Night Zookeeper is a game-based online language arts curriculum. It helps kids develop literacy skills such as writing, reading, and spelling while having fun!
Whether you're writing a villain or a tragic hero, these steps will help make their downfall as tragic (and juicy) as possible.
Proofreading symbols are like a foreign language to most people; they are often considered to be an indecipherable series of squiggles, letters, and symbols that mean absolutely nothing to the regular guy or girl on the street. Unless you know what these proofreading marks actually mean, using them to improve and develop your writing is ... Read more
The differences between British and American English are reflected primarily in the use of vocabulary, grammar, spelling, and punctuation. This article relates experience with Brits and British English.
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Easy grammar, punctuation and spelling help for 5-7 year olds! A must-have for children, parents and teachers preparing for the grammar, punctuation and spelling test at the end of KS1. With help from friendly bird characters, grammar is explained, punctuation is clear and spelling tips are revealed. Includes a dictionary of the curriculum words children need to know and fun ways to remember how to spell them. Suitable for: 5-7 years, KS1, Y1-2, P2-3, teachers, parents, librarians ISBN: 978-0-19-274569-9 Price: £9.99
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The Sentence Game Let’s face it, writing is hard. It takes lots and lots of practice to master the many skills a writer needs. But practice can be boring. Not now! I’ve created a sentence writing game your kids will love. With this game they’ll write sentence after sentence without complaining, because it’s a game. It’s very simple, but practices very essential skills- capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling. The game can be played with 2 or more players. There’s even a way to play it with your whole class. Each student needs a word grid and a sentence/scoring sheet. Each set of players will also need one die and a scoring guide. Here's how it's played: v Each player rolls the die. The players then circle that number of words on their word grid. They circle the words down the first column, in order. Words cannot be skipped. v Now each player writes one sentence, using as many of the circled words as they can. If two sentences are written, only the first sentence will be scored. All of the circled words do not need to be used, but players earn one point for each grid word in their sentence. The words from the word grid cannot be changed. (ie. quickly cannot be changed to quick.) Important: After writing the sentence, players underline the grid words they used. This makes it easier for the checker to check the grid words. v Once all sentences are written, players pass their sentence/scoring sheet to the right. These players score the sentence and write the score in the box on the right. To play with your whole class, simply roll the dice once. Every student in class will use that number to circle the words on their grid. Once all the sentences are written, students can exchange their sheet with a partner for the scoring. After your students understand how to play you can play a round anytime you need a time filler. Students can keep their word grid and sentence/score sheet in a folder or their binder so it’s always handy. This game also works very well in a literacy center. Click on this image to download The Sentence Game. Happy writing!
Here are some great grammar games, ideas, and activities that will help early/middle elementary aged kids enjoy grammar just a bit.
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Making grammar fun is within your reach. You can connect language to students' lives. Try these fun grammar activities.
Practice handwriting, reinforce grammar and spelling rules, and discuss practical morals with this pack of Aesop’s Fables Copywork. What’s Included in the Aesop’s Fables Copywork? This printable file includes 48 pages of copywork for your student. Each page includes 1-2 copywork exercises with excerpts from Aesop’s Fables. The pack includes a total of 92 copywork …
Ensure that your students know the difference between "there, their, and they're" with this simple, yet helpful poster. ...
If your child needs practice with grammar, there’s no need to buy a workbook. Here are several places that offer free grammar worksheets.
Wondering how to sequence grammar instruction? You'll want this list that scaffolds grammar lessons so that one skill builds upon the next.
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!
Language is like a big, colorful puzzle, and words are the pieces that fit together to create beautiful pictures, or in this case, sentences. Prefixes and suffixes are special pieces of this puzzle. A prefix is a little group of letters we add at the beginning of a word to change its meaning, like adding […]
Exercises PDF Grammar Worksheets, In this section of tenses exercises PDF.com here you find pages and topics related to English grammar. Many of our resources..
Grab these NO PREP Spelling Pages your learners can use with ANY list of spelling words. Great for the classroom or at-home learning.
Night Zookeeper is a game-based online language arts curriculum. It helps kids develop literacy skills such as writing, reading, and spelling while having fun!
Spelling rules for words ending in ING in English - Verbs, Adjectives and Gerunds ending in ING spelling rules
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If your child needs practice with grammar, there’s no need to buy a workbook. Here are several places that offer free grammar worksheets.
Copywork is a long-standing practice in education. In the Charlotte Mason philosophy, copywork is a method of practicing writing skills like letter formation, vocabulary, poetry and literature. Learn about the benefits of copywork and how to implement it in your homeschool, plus my favorite copywork resources.
Grab these free spelling dictionaries for kids in first, second, and third grade! I love how they come in different versions depending on the needs of your learners. They're great to support children's writing and their learning of sight words. #spelling
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This guide gives you some tips on dropping hints of romance without explicitly stating it, or having your characters shout it from the rooftops.
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A magic system is a set of rules, however strict or loose, that govern magic in a fictional world.
I asked my Instagram followers,“What are some signs of amateurish writing, in your opinion?” Here are the results!
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