Grammar Teaching Resources
Browse printable grammar worksheets, games for kids and more writing activities for primary school. You'll even find free grammar downloads for your lesson plans to help students learn the different parts of speech, understand sentence structure and learn how to create grammatically correct sentences.
This comprehensive collection of teacher resources was created by teachers for Aussie teachers just like you. Explore printables and digital downloads that are aligned with the Australian English curriculum and easily editable to differentiate instruction for students.
Best of all, each resource has undergone a careful review by an expert member of our teacher team to ensure it's ready for your classroom, your lesson plan and your students!
Is this your first year teaching grammar to kids? Or are you just looking for fresh ideas to engage your students on this aspect of writing? Read on for a primer from our teacher team!
7 Things Teachers Need on Hand for Teaching Grammar
So you're teaching grammar this school year? Welcome to the wonderful world of words (and sentences ... and punctuation!).
You may be wondering what you'll need to prepare to ensure you have everything on hand to actually teach students the mechanics of writing, so our teacher team has put together a comprehensive list of classroom supplies that will make it easier!
- Anchor chart paper and markers
- Graphic organizers
- Writing rubrics
- Postcards and other cards for your writing centers
- Envelopes
- Clipboards
- Samples of writing
What Is Grammar in English? A Kid-Friendly Definition
Before you launch into the wonderful world of writing conventions with your class, it can be helpful to define the meaning of grammar in the context of your instruction.
Here's a definition our teacher team likes to use:
Grammar is a set of rules for writing that help us communicate effectively. It helps us to organise words, phrases and sentences in a way that makes sense to others. Without grammar, our sentences would be scrambled and hard to understand!
How to Teach Grammar — Tips From Our Teacher Team
If you're sitting down to map out your grammar lesson plans, and you're not quite sure where to begin, it can be helpful to take a look at how other teachers structure their lessons.
With that in mind, we asked a few teachers on our team to share their process for doing exactly that!
Start With Phrases and Clauses
One teacher on our team uses this order for her grammar lessons:
- Phrases and clauses
- Sentence types
- Punctuation rules
The reason?
Students need to have an understanding of the difference between a phrase and a clause to lay the foundation for creating organized sentences.
Likewise, it's important to know the difference between independent and dependent clauses before you can start teaching the different sentence types.
Finally, teaching sentence types gives students a solid foundation for introducing comma rules.
Start With FANBOYS
Another teacher on our team suggests teaching grammar in this order:
- Teach students about coordinating conjunctions and the FANBOYS acronym.
- Move on to phrases and clauses.
- Next, work on sentence structure.
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Roll and Write – Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences
An interactive activity to help students practise writing simple, compound and complex sentences.
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BUMP! Irregular Plural Nouns – Board Game
A board game to practise forming irregular plural nouns.
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Simple Sentence Dominoes (Version 3)
A set of 30 dominoes to assist younger students with building simple sentences.
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Simple Sentence Dominoes (Version 2)
A set of 30 dominoes to assist younger students with building simple sentences.
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Simple Sentence Dominoes (Version 1)
A set of 30 dominoes to assist younger students with building simple sentences.
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Read and Colour Worksheet – Singular and Plural Nouns
A worksheet to practise identifying singular and plural nouns.
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Read and Colour Worksheet – Common and Proper Nouns
A worksheet to practise identifying common and proper nouns.
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Noun Group Tangle – Worksheet
A worksheet that focuses on nouns combining with adjectives to create noun groups.
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Label These Sentences! – Worksheet
A worksheet that requires students to label the parts of speech in sentences.
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Noun and Verb Sort – Worksheet
A simple noun and verb sorting worksheet.
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Successful Sentences – Sentence Construction Cards
Word cards for constructing complex sentences.
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Collective Nouns Match Up Activity - Objects and People
A pack of 32 cards to use when learning about collective nouns.
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Collective Nouns Match-Up Activity - Animals
A pack of 32 cards to use when learning about collective nouns.
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Everyday Grammar Parts of Speech Warm Ups - Lower Years Interactive PowerPoint
Review nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs with this 44-slide interactive PowerPoint lesson.
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Everyday Grammar Sentence Structure Warm Ups - Lower Years Interactive PowerPoint
An engaging 44 slide interactive PowerPoint to use in the lower years classroom when learning about grammar and sentence structure.
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Everyday Grammar Punctuation Warm Ups - Lower Years Interactive PowerPoint
An engaging 44 slide interactive PowerPoint to use in the lower years classroom when learning about grammar and punctuation.
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Adjectives All Around - Outdoor Observation Activity
Engaging activities where students observe and describe their outdoors environment.
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Past Tense Folding Cards
A set of 21 past tense folding cards.
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Halloween A to Z - Vocabulary Activity
Improve vocabulary and knowledge of nouns, verbs, and adjectives with a printable Halloween worksheet.
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Verb Groups Worksheet
Explore verb groups and the words that surround verbs in sentences with this set of verb group worksheets.
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Preposition Activity Sheet Pack – Read and Draw
Download this preposition activity sheet pack, where students read a series of instructions to draw scenes by identifying prepositions.
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Adver-relays Active Learning Game
A whole class active game that encourages learning through a physical setting.
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Active Voice and Passive Voice Poster
A beautifully illustrated poster explaining active voice and passive voice.
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Passive Voice Poster
A beautifully illustrated poster explaining passive voice.
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Active Voice Poster
A beautifully illustrated poster explaining active voice.
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Active Voice and Passive Voice PowerPoint
A 13 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about active voice and passive voice.
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Ocean Themed Collective Noun Dominoes
A set of ocean themed collective noun dominoes.
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Active Voice and Passive Voice Worksheet
A worksheet for students to use when learning about active voice and passive voice.
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Gender Nouns Worksheets
Two worksheets for lower grades to use when learning about the gender of nouns.
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Gender Nouns Posters
A set of educational posters showing common gender nouns in the English language.
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Grammar and Punctuation Checklist Bookmarks
Use these grammar and punctuation checklist bookmarks to support your students in editing their writing.
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"Simon Says" Instruction Cards
A set of 24 instruction cards to use when playing "Simon Says".