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Let’s Write Better...

by Kathryn Robinson

Teacher Edition: Grade One

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TE: Level 1: Introduction

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Real-World Language Arts

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understand ______________________________

Kathryn Robinson

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III

Introduction Just Grammar: Grade One is a guide into a child’s world of reading and

writing with style. This book gives students daily practice in three language arts areas: grammar, capitalization, and conventions. This program can be used in conjunction with any regular language arts series. Some students have difficulty attaining proficiency in specific language arts areas due to the limited practice provided by a textbook. Just Grammar: Grade One language arts program provides real-world practice using a variety of language arts concepts.

The lessons are designed for teacher-directed whole or small group instruction four days per week. Colorful CD pictures are designed to assist first graders in understanding high-level state and national standards. The accompanying student workbook provides your students with classroom practice pages as well as child-friendly homework pages for each lesson. These lessons provide practice for 33 weeks of the school year. Each grammar concept is covered for at least one week before a new area is introduced to students. With each lesson, please feel free to add as many hands-on experiences as you can find. If you like an assessment component, simply use any week’s Day #4’s lesson as a test.

If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail us through our website: www.writemath.com.

I know that you will have as much fun employing this program as I have had designing it. So enjoy…

with your students.

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Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................... III

Contents ........................................................................................................................... IV

Week 1: Sentence Work with capitalization and periods .................................................. 1 Week 1: Student Answers .......................................................................................... 3

Week 2: Sentence Work .................................................................................................... 5 Week 2: Student Answers .......................................................................................... 7

Week 3: Action Verbs ........................................................................................................ 9 Week 3: Icon Card for Action Verb/did what .......................................................... 12 Week 3: Student Answers ........................................................................................ 12

Week 4: More Action Verbs ............................................................................................ 13 Week 4: Icon Card for Verb .................................................................................... 16 Week 4: Student Answers ........................................................................................ 17

Week 5: Subjects ............................................................................................................. 19 Week 5: Icon Card for Subject/who .......................................................................... 22 Week 5: Icon Card for Action Verb/did what ........................................................... 22 Week 5: Student Answers ........................................................................................ 23

Week 6: More Subjects.................................................................................................... 25 Week 6: Icon Card for Subject/ who ......................................................................... 28 Week 6: Icon Card for Action Verb/did what ........................................................... 28 Week 6: Student Answers ........................................................................................ 29

Week 7: Subject-Verb Agreement ................................................................................... 31 Week 7: Icon Card for Subject/who .......................................................................... 35 Week 7: Icon Card for Action Verb/did what ........................................................... 35 Week 7: Student Answers ................................................................................... 36-37

Week 8: More Subject-Verb Agreement ......................................................................... 39 Week 8: Icon Card for Subject: Boy or Girl ............................................................. 43 Week 8: Icon Card for Action Verb .......................................................................... 43 Week 8: Student Answers ................................................................................... 44-45



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Week 9: Nouns ................................................................................................................ 47 Week 9: Student Answers ........................................................................................ 51

Week 10: More Nouns ..................................................................................................... 53 Week 10: Student Answers ...................................................................................... 58

Week 11: Common & Proper Nouns............................................................................... 59 Week 11: Student Answers ................................................................................. 66-69

Week 12: More Common & Proper Nouns ..................................................................... 71 Week 12: Student Answers ................................................................................. 77-80

Week 13: Singular Nouns ................................................................................................ 81 Week 13: Student Answers ...................................................................................... 86

Week 14: Plural Nouns .................................................................................................... 87 Week 14: Student Answers ................................................................................. 93-96

Week 15: Verbs ............................................................................................................... 97 Week 15: Practice Sheet Answers ......................................................................... 104 Week 15: Student Answers ............................................................................. 105-108

Week 16: Subject-Regular Verb Agreement ................................................................. 109 Week 16: Subject-Verb Agreement Practice Answers ................... 113, 120, 126, 128 Week 16: Student Answers ............................................................................. 129-132

Week 17: Linking Verb ‘is’ ........................................................................................... 133 Week 17: Student Answers ............................................................................. 137-140

Week 18: Verb ‘is’ vs. ‘are’ .......................................................................................... 141 Week 18: Student Answers ............................................................................. 143-146

Week 19: Subject Pronouns ........................................................................................... 147 Week 19: Student Answers ............................................................................. 153-156

Week 20: Subject-Pronoun Verb Agreement ................................................................ 157 Week 20: Student Answers ............................................................................. 161-162

Week 21: Object Pronouns ............................................................................................ 163 Week 21: Student Answers ............................................................................. 172-173



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Week 22: Verb Tenses ................................................................................................... 175 Week 22: Student Answers ............................................................................. 186-189



Week 25: Possessive Nouns .......................................................................................... 215 Week 25: Student Answers ............................................................................. 224-225

Week 26: Possessive Pronouns ..................................................................................... 227 Week 26: Student Answers ............................................................................. 244-245

Week 27: Conjunctions ................................................................................................. 247 Week 27: Student Answers .................................................................................... 269

Week 28: Adjectives ...................................................................................................... 271 Week 28: Keep Your Adjