Grammar Games And Activities That Boost Writing Skills

Make grammar skills stick with dozens and dozens of highly motivating, hands-on games and activities! Packed with reproducible game boards and engaging manipulatives, this resource provides fresh, fun-filled activities on all the key topics: capitalization, punctuation, parts of speech, plurals, contractions, and more. Great for learning centers! For use with Grades 2-4.

Contains simple lesson plans to enhance a student's writing, speaking, and listening skills. Includes teacher tips, games, follow-up activities, homework helper, and writing practice.

Fully updated to help teachers deal with the new 2016 Grammar Tests, this second edition presents a collection of simple to use, multi-sensory games and activities that will jumpstart pupils’ understanding of grammar in action It includes coverage of the subjunctive and past progressive, selecting which tense is the most definite, identifying when a word is used as a subordinating conjunction/preposition, explaining how a comma can change meaning, and an increased emphasis on the passive. Jumpstart! Grammar will prepare children for any grammar tests on the horizon in an engaging way so that they love playing with words and spinning sentences to make ideas dance. And, of course, they will be able to name the parts if that is what is required. Fun games will focus first on helping children hear the difference various types of grammar can make followed by activities to help them understand what different effects you can create with grammar. Technical terms will only be introduced once the children have established what the various features can do, with a particular focus on those terms that really help children discuss what makes language coherent and effective. This indispensable, practical book celebrates the joys of language and coherent expression; of finding just the right words or phrases to express what you want to say.

Suggests more than fifty games to help children become skilled and confident writers, with specific activities to improve handwriting, learn the alphabet, and expand vocabulary

Reproducible games, puzzles, and manipulatives that can teach young readers learning styles to sharpen their essential writing and grammar skills are included in this creative collection of activities. Illustrations. plus poster.

This practical resource gives language arts and English teachers a unique collection of over 200 creative, fun-filled, and ready-to-use activities that make teaching and learning grammar more enjoyable for you and your students. All have been tested with students in grades 4 and up and are effective as individual group, or whole-class activities. You'll find the 203 ready-to-use activities give students the tools they need to use grammar more effectively in their writing and make the writing process more enjoyable.

Research shows that explicit vocabulary instruction and a variety of repeated opportunities to use words leads to a deeper understanding of their meanings--and plays a significant role in student achievement. The engaging games, activities, and manipulatives in this resource provide a hands-on way for students to explore how words are formed, examine word origins, meanings, and uses, and learn strategies for recalling and strengthening vocabulary. Topics include prefixes, suffixes, and root words, multiple meaning words, analogies, content area words, and much more. For use with Grades 2-3.

This book is for all those who want to improve writing skills or play with different forms of written expression. It is for teachers or tutors in classrooms and resource rooms. It is for those who run enrichment programs for gifted and talented students. It is for those who provide extracurricular enrichment in community centers, libraries, or schools. It is for students of any age. It is for parents whose children are receiving inadequate or confusing instruction. It is for families who want a pool of word games for automobile trips or dinner table enjoyment.