One of the essentials in learning to write well is learning the structure of sentences. The teaching methods presented here were developed in the classroom and used successfully with elementary age children.
They are offered free for your use. You may run copies and duplicate the cards for your students. Everything here is for non-profit duplication.
The cards for the students' use can be printed on card stock and glued onto poster board for ease of manipulating.
The large poster cards were made by running copies on card stock,
mounting them on colored poster board, and laminating them.
1. Introduce each part of speech separately.
Sing the songs with the children and let them work the crossword puzzles.
At the online puzzle site you will find other formats for printing
as well as answer keys. The online game at Quia will give added opportunity for practice. Spend as much time as necessary for the children to understand each concept.
2. After the noun and verb have been introduced, the children can begin to
work with simple sentences such as "Dogs bark." The teacher writes the sentence on the board. Each child will have a
Ziploc bag containing the grammar cards. The child will place a noun card followed by a verb card with the divider between them to separate the subject from the predicate.
Then the teacher adds other parts of speech to make the sentence "The dog barks loudly." On the desk the students should show an article and
a noun followed by a verb card with a divider placed vertically between
the noun and verb.
An adverb is placed next to modify the verb and
a period will be put at the end.
This picture illustrates the sentence "The dog barks loudly".
3. The teacher puts the large poster size cards on the chalk tray in the correct order and each child checks his/her work.
4. The teacher shows how to diagram the sentence and each student diagrams the sentence on notebook paper as the teacher walks around and monitors the work.
The next sentence is diagrammed by the student before the teacher shows the correct diagramming on the board.
5. The student writes 5 sentences using what he/she has learned in the diagramming lesson.
Teaching your kids the "nuts and bolts" of English grammar is crucial to their future success---not only in writing and reading English, but also in learning foreign languages. This comprehensive kit includes a student workbook with work sheets 1--30, quizzes, and a posttest; a complete teacher's manual (with answer keys); and color-coded "parts of speech" cards for your 9- to 13-year-olds. Also includes a handy vinyl storage case. Softcovers, from Precious Memories.
Webmaster's Note: I was using the teacher-made cards presented here at Garden of Praise long before I ever saw the Winston method. You may want to use some of their supplemental material.
In The Winston Grammar Program learning is incremental, with each lesson building upon previously-learned materials. All lessons after the first, therefore contain some built-in review. Most lessons introduce a new concept stated as a focus on a particular part of speech; however, some lessons are entirely review work. The student workbook includes a pre-test, post-test, quizzes and 30 individual lessons. This workbook is set up exactly as the Basic Level workbook (Stock #24685), but the sentences are different. This book is intended for further practice after finishing the Basic Level workbook. Pages are perforated for easy removal. This package also includes an answer key.
Kids will love both dancing and singing along with these fun grammar songs as they learn how easy it is to remember grammar rules! These audio memory aids teach the parts of speech, basic sentence structure, punctuation, Greek and Latin prefixes and suffixes and more! This kit includes:
Audio CD with 19 songs
68 page student workbook with song lyrics and written exercises
Teacher's Guide with activity suggestions and answer key
2011-12-30
Thank you so much for sharing your resources. I am so excited to use them
with my gang. I have gifted students and I can see how we can build to
compound sentences with your format. I'll email you with our efforts.
Lynne Rychlik
2011-10-13
Thanks Such service will bless many children and teachers with the skill of
teaching n Learning Better. May God Bless You.
2011-09-29
What a fantastic resource - I'll definitely be using it with my
kids!
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