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Grammar Foundations

Kelsey Willems, Polly Base | Published: May 29th, 2025 by K20 Center

Summary

This collection offers a solid foundation in grammar, ideal for use with students in grades 1–4. For secondary educators, it can also serve as a strategic starting point for reviewing foundational skills with students who are struggling with advanced grammar or preparing for the ACT. The lessons range from basic to intermediate, providing a stepping stone to the more complex topics covered in other collections. Each lesson is designed to build confidence and understanding, ensuring students grasp the essential elements of grammar before moving on to more challenging material. Whether you're introducing young learners to the basics or helping older students reinforce their skills, this collection is the ideal starting point for mastering grammar.

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Lesson 5E Lesson
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Adjectives Can Make Things Bigger, Brighter, More Beautiful!

Adjectives

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 1st Grade

Using adjectives can make a story bigger, brighter, and more beautiful. The book "If You Were an Adjective” by Michael Dahl will be used as a catalyst to help students examine how exciting a story can be when adjectives are used to describe people, places, and things. Students will learn what adjectives... Read more »

Created by: Patricia Turner

Date Updated: May 29th, 2025

Lesson 5E Lesson
Adjectives Can Make Things Bigger, Brighter, More Beautiful!

Adjectives

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 1st Grade

Subject Subject

  • English/Language Arts

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • 1.5.R.3, 1.8.W
More 3 class periods
Time Frame 100 minutes
Lesson 5E Lesson
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Picture This!

Composing Grammatically Correct Sentences

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 1st Grade

This lesson invites students to think about what they know about nouns, verbs, adjectives, and other components of a sentence. Students study a picture prompt and work as a class to compose sentences describing it. Then, students practice diagramming their sentence by drawing color-coded "train cars"... Read more »

Created by: K20 Center

Date Updated: May 29th, 2025

Lesson 5E Lesson
Picture This!

Composing Grammatically Correct Sentences

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 1st Grade

Subject Subject

  • English/Language Arts

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • 1.5.W.2
More 45 minutes
Time Frame 1-2 class period(s)
Lesson 5E Lesson
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Do Hungry Dragons Really Like Crunchy Tacos?

Adjectives

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 2nd - 4th

In this fun and engaging lesson, students will learn what adjectives are and how they are used. Students will read or listen to the story "Dragons Love Tacos," by Adam Rubin. Then, students will engage in a learning game: they each pick a different kind of food and try to describe the food with adjectives... Read more »

Created by: Lindsey Link

Date Updated: August 4th, 2021

Lesson 5E Lesson
Do Hungry Dragons Really Like Crunchy Tacos?

Adjectives

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 2nd - 4th

Subject Subject

  • English/Language Arts

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • 2.5.R.3, 3.5.R.3
More 120 minutes
Time Frame 2-3 class period(s)
Lesson 5E Lesson
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Going on a Paper Hunt

ELA: Nouns, Adjectives, Letter Writing and Science: Properties of Paper

Grade Level Grade Level

  • Preschool - 2nd

Whether your students are just starting to read and write or can already do so, they will enjoy this lesson. It combines elements of science with reading and writing. It begins with a story, The Surprise Package, that could very well happen to them. Students work on an animal card toy sort. They will... Read more »

Created by: Patricia Turner

Date Updated: March 16th, 2022

Lesson 5E Lesson
Going on a Paper Hunt

ELA: Nouns, Adjectives, Letter Writing and Science: Properties of Paper

Grade Level Grade Level

  • Preschool - 2nd

Subject Subject

  • English/Language Arts, Science

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • 1.5.R.1, 1.5.R.3, 2.5.R.3, K.5.R.2, K.8.W, 2.PS1.2, 2.PS1.2.1
More 25 minutes
Time Frame 3-4 class periods

Standards

Oklahoma Academic Standards (2nd Grade)
2.PS1.2: Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for the intended purpose. *
2.PS1.2.1: Different properties are suited to different purposes.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts (Grade 1)
1.5.R.1: Students will recognize nouns as concrete objects (i.e., people persons, places, and things) and use the pronoun "I".
1.5.R.3: Students will recognize color and number adjectives.
1.5.W.2: Students will compose grammatically correct simple and compound sentences and questions (interrogatives) with appropriate end marks.
1.8.W: Students will write independently for extended and shorter periods of time through a combination of emergent and conventional writing with guidance and support.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts (Grade 2)
2.5.R.3: Students will recognize adjectives.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts (Grade 3)
3.5.R.3: Students will recognize adjectives, articles as adjectives, and adverbs.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts (Grade K)
K.5.R.2: Students will recognize concrete objects as persons, places or things (i.e., nouns) with guidance and support.
K.8.W: Students will express their ideas through a combination of drawing and emergent writing with guidance and support.

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