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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Grammar Grid - Parts of Speech Mystery Picture (Crab)
Follow the color-coded parts of speech guide to fill in the word grid and reveal a mystery image.
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Color by Parts of Speech Chameleon Worksheet (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Conjunctions and Pronouns)
Practice identifying different parts of speech with this fun color-by-code worksheet.
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Glorious Grammar Volume 1 Workbook
50 activities in one booklet which all revolve around learning grammar in the classroom.
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List of Adjectives - Words to Describe Mom
Describe the amazing moms in your students' lives with the help of a printable list of motherly adjectives.
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Common Adjectives for Kids - Printable Adjective List
Print your students a list of adjectives to keep at hand when writing to help them use descriptive language.
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Fall Color By Part of Speech Worksheet - Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs
Use this color by part of speech worksheet as a fun fall activity with your students.
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Grammar Grid Mystery Picture Worksheet- Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives (Bunny)
Follow the color-coded parts of speech guide to fill in the word grid and reveal a mystery image.
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Statement, Question, Command, Exclamation – Cut and Paste Worksheet
Identify statement, command, question, and exclamation sentences with a Types of Sentences Cut and Paste worksheet for 2nd grade.
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Parts of Speech Flip Book
A flip book to use when learning about parts of speech.
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Roll and Write - Simple and Compound Sentences
Practice writing simple and compound sentences with our Roll and Write activity.
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Noun, Verb, and Adjective Sort - Worksheet
Help students learn the difference between nouns, verbs, and adjectives with this cut-and-paste sorting worksheet.
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Prepositions Practice Worksheet
Use prepositions and prepositional phrases to describe the location with a prepositional phrase worksheet.
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Types of Verbs PowerPoint Presentation
A 26 slide PowerPoint presentation to use when teaching various types of verbs.
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Direct Speech Task Cards
Review all 16 task cards with direct speech in the text and correct the missing punctuation.
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Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences Poster
A poster to display in the classroom showing the components of a sentence.
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Nouns, Proper Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs and Conjunctions Posters
Enhance student understanding of the 8 parts of speech with these colorful, informative, and easily-referenced grammar wall posters for the classroom covering nouns, verbs and more!
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Inflectional Endings - Spelling with Suffixes Worksheets
Spell words with the inflectional endings -ed, -ing, -s, -es and -ies with a pack of printable practice worksheets covering inflected endings.
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ARMS and COPS Writing and Editing Posters and Checklists
Encourage your students to proofread and edit their writing using the C.O.P.S. and A.R.M.S acronym with a pair of printable writing anchor charts.
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Preposition Monkey Business - Worksheet
A worksheet which includes an image prompt for students to make creative sentences about prepositions.
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Making Sentences – Cut and Paste Worksheets
A set of 10 cut and paste worksheets for making short sentences.
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Verb Past Tense Worksheet
A worksheet with simple and irregular past tense verbs added to complete the sentences.
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Frog Hop Suffixes - Interactive Grammar Review
Review knowledge of suffixes with a fun frog-themed Google Slides Interactive review activity.
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Everyday Grammar Parts of Speech Warm-Ups – Grades 3 and 4
A 39-slide editable PowerPoint to use when reviewing parts of speech with your students.
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Writing Singular Possessive Nouns Worksheet
Practice writing singular possessive nouns with a possessive worksheet.
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Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences PowerPoint
A 23-slide editable PowerPoint template that introduces simple, compound, and complex sentences.
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Fall Color by Part of Speech - Nouns and Verbs Worksheet
Use this fall color by part of speech worksheet to review nouns and verbs.
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Dressing Up A Sentence - Interactive or Printable Activity
Encourage students to add more descriptive language into their sentence writing with this activity.
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Comma Task Cards - Grades 4-6
Practice correct comma placement in dates, series, and compound and complex sentences.
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Grammar Grid Mystery Picture Worksheet-Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives
Follow the color-coded parts of speech guide to fill in the word grid and reveal a mystery image.
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Types of Sentences Sorting Worksheet
A cut and paste sorting worksheet to practice identifying the four types of sentences.
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Adverb Crossword – Worksheet
A crossword for students to review different adverbs.
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Grammar Worksheet Pack – Lower Elementary
Review different parts of speech with this worksheet pack.