), and I have to do a lot of explaining of how the game works. However, students learn by doing as we go through the motions of the first topic, and then they learn the routine. What a Game Board Looks Like Here's the most updated view of what my game boards are going to look like this year. (The biggest change is that I'm digitizing more, with a heavily hyperlinked Google Docs game board instead of a paper one.) Let's break this down: Notice that the game board has... A "scoreboard" at left to collect points Deadlines built into the game board A sequence (trail) of action steps At the end of each quarter, I verify each student's points, collect all the totals, and update the scoreboard for each house. This Year's Improvements/Updates As I mentioned earlier, I plan to use the digital game board instead of a paper one, and I also plan to use these free Grammar Stations before each topic's quiz. I'm hoping the stations will help ME pinpoint student struggles in a small group format AND give students more practice time with all the resources I've made available to them. I will also be experimenting more with self-grading quizzes when possible (using Google Forms). I will try to update this blog post later in the year. What topics we teach There is SOME intentional overlap in 7th and 8th grade topics (especially when we are reviewing at the beginning of 8th grade), BUT there are some topics that only 8th graders get (such as verbals, verb moods, and active/passive voice, which are CCSS for 8th grade and not 7th). See my complete/current list of grammar topics here. Can I have all of your lessons, Sara? Yes! You can get all of my grammar topics (or just some of them) in my TpT store. The bundle includes game boards, all lessons/quizzes/tests, the diagnostic test, stations, premade Quizlet sets, and more! RELATED BLOG POSTS: How to Play Grammar Quidditch Turn Your Unit into a Game Board 12 Tips for Teaching Grammar like a Pro 10 Ways to Help Teen Writers Revise You might also like... Game Board Unit template Grammar bell-ringers: volume 1 and volume 2 Student Grammar Video Project "Why Grammar?" Nonfiction Reading Mini-Unit "Word Crimes" music video lesson/activity Grammar Poetry Do you have questions or ideas? Tell me in the comments!
Grammar and Writing are daunting subjects for many homeschoolers to teach. Most of us want a guide, an expert, someone to help us. I’m definitely a fan of literature-based homeschooling, but …
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Looking for free grammar games to make teaching fun? This list of games for teaching parts of speech, punctuation, and writing will provide fun all year!
Here are some great grammar games, ideas, and activities that will help early/middle elementary aged kids enjoy grammar just a bit.
Learning stations are a great way to engage Spanish students and review for assessments. Here are some tips to organize yourself so they run smoothly!
