Grammar Teaching Resources
Browse printable grammar worksheets, games for kids and more writing activities for elementary or middle school. You'll even find free grammar downloads for your ELA 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 teachers just like you. Explore printables and digital downloads that are aligned with TEKS and the Common Core curriculum and easily editable to meet your state standards!
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 ELA instruction.
Here's a definition our teacher team likes to use:
Grammar is a set of writing rules that help us communicate effectively. It helps us to organize 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 understand 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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Prepositions of Place Worksheet Pack
Enhance students’ understanding of spatial language with this prepositions of place worksheet pack featuring four different household scenes.
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Unscramble Sentences – Sentence Structure Worksheets
Unscramble sentences and practice writing complete statements with a set of printable Scrambled Sentences Worksheets.
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Sentence Saga - Build a Better Sentence Construction Activity
Teach your students to build a better sentence with Sentence Saga, a printable sentence construction activity for upper elementary.
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Prepositions Picture Scene Worksheets
Engage students with this prepositions picture scene pack where they follow instructions to place pictures within five different scenes.
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Prepositional Phrase as an Adjective Worksheets
Help students master the prepositional phrase as an adjective with this engaging set of five worksheets designed to reinforce how these phrases add detail to nouns.
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Cut and Paste Sentences Worksheets (K-1)
Practice making simple sentences with a set of printable Cut and Paste Sentences Worksheets.
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Sentence Types & Punctuation for Grade 1 and 2 - Four Corners Game
Review sentence types and punctuation for grade 1 and 2 students with an engaging Four Corners Punctuation Game.
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Prepositional Phrase Anchor Chart
Enhance your grammar lessons with this prepositional phrase anchor chart that helps students identify and understand adverbial and adjectival prepositional phrases.
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Prepositional Phrase Practice Interactive Activity
Enhance your grammar lessons with a digital prepositional phrase practice activity that engages students through interactive drag-and-drop, sorting and typing tasks.
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Adverb Prepositional Phrase Worksheets
Help students master the adverb prepositional phrase with this set of six worksheets designed to build confidence in using prepositional phrases as adverbs.
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4 Types of Sentences Game - Scoot Activity (1-2)
Play a round of Types of Sentences SCOOT! To help your students practice identifying types of sentences.
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Types of Clauses Anchor Charts
Introduce your students to the types of sentence clauses with a set of printable Types of Clauses Anchor Charts.
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Prepositional Phrase Quiz
Assess students’ understanding with this two-page prepositional phrase quiz featuring multiple-choice, true-or-false and finish-the-sentence questions.
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Prepositional Phrase Worksheet Pack
Enhance your grammar lessons with this prepositional phrase worksheet pack, designed to help 4th grade students master prepositions and prepositional phrases.
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Sort It Out! - 4 Types of Sentences Practice Activity
Practice sorting and matching examples of the four types of sentences (command, statement, question, exclamation) with a 1st Grade Types of Sentences Practice Game.
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Preposition PowerPoint
Use this preposition PowerPoint to help your students understand and use prepositions of place, time and direction with confidence.
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Preposition Game – Roll and Cover
Use this preposition game as a fun and collaborative way of learning about these important parts of speech.
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Types of Sentences Posters
Display a set of types of sentences posters to help your students discover various types of sentences.
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Simple Sentence Exit Tickets
Check your students' knowledge of simple sentences with this set of simple sentence exit tickets perfect for kindergarten.
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Preposition Worksheets for Kindergarten
Use these preposition worksheets for Kindergarten to get your students identifying and using these essential parts of speech.
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Simple Sentence Anchor Charts
Help students understand what makes a simple sentence with this clear and engaging Simple Sentence Anchor Charts.
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Digital Prepositions Quiz
Use this digital prepositions quiz as a lesson warm-up or wrap-up when teaching prepositions to Kindergarten and 1st grade.
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Simple Sentence Picture Prompt Cards
Build sentence confidence with these engaging Simple Sentence Picture Prompt Cards!
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Types of Sentences Flip Book
Create a helpful types of sentences flipbook with our Differentiated 4 Kinds of Sentences foldable graphic organizers.
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Statement, Question, Command, Exclamation – Poster
Discover the features of statement, question, command, and exclamation sentences with a printable Types of Sentences poster.
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Simple Sentence Frames and Word Bank Displays
Engage young writers with this Sentence Frame and Picture Prompts Display.
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Sentence Trains - Sentence Building Activity
Teach your first graders about sentence types and punctuation with a fun Sentence Building Activity.
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Types of Sentences - Sentence Strips Activity Pack
Use our Sentence Strips Activity pack to teach your students about statements, commands, questions, and exclamation sentences.
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Statement, Question, Command and Exclamation Sentence Match-up Cards
Teach 1st and 2nd graders about the four types of sentences with a printable sentence types matching activity.
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Finish It! - End Punctuation Task Cards (1-2)
Practice adding end marks to sentences with a printable set of Punctuation Task Cards for 1st and 2nd graders.
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5 Star Sentence Writing Pack
Use this 5 star writing checklist teaching pack to help students develop strong writing habits with a simple, effective checklist and engaging worksheets.
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Noun and Verb Sentence Puzzles
Use this nouns and verbs game puzzle to help students identify nouns and their matching verbs while building simple sentences in a fun, hands-on way.