Hands up for fun grammar lessons! Grammar Guide. For children aged 5 to 9

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1 Hands up for fun grammar essons! Grammar Guide For chidren aged 5 to 9

2 FUN AND EFFECTIVE GRAMMAR TEACHING Grammar is the next stage after Joy Phonics. It provides easy to use resources for the systematic teaching of speing, grammar, punctuation and vocabuary for the next four years at schoo. Speing rues Punctuation Parts of speech Dictionary use The tenses: past, present & future Systematic teaching of speing, grammar, punctuation and vocabuary with step-by-step esson pans Enhances and improves chidren s speing, punctuation and grammar Enabes chidren to deveop accuracy and expression in their writing Uses coours (matching those used by Montessori schoos) and actions to hep chidren identify parts of speech in sentences Packed with fun games and activities to teach essentia grammar concepts Continues to revise and extend chidren s phonic knowedge Teaching is muti-sensory and active

3 Each year of teaching provides continuous revision and consoidation of topics taught in previous years, enabing chidren to spe and punctuate more accuratey, use a wider vocabuary and have a cear understanding of how anguage works. Grammar 1 age 5-6 Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs Vowe digraphs Aternative speings of vowes Pura endings Short vowes and consonant doubing Consonant bends Deveop basic sentence structure Aphabet order watch grammar workshop onine Grammar 2 age 6-7 Irreguar verbs, possessive adjectives, conjunctions, prepositions, Parsing Comparatives and superatives Dictionary & thesaurus skis Expand punctuation skis Sient etters Syabes New speing rues and patterns introduced Improve sentence structure Grammar 3 age 7-8 Grammar 4 age 8-9 Proper adjectives, nouns acting as adjectives, coective nouns Pronouns - possessive/subject and object The present participe and continuous tenses Paragraphs Subject and object in a sentence Conjunctions Questions and excamations in speech Nouns acting as concrete/ abstract/possessives The present participe as an adjective Onomatopoeia Causes/independent causes Agreements Hyphens Sentence writing - statements & questions, compound sentences

4 TEACH WITH OUR GRAMMAR RESOURCES Use The Grammar Handbooks or the write-in Grammar Pupi Books to teach grammar, speing and punctuation concepts. Other products that can be used in conjunction incude the Joy Dictionary, Joy Grammar Big Books, Joy Phonics Cards, Joy Phonics Puppets and the Joy Phonics Aternative Speing & Aphabet Posters. Teach Practise Use Broaden Notepad shows materias needed for this esson Revisit and review From The Grammar 1 Handbook The Grammar Handbooks provide photocopiabe sheets which can be given to each chid in the cass. Cear, detaied teaching pans are provided for each esson. Each part of speech has a coour and action From The Grammar 1 Big Book

5 A typica grammar or speing esson incudes: Aim - esson objective Introduction - revision of previous topics taught Main point - tips and ideas how to teach new topic Grammar sheet - guidance on how chidren shoud compete the sheet Extension activity - suggestions on how to reinforce the teaching Rounding off - go over the sheet with chidren, reviewing their answers From The Grammar 1 Pupi Book Aternativey, the write-in Grammar Pupi Books can be given to each chid in the cass, to compete a range of fun exercises. The Teacher s Book provides corresponding guidance and ideas for the teacher. From The Grammar 1 Teacher s Book From Grammar Big Book 1 For whoe cass teaching, the Grammar Big Books can be used to introduce key eements of grammar. These correspond to the teaching in The Grammar Handbooks and Grammar Pupi Books.

6 PROGRESSION CHART Meets the programme of YEAR R/P1 Joy Phonics GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION AND VOCABULARY SKILLS Aim: to enabe chidren to write freey and become independent readers Introduce the 5 skis: 42 etter sounds etter formation bending (reading) segmenting (writing) tricky words Buiding fuency: etter sounds, words (CVC/digraphs/bends/onger/tricky), short phrases, simpe sentences, mode writing, comprehension activities, decodabe readers 1/P2 Grammar 1 Aim: consoidate previous earning and introduce essentia grammar, punctuation and writing skis Introduce parts of speech: nouns (proper/common; a or an, puras -s and -es) persona pronouns verbs (simpe tenses; past, present, future) adjectives adverbs parsing Introduce: punctuation (speech marks; question marks, pus question words), 2/P3 Grammar 2 Aim: continue to reinforce and extend grammar, punctuation and vocabuary skis Consoidate: parts of speech introduced in grammar 1 parsing aphabet, dictionary and vocabuary skis (dictionaries, word webs, thesauruses, expanding sentences) Extend parts of speech: refine proper nouns (months/days); puras (irreguar; -y words/-ys & -ies) adverbs (not just -y) verbs ( tricky pasts) adjectives (comparatives and superatives) 3/P4 4/P5 Grammar 3 Grammar 4 Aim: continue to reinforce and extend grammar, punctuation and vocabuary skis Consoidate: verbs (simpe tenses; to be; -ing) nouns/tricky puras comparatives/ superatives adverbs pronouns suffixes/prefixes homophones speech marks contractions Extend parts of speech: refine proper nouns (paces) verbs (future to be ; -y verbs/-ys & -ies; present participe; continuous tenses) proper adjectives nouns (acting as adjectives/coective) pronouns (object/possessive) Aim: continue to reinforce and extend grammar, punctuation and vocabuary skis Consoidate: verbs (continuous tenses) adjectives subject/object homophones antonyms synonyms phrases and sentences Extend parts of speech: refine verbs (identify/rewrite 6 tenses/infinitive) nouns (concrete/abstract/possessives and possessive puras/noun phrases) present participe as an adjective comparative and superatives (more/ess) grammatica person

