GRAMMAR PUPIL BOOKS 1

Designed to follow on from the Jolly Phonics Pupil Books 1, 2 and 3, the Grammar 1 Pupil Book builds on the skills taught in Jolly Phonics and introduces grammar and spelling rules to improve writing and reading comprehension. Children can work through the Grammar 1 Pupil book and complete a wide variety of engaging activities, which develop grammar, spelling, punctuation and comprehension skills. Lessons are provided for 1 Grammar or punctuation and 1 spelling lesson per week for a for a year. The teacher can support and guide the children with the Grammar 1 Teacher's Book. Topics covered include:

• Vowel digraphs
• Alternative spellings of vowel sounds
• Plural endings
• short vowels and consonant doubling
• Tricky words
• Consonant blends
• Nouns - proper/common/plurals
• Personal pronouns
• Verbs
• Conjugating verbs - present/past/future
• Adjectives
• a/an/the - when to use
• sentences - capital letters, full stops and speech marks
• Parsing - identifying the parts of speech in sentences
• Alphabetical order.