Welcome to Essential Elementary Grammar!

In this class, students will learn basic language skills: sentence structure, mechanics, and parts of speech. This class is designed around 2nd grade common core literacy standards but is suitable for grades 1-3 or any older students needing a refresher on parts of speech and sentence mechanics. 

Each week, we will cover the topic listed. Students can drop in any week, as skills will be topics that can stand alone. Students will listen to the teacher teach the skill. We will do several examples in class using Teacher Created slides/videos. Students will have practice opportunities in class. 


TOPICS COVERED: 
Week of 8/26: What is a Sentence? Students will learn that a sentence forms a complete thought. They will recognize sentences from fragments and run ons.

Week of 9/2: Identifying Sentences: Students will continue to learn that a sentence forms a complete thought. They will recognize sentences from fragments and run ons.

Week of 9/9: Telling Sentences: Students will learn which sentences require the use of a period.

Week of 9/16: Asking Sentences: Students will learn which sentences require the using of a question mark.

Week of 9/23: Exclamations! Students will learn which sentences require the use of an exclamation point.

Week of 9/30: Categorizing Nouns: Students will learn review that a noun is a person, place, or thing.

Week of 10/7: Singular or Plural? Students will practice sorting nouns into groups: singular or plural. We will learn rules for making nouns plural.

Week of 10/14: Proper Nouns: Students will distinguish nouns from proper nouns and will practice capitalizing them.

Week of 10/21: Proper Nouns Continued-Students will distinguish nouns from proper nouns and will practice capitalizing them.

Week of 10/28: Collective Nouns: Students will practice using collective nouns to describe groups of nouns.

Week of 11/4: Irregular Plural Nouns: Students will learn irregular plural nouns.

Week of 11/11: Irregular Plural Nouns- Continued: Students will learn irregular plural nouns.

Week of 11/18: Pronouns: Students will use personal pronouns.

*will update as course continues