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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Punctuation Puppets
A set of punctuation characters to cut out and use as puppets.
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Types of Sentences Flip Book
A template for students to use when learning about types of sentences.
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What's in My Living Room? – Worksheet
A fun search and find activity with optional worksheets for students.
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Parts of Speech Word Search – Nouns, Proper Nouns, and Verbs – Worksheet
Find and categorize nouns, proper nouns, and verbs in this word search-style worksheet.
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Noun and Verb Sort – Worksheet
A simple noun and verb sorting worksheet.
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Bowling Game - End Punctuation
Practice recognizing and naming end punctuation with this set of 36 phrase cards and punctuation pins.
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Grammar and Punctuation Tails - Active Learning
An active game that requires students to use their basic grammar and punctuation knowledge.
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Make a Sentence – Worksheet
A set of worksheets where students unscramble words to create a sentence.
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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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Prepositions Picture Puzzle
Practice recognizing and using common prepositions with our jungle-themed 15 piece picture puzzle.
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Nouns and Adjectives Tangle – Worksheet
A worksheet that focuses on creating sentences with nouns and adjectives.
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Prepositions Bingo
Practice recognizing and using prepositions with this set of 20 bingo game boards and preposition cards.
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Prepositions Dominoes
Practice recognizing and using prepositions with this set of 28 picture-word preposition dominoes.
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Adjectives Scoot Activity
Practice using adjectives to describe objects with this set of 20 task cards.
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Color by Parts of Speech - Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs - Frog
Review four parts of speech by coloring nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs on the frog.
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Punctuation Pizza Cover-up Game
Practice recognizing and using end punctuation with this set of pizza game boards and pepperoni phrase cards with missing punctuation.
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Read and Color Worksheet - Possessive Nouns
A worksheet to practice identifying possessive nouns.
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Marine Animals Adjectives Worksheet
A set of 12 marine animal themed adjective teaching resource worksheets.
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Dinosaur Adjectives Worksheet
A set of 6 dinosaur themed adjective teaching resource worksheets.
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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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Gender Nouns Posters
A set of educational posters showing common gender nouns in the English language.
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Types of Clauses Posters
A set of five posters examining the structure of independent and dependent clauses.
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Present and Past Tense Irregular Verbs Matchup Cards
Practice matching present tense and past tense of irregular verbs with this matching activity.
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Everyday Grammar Parts of Speech Warm-Ups – Grades 5 and 6
A 39-slide editable PowerPoint to use when reviewing parts of speech with your students.
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Prepositional Phrase Mini Jigsaw Puzzle
5 mini jigsaw puzzles that require the students to construct prepositional phrases.
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Everyday Grammar Parts of Speech Warm Ups – Grades 1 and 2
A 40-slide editable PowerPoint to use when reviewing parts of speech with your students.
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Prepositions Worksheet
A worksheet that explores the use of prepositions.
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Picture the Preposition Worksheet
A worksheet that explores prepositions through reading, interpreting and drawing.
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Adverbs Worksheet
A 2 page worksheet that explores the use of adverbs.
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Parts of Speech Card Game – Lower Grades Classroom Game
A card game for nouns, verbs and adjectives.
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Parts of Speech Card Game – Upper Grades Classroom Game - Set 1
A card game for nouns, verbs and adjectives.
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Identifying Informative Language Worksheets
Explore the types of language found in expository writing using this set of three reports on a variety of age-appropriate topics.