A set of sentences and labels for a die/spinner or can be used as a matching activity. Children to read the sentences and decide on a suitable possessive pronoun to go in the gap.
A Powerpoint linked to recapping on proper nouns and then using that knowledge to up level and improve sentences about Queen Victoria for a biography. Teaches children to apply their knowledge. Sentences can be easily adapted to suit teaching proper nouns for any biography.
3 resources: a set of game rules, labels for dice or a spinner and a set of sentences which can be made into cards or read aloud. Children to identify which conjunction they would use to make the sentence make sense.
A set of sentences with the wrong preposition used. can children spot what is wrong with the sentence and replace the incorrect preposition for on which makes sense? Good activity for teaching proof-reading skills as well as what prepositions do in sentences. Can be read aloud, shrunk to make a worksheet or printed and made into cards to be used as a hunt/feely box game.
A list of different nouns and proper nouns for the children to sort. Can be shrunk to make a worksheet or made into cards or read aloud. The nouns cover a range of different types of proper nouns and can be used for discussion of which words need capital letters and why.
A list of adverbs that can be used to sort and teach the different types of adverbs (how, where and when). Can be read aloud and used as an auditory activity or printed out to make cards for a hunt/feely box/spinner/dice game or shrunk to make an assessment worksheet.
A long Powerpoint which teaches what pronouns are and how to use them correctly in sentences. Also teaches which ones can be used for one person and which for more than one. With some questions for children to answer on whiteboards or orally where children have to spot the pronoun and choose an appropriate pronoun for sentences.
Lots of adjective cards, which can be used in a number of ways. I have used these to teach children to apply the spelling rules of turning adjectives into adverbs. Can be made into cards or shrunk to make a worksheet. Can be broken into sets to teach spelling rules individually.
A set of sentences with all punctuation missing for children to revisit basic punctuation and focus on how to use commas in listed sentences for clarity. Can be used on an interactive whiteboard, shrunk to make a worksheet or made into a hunt/feel box activity.
A set of sentences which can be made into a worksheet, read aloud or used as a hunt/feely box activity. Sentences have a missing pronoun. Children can choose an appropriate pronoun to fit in the gap.
A set of sentences with missing verbs or adverbs. Good for reinforcing the verb tense and making sure adverbs are appropriate for the type of sentence. 2 sets of sentences easier and harder and can be extended easily through questioning e.g. Can you think of more than one adverb or adjective that would be appropriate? can be made into a hunt/feely-box activity or shrunk to make a worksheet.
10 sentences for the children to punctuate correctly. No punctuation is included so children have to think about speech marks but also applying other punctuation they know. Can be printed out and made into a hunt/feely-box activity or used as a display.
A paragraph for children to demarcate with appropriate punctuation and a correctly punctuated answer sheet on page 2, which can be used as a self-checking exercise. Useful for assessing which punctuation children can apply independently.
A set of sentences with conjunctions. Children are to spot the conjunction and replace it with a semi colon. Useful for teaching main clauses and recognising conjunctions in sentences. Can be easily extended when children have the idea by asking them to think of other sentences with 2 main clauses.
A set of 10 sentences for the children to decide if the punctuation for speech has been correctly applied. Can be easily extended into an activity where children correct the punctuation in the incorrect sentences.
2 resources. One set of sentences with missing contractions, which can be used for children to choose a suitable contraction to fit in the gap. The second resource is a list of contracted words which can be used as spelling cards, put onto a spinner or dice to make a match it game with the sentences or be used to write the oner form of the contraction or fit the contraction into a sentence of the children's own choice.
A set of sentences with missing hyphens. Can be printed out as cards or shrunk to make a worksheet. Other punctuation is taken out so it is also a useful activity to reinforce basic punctuation and can be used as a 'rewrite with the correct punctuation' type exercise.