An English Elementary Grammar Discovery 1

Each week I will introduce a new grammar topic or rule. I will engage the students with a read aloud, informational video, or visual representation. Students will then practice the rule with an activity. Since we meet once a week the student will have the opportunity to finish the activity and/or engage in another practice activity after class. I am designing this class in a way to make learning grammar enjoyable and applicable. Class will run through June. 

Here are the topics per week: 

Jan. 24:  What is a sentence? 
~ A complete sentence starts with a capital letter, ends with a punctuation mark, has a noun and a verb, and makes sense. 
Students will talk about what makes a sentence a sentence. They will watch a fun educational clip about sentences, practice identifying complete sentences and then have a chance to match complete sentences independently and/or with support. 

Jan. 31: Types of Sentences- Declarative, Interrogative, Exclamatory, Imperative
~Declarative: makes a statement
~Interrogative: asks a question
~Exclamatory: shows strong feelings
~Imperative: makes a command
Students will learn a song about the four type of sentences. They will practice identifying each type of sentence with a sorting activity. 

Feb. 7: Capitals
~All sentences begin with a capital letter
Students will learn that every sentence has to start with a capital letter. They will practice fixing sentences that need capital letters.

Feb. 14: Ending Punctuation Marks
~Period, Question Mark, Exclamation Mark
Students will have the opportunity to listen to a story that reviews the three ending punctuation marks. They will complete and sort sentences into the correct category. 

Feb. 21: Common Nouns
~ A person, place, thing, idea, or animal
Students will listen to a song about common nouns and then create their own noun game. After the game is finished, each student will be able to play and practice the different types of common nouns. 

Feb. 28: Proper Nouns
~A specific name of a person, place, thing, idea, or animal and has an uppercase letter

Mar. 7: Verbs
~An word that shows action

Mar 14: Adjectives
~ A word that describes a noun

Mar 21: Adverbs
~ A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb

Mar 28: Prepositions
~A word that connects nouns or pronouns to the rest of the sentence

Apr. 4: Pronouns
~A word that takes the place of a common or proper noun

Apr. 11: Conjunctions
~A word that connects words, phrases, and sentences

Apr. 18: Articles
~A word that comes before a noun

Apr. 25: Interjections
~A word that expresses emotion

May 2: Synonyms & Antonyms 
~Synonym: A word that has the same or similar meaning to another word
~Antonym-A word that has the opposite meaning of another word

More topics will be posted soon.