Interactive Grammar Notebooks -part a

Last year, was my first year to use interactive notebooks.  Before school began, I found myself  with the desire PLUS precious  direction, from my  amazing Greek colleague, Papadeli Sophia !

I have to thank her so much, for all the inspiration and support!

Overall, they were a success- Experimenting on them during this first school year with few students, among whom was my daughter, was great fun!…I’m sure, we’ll do much better next  year ,with all my afternoon classes, at school!

As a girl-mom, I had to create some rationale for me to deal with the pain of teaching my “I-can’t-stand-grammar ” daughter. Yes, the pain is heartbreaking and real! Realizing this, I’ve come to the conclusion that my daughter and niece whom I both teach English at home, needed short, but potent grammar lessons where they’re able to explain, defend, and apply the skills.

I decided to use interactive notebooks to cater to and shape their learning experience a bit more.

Their  Interactive notebook,  helped keep their learning organized by having all concepts in the same place and in an sequence they could naturally follow.

This  notebook is built, by adding each grammar skill or concept as an insert gradually throughout the year as they are introduced to new material. By the end of year, they  have a complete notebook they can use as a reference and I can use as an assessment tool or portfolio piece.This is simple and can be done with any grammar curriculum we are using.

First, I used a common notebook,  school glue, scissors and markers/colored pencils. Since we are fully stocked on school supplies, I did not need to make any new purchases.

Then, ideally, we should reserve the first 1-2 pages for the table of contents. I admit that, I didn’t do that, this first year…Going forward, we add a new page for each skill.

The next step is to find some ideas or even printables and foldables for the Grammar notebooks …I asked Sophia Papadeli to help me get started and I also visited Pinterest and used my imagination and creativity, of course!

Here are just  few pages for you to have a look at, get inspired and hopefully, start your own Grammar Notebooks, next school year!

PAST SIMPLE

WILL

 

REFLEXIVE/EMPHATIC PRONOUNS

PRESENT PERFECT

ORDER OF ADVERBS

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES/ADVERBS

PLURALS

ARTICLES (A/AN)

IRREGULAR PLURALS

TO BE

PERSONAL PRONOUNS

THIS/THAT/THESE/THOSE

THERE IS/ARE

POSSESSIVES

TOO/ENOUGH

 

TYPES OF COMPARISON

TOO MUCH/MANY

ORDINAL NUMBERS

IMPERATIVE

HAVE/HAS GOT

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS

BE GOING TO

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

PRESENT SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

THE -ING FORM

USED TO

POSSESSIVES

BOTH/NEITHER/NONE/ALL

 

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

WORD ORDER

BE GOING TO-hopscotch

HOW MUCH/MANY

SOME/ANY

LIKE

WORD ORDER-QUESTIONS

 

PAST SIMPLE-IRREGULAR VERBS

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PLURALS

PRESENT PERFECT

PRESENT CONTINOUS

 

FORMATION OF ADVERBS

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

ORDER OF ADVERBS

PAST SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS

Whether our  child or students, need the added application, more hands-on grammar, or just a splash of fun, interactive notebooks have the ability to enhance and advance their language arts skills. My daughter , still not all that intrigued about grammar, has found a way to accept it more with her notebook!