Elementary School Grammar Rocks

ES Elementary School: Pre-Sentence Grammar Course Overview

This course has been created for the youngest eager writers, starting at 2nd grade. During the eight week pre-sentence course, students will be introduced to parts of speech, end punctuation, subject and predicates, commas, quotation marks, and punctuation of titles. Students will also learn to recognize basic capitalization rules and proofreading strategies.

Grammar Rocks Course Objectives:

Unit 1 – Nouns

By the end of the first unit, students will be able to correctly identify and capitalize common and proper nouns, as well as form the plural of singular nouns.

Unit 2 – Pronouns and Adjectives

By the end of the second unit, students should have a complete understanding of all types of pronouns. Students will also be introduced to adjectives and be able to recognize them in sentences.

Unit 3 – Verbs and Adverbs

By the end of the third unit, students will be able to correctly identify action, helping, and linking verbs and adverbs in a sentence.

Unit 4 – Capitalization

By the end of the fourth week, students will be able to recognize and utilize the most common capitalization rules.

Unit 5 – Sentence Structure

By the end of week 5, students will be able to identify and correct run-on sentences and fragments. They will also be introduced to the four types of sentences and will be able to punctuate all four correctly.

Unit 6 – Punctuation

By the end of unit 6, students will be able to place commas, use quotation marks, and punctuate titles correctly.

Unit 7 – Parts of a Sentence

By the end of unit 7, students will be able to correctly identify the subject and predicate in a sentence.

Unit 8 – Proofreading

By the end of unit 8, students will begin to recognize simple proofreading strategies and utilize them in their own writing.

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