Grammar Handbook 1 (Print) – 9781844141708

Description

The Grammar 1 Handbook follows on from The Phonics Handbook. It provides a full year’s worth lessons for teaching grammar, spelling and punctuation to children aged 5+. It provides: * Practical advice and ideas for teaching * Step-by-step lesson plans and notes for the teacher * Introduces rudiments of grammar * 36 structured grammar and punctuation lessons * 36 spelling lessons * Revision and extension of The Phonics Handbook * Photocopiable activities * Fun actions for the grammar points Topics covered include: * Vowel digraphs * Alternative spellings of vowel sounds * Plural endings * Short vowels and consonant doubling * Tricky words * Consonant blends * Nouns – proper/common/plurals * Personal pronouns *Verbs * Conjugating verbs – present/past/future * Adjectives * Adverbs * a/an/the – when to use * Sentences – capital letters, full stops and speech marks * Parsing – identifying the parts of speech in sentences * Alphabetical order