7 study in the new nationa curricuum view sampe essons onine Extend phonic knowedge (for reading): short vowes and doubing, ck & y as /ee/ aternative vowe speings new speings: ph, soft c & g, air, ear, are for /air/ Introduce pre-dictionary skis: earning etter names capita etters aphabet order vocabuary skis (syabes, compound words; opposites/antonyms; word webs/synonyms; thesaurus skis) Consoidate: pre-dictionary skis (etter names, capitas, aphabet, but now with focus on aphabet order (sorting 3 etters/words starting with same etter) and coour-coding Extend: refine definition of sentence (capita, makes sense, ends in either a fu stop or a question mark) dictionaries (meaning and speing; dictionary games to buid fuency) Introduce new parts of speech: possessive adjectives (my, our) irreguar verb (to be) conjunctions prepositions Introduce dictionary/vocabuary skis: aphabet order (words with same first 2/3 etters) suffixes (-ing: verbs; -er/-est: comparatives and superatives) prefixes (un-, dis-, mis-, im-) homophones proofreading (speing/punctuation mistakes in sentences/story) Introduce punctuation/sentence writing: commas in ists/speech apostrophe (possession and contraction) refine sentence definition (must contain a verb and end with.? or!) Extend dictionary/vocabuary skis: syabes (spit words in text) ong/short vowe marks suffixes (-ess/-fu; -y adverbs; -y: adjectives) Extend punctuation/sentence writing: paragraphs refine sentence definition (must have a subject and may have an object) phrases and sentences (distinguish/expand) Extend dictionary/vocabuary skis: suffixes (-a), prefixes and root words onomatopoeia Extend punctuation/sentence writing: statements and questions (identify/change) compound sentences causes/independent causes agreements hyphens

8 GRAMMAR RESOURCES The Grammar Handbooks Giving you 4 years of teaching pans and guidance! Each Grammar Handbook provides a year s worth of essons covering grammar, speing and punctuation. They have a simiar format to The Phonics Handbook, with photocopiabe activities, and aso incude actions for each area of grammar. Fu of practica advice and ideas 36 speing essons - 1 per week 36 structured grammar and punctuation essons - 1 per week Photocopiabe activities Fun actions for the grammar points 218 pages Topics covered in each handbook Revision and extension of The Phonics Handbook Vowe digraphs Aternative speings of vowe sounds Pura endings Short vowes and consonant doubing Tricky words Consonant bends Nouns - proper/ common/puras Persona pronouns Verbs Conjugating verbs - present/ past/future Adjectives and adverbs a/an/the - when to use Sentences - capita etters, fu stops and speech marks Parsing - identifying the parts of speech in sentences Aphabetica order ISBN JL855 Continues to introduce new grammar eements Revision of eements covered in The Grammar Handbook 1 New speing patterns - ei, eigh, ture Sient etters - b, c, h, k, w Syabes Identifying the short vowes Speing rues - consonant doubing and adding suffixes Tricky word famiies Further adjectives - possessive Comparatives and superatives Prepositions Conjunctions Dictionary/thesaurus skis work Punctuation Excamation marks Apostrophes Further sentence deveopment ISBN JL960 Continues to introduce new grammar eements Revision of eements covered in The Grammar Handbooks 1 & 2 New speing patterns - tch, dge, ure, gn, gh, ex, n for /ng/, s, se and ze for /z/, a for /ar/, y for /i/, a for /o/, ere for /air/, and eer and ere for /ear/ Suffixes - ess, abe and fu Proper adjectives Nouns acting as adjectives Coective nouns Pronouns - possessive/subject and object The present participe and the continuous tenses Paragraphs Subject and object in a sentence Conjunctions Questions and excamations in speech ISBN JL833 Continues to introduce new grammar eements Revision of eements covered in The Grammar Handbooks 1, 2 & 3 New speing patterns - nch, se for /s/, ve for /v/, or for /er/, ear for /er/, u for ong /oo/, gh, ough, augh, ive for /iv/ and st for /s/ Nouns acting as concrete/ abstract/possessives The present participe as an adjective Onomatopoeia Causes/independent causes Agreements Hyphens Sentence writing - statements & questions, compound sentences Antonyms and synonyms Homophones Root words, prefixes and suffixes ISBN JL945

9 Grammar Big Books - Idea for whoe cass teaching! Idea accompaniments to The Grammar Handbooks, these big books are used to introduce key eements of grammar to the whoe cass in a fun and engaging way. 12 topics covered in each book Wipe-cean pastic sheet for activities and handwriting practice Corresponds to teaching in The Grammar Handbooks Cear guidance for teachers Fu coour iustrations for exporing topics 24 pages Grammar Big Book 1 Grammar Big Book 2 Joy Dictionary The aphabet Proper nouns Common nouns Short vowe sounds Puras Pronouns Verbs Adjectives Compound words Adverbs Speech marks Parsing ISBN JL979 Commas Excamation marks Using a dictionary Reguar/irreguar past tense Conjugating verbs Parsing Conjunctions Puras ies/s Apostrophe use Prepositions Comparatives and superatives Prefixes and suffixes ISBN JL092 The award-winning Joy Dictionary compements the Grammar books and is designed to teach chidren how to ook up and understand words they don t know. Divided into 4 cooured sections (matches the Aphabet Poster) to hep chidren earn how to find their way through the dictionary easiy. A unique pronunciation guide is given for each of the 6,000+ age-appropriate words. The definitions have been carefuy written so that chidren find them easy to read. 340 pages. ISBN JL008 (paperback edition) ISBN JL713 (hardback edition)

10 2 Part 1 For ease of use, this Teacher s Book has been divided into two distinct parts. The first part gives a comprehensive introduction, which expains the teaching method in detai. It is a good idea to read this part of the Teacher s Book before using the Grammar 2 Pupi and Teacher s Books in the cassroom. The second part of the Teacher s Book provides a thorough and structured esson pan for each day of teaching. The esson pans in this part of the book are designed specificay for use with the corresponding pages in the Grammar 2 Pupi Book. The Grammar 2 Pupi and Teacher s Books are designed to foow on from the Grammar 1 Pupi and Teacher s Books. They are intended to: introduce new eements of grammar, teach new speing patterns systematicay, deveop dictionary and thesaurus skis, improve vocabuary and comprehension, and reinforce the teaching in the Grammar 1 Pupi and Teacher s Books. Like the activities in the Joy Phonics and Grammar 1 Pupi Books, the teaching in the Grammar 2 Pupi Book is mutisensory and active. In the Grammar 2 Pupi Book, particuar emphasis is paced on consoidating the chidren s earning and heping them to appy their new skis. The chidren are aso introduced to new speing patterns and parts of speech. As before in the Grammar 1 Pupi Book, each part of speech is introduced with an accompanying action and coour. The actions not ony eniven the teaching, but aso make the parts of speech easier for the chidren to remember. The coours, which are usefu when identifying and abeing parts of speech in sentences, are the same as those used in Montessori Schoos. The Grammar 2 Teacher s Book expains a the essentia teaching ideas. The Pupi and Teacher s Books can be used aone, or aongside the Grammar 2 Big Book, which provides vauabe additiona support. The most dramatic improvements to resut from using the Grammar 2 Pupi and Teacher s Books wi be found in the chidren s writing. After competing the Grammar 2 Pupi Book, the chidren wi spe and punctuate more accuratey, use a wider vocabuary, and have a cearer understanding of how anguage works. In their first year at schoo, Joy Phonics Pupi Books teach the chidren to write independenty, by istening for the sounds in words and choosing etters to represent the sounds. This ski enabes the chidren to write pages of news and stories. It is a joy to read their work 3 GRAMMAR RESOURCES Grammar Write-in Books - Provide structured weeky essons pus activities in speing and grammar to enabe chidren to deveop key comprehension and writing skis. Each of the Grammar 1 & 2 Pupi Book contains a year s worth of essons, with support for teachers in the Grammar 1 & 2 Teacher s Books. These books can be given to each chid in the cass and provide activities to practise speing, punctuation, comprehension skis and independent writing. Grammar 1 Pupi Book Grammar 1 Teacher s Book Corresponds to the topics covered in Grammar 1 Foows on from the Phonics Pupi Books 1, 2 & 3 Structured essons and activities for one year Handwriting exercises Progression from the 5 key skis to aternative speings, sentence structure independent writing, speing & comprehension ISBN JL620 Grammar 2 Pupi Book Accompanies Book 1 Provides detaied esson guides for each corresponding page in Grammar Pupi Book 1 Extensive introduction on the teaching methods used Incudes teaching ideas for speing and grammar ISBN JL639 Grammar 2 Teacher s Book shin Sient b bench Write some sient b words in the amb. am com thum crum s pum er cim ing mother father Choose a word from the ist to f it each sentence. mother o h r I my hair every morning. m t e A baby sheep is caed a. The girs were the tree. father a h r There are cake on the tabe. f t e Write the aphabet in capita and ower-case etters. A a Chidren s Achievement Introduction Corresponds to the topics covered in Grammar 2 Foows on from the Grammar Pupi Book 1 Structured essons and activities for one year Teach new speing patterns Deveop dictionary and thesaurus skis Improve vocabuary and comprehension Sentence structure and independent writing ISBN JL899 Accompanies Book 2 Provides detaied esson guides for each corresponding page in Grammar Pupi Book 2 Extensive introduction on the teaching methods used Incudes teaching ideas for speing and grammar ISBN JL902

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