Parents: focus on reviewing grammar with your child this summer!<\/p>\n
In light of post-pandemic educational challenges, as well as the potential for learning loss during summer break, it\u2019s important that parents don\u2019t let their children\u2019s reading and writing skills slip! <\/p>\n
One way to do this: bolster your child\u2019s grammar skills with a bit of review every week during the warm weather months. <\/p>\n
Here are our top tips, plus some worksheets to help you get started: <\/p>\n
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Kick off your first summer review session by exploring the various types of nouns! <\/p>\n
Help your child differentiate between singular and plural nouns using this interactive worksheet<\/a>. <\/p>\n Reinforce plural noun concepts with another digital worksheet<\/a> for extra practice. <\/p>\n Explore the differences between common and proper nouns with this helpful worksheet<\/a> that has students apply their knowledge by forming sentences. <\/p>\n Teach your child about concrete and abstract nouns using this comprehensive review sheet<\/a>.<\/p>\n Have you ever noticed that your child inconsistently switches between verb tenses when writing? Help them advance their communication skills by practicing subject-verb agreement! <\/p>\n Start with progressive verb tenses, which express ongoing actions. This set of three new worksheets (parts one<\/a>, two<\/a>, and three<\/a>) will guide your child through forming past, present, and future progressive tenses. With regular practice, they\u2019ll solidify their skills and become better writers. <\/p>\n Adjectives and adverbs add color and detail to writing! <\/p>\n Delve deeper into adjectives with this worksheet<\/a>, that teaches your child how to describe nouns effectively using adjectives that show what kind<\/em> or how many<\/em>. Follow up with a thorough review of adverbs<\/a> to enhance their ability to modify verbs, circling adverbs that provide details about how<\/em>, when<\/em>, or where<\/em>. <\/p>\n These activities will enhance your child’s descriptive writing skills and improve their overall grammar proficiency.<\/p>\n Prepare your child for back-to-school by helping them master pronouns, a key part of sentence structure! <\/p>\n Start with an engaging scavenger hunt<\/a> to help your child identify pronouns at a basic level, and then help them pick out pronouns in sentences with this worksheet<\/a> for first and second grade. <\/p>\n Next, have them differentiate between subject, object, and possessive pronouns with this two-part interactive worksheet<\/a>. It teaches how we use different types of pronouns depending on their functions in a sentence. <\/p>\n Ensure your child grasps pronoun-antecedent agreement with this visual maze activity<\/a>. Finally, for a deeper understanding, practice pronouns in compound subjects and objects with this sixth-grade interactive worksheet<\/a>. These resources will equip your child with the knowledge to use pronouns effectively, preparing them for reading and writing in the fall .<\/p>\n\n
Practice forming verb tenses<\/h2>\n
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Review adjectives and adverbs<\/h2>\n
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Identify and use pronouns<\/h2>\n
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