Grammar Tips & Strategies

Teaching double consonant words to 1st and 2nd graders. Spelling rules, word lists, and free printable practice pages.

100 common idioms for kids, sorted easy to advanced for grades 1-5, each with a simple meaning and an example sentence you can teach from.

How to teach synonyms to 2nd through 4th graders. Word lists, activities, and free printable practice pages for building vocabulary.

What an idiom is, in words kids understand, with everyday examples and classroom activities for grades 3 to 5. Free printable practice pages included.

What a metaphor is in kid-friendly words, easy examples, how it differs from a simile, and free printable practice pages for grades 3 to 5.

Hands-on activities for describing words, five-senses adjectives, comparatives, and using adjectives in sentences, with free printables.

10 hands-on kindergarten grammar activities for nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, and more, with free printable practice pages.

Hands-on ways to teach nouns in kindergarten: noun sorting, noun hunts, common and proper nouns, and free printable practice pages.

Hands-on activities for position words, spatial awareness, movement, and using prepositions in sentences, with free printable practice pages.

Hands-on activities for personal pronouns, replacing nouns, pronoun games, and read-aloud strategies, with free printable practice pages.

Teaching periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and capital letters in kindergarten, with activities that make each one stick.

Hands-on activities for what makes a sentence, subject and verb, capital letters and periods, and sentence building, with free printables.

Discover the best ways to teach verbs to kindergartners, from action word activities and verb charades to sentence building and past vs. present tense.

How to teach nouns, verbs, and adjectives to 2nd graders. Hands-on activities, anchor chart ideas, and free printable practice pages.

How to teach sentence types, compound sentences, and paragraph structure to 3rd graders. Activities, anchor charts, and free printable practice pages.

Simple, hands-on ways to teach nouns and verbs to first graders. Games, activities, anchor charts, and free printable practice pages.

How to teach punctuation in 1st grade. Fun activities for periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and commas.