Elementary School Grammar Skills

Course Overview

This course is designed for young learners who are just beginning their study of grammar. They will master the parts of speech and the parts of sentences so that they can create and analyze  complete sentences.  Students will use a multisensory combination of color-coded grammar cards, spinners, instructional videos, physical or PDF books, and online quizzes for immediate feedback and consistent practice. 

Course Objectives

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Unit 1 – Nouns
By the end of the first unit, students will be able to define nouns and find them in sentences.  Students will learn that nouns are important because they name the subjects and objects in sentences.

Unit 2 – Pronouns 
By the end of the second unit, students will learn that pronouns are substitutes for nouns. Then they will practice using each type of pronoun to create sentences.

Unit 3 – Verbs
By the end of the third unit, students will be able to accurately identify action, helping, and linking verbs in sentences.
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Unit 4 – Adjectives
By the end of the fourth week, students will be able to define, identify, and use adjectives in sentences.

Unit 5 – Adverbs
By the end of week 5, students will be able to define, identify, and use adverbs in sentences.

Unit 6 – Prepositions
By the end of unit 6, students will be able to define, identify, and use prepositions in sentences.

Unit 7 – Coordinating Conjunctions
By the end of unit 7, students will be able to define, identify, and use conjunctions in sentences.
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Unit 8 – Subjects and Predicates
By the end of unit 8, students will know how to identify subjects and predicates and distinguish between complete and incomplete sentences.
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Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions:
What do I get when I purchase the Sentence Smart Grammar Activity Kit?

Each Sentence-Smart Grammar Activity Kit includes the following resources:
  • A starter set of over 150 Sentence Builder Color-Coded Parts of Speech Cards
  • Sentence Smart Spinner
  • Sentence Smart Question Chart (helps students to identify and create the most common relationships between the parts of speech)​

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Why is it so important for students to master the grammatical structures of sentences?
The grammatical parts of speech and basic sentence structures are the building blocks of all written and spoken communication; therefore, a comprehensive understanding of grammar can help students to become better readers and writers who are capable of creating and comprehending complex texts.

How can grammar help students to improve their reading, reasoning, and writing skills?​
Knowledge of grammatical structures helps students to recognize, analyze, and recreate the logical relationships within and between sentences that writers and speakers use to create meaning. Sentence analysis leads to sentence comprehension, and sentence comprehension leads to reading comprehension.  Sentence Smart demystifies grammar and helps students become fully familiar with the various parts of speech and sentence structures in dynamic, interactive ways. All of this is done through directed student discovery™ as students create, expand, and analyze sentences.