Join us to learn basic grammar with Fix It! Grammar: Town Mouse and Country Mouse.  This is grammar curriculum from the Institute for Excellence in Writing.  Town Mouse and Country Mouse is level two of the six year course published by the Institute for Excellence in Writing.  This book is designed for learners in grades 4-6.  Each week the book provides four sentences for the learner to edit and correct using skills learned in Town Mouse and Country Mouse.  In class the teacher will teach the new concept.  The learners in the class will together correct sentence number one.  The teacher will give the learners five minutes to work on their own to correct sentence number two.  The entire class will then correct the sentence together.  The learner will correct sentences three and four on their own during the week.  During the next class the teacher will go over sentences three and four from the previous lesson to make sure learners have corrected their sentences properly.  The students will then rewrite the corrected sentences at home during the week. 

Learners will correct errors in passages each week that tell a whole story.  The learner needs to have completed Weeks 1-15 in a previous class or on their own at home.

Below outlines what a typical week for your learner in this class will look like.
In class:
Check sentences 3 & 4 from previous lesson
Teach new concept from current lesson
Correct sentence 1 from current lesson as a group
Allow time for learners to independently correct sentence 2 from current lesson
Check sentence 2 from current lesson in class

At home:
Learners will correct sentences 3 &4 of the current lesson
Learners will rewrite sentences 1-4 from the previous lesson

Overview of entire class schedule: 
Week 1 (Week 16 in book): Possessive Adjective
Week 2 (Week 17 in book): Subject opener
Week 3 (Week 18 in book): Prepositional Opener
Week 4 (Week 19 in book): Verbs
Week 5 (Week 20 in book): Adverb Opener
Week 6 (Week 21 in book): Review
Week 7 (Week 22 in book): Verb, Adjective, and Adverb
Week 8 (Week 23 in book): Coordination Conjunction
Week 9 (Week 24 in book): Quotation Marks
Week 10 (Week 25 in book): Review Openers
Week 11 (Week 26 in book): Review Adverb Clause
Week 12 (Week 27 in book): Review Contractions
Week 13 (Week 28 in book): Review Adjectives and Adverbs
Week 14 (Week 29 in book): Review Prepositions
Week 15 (Week 30 in book): Review & Wrap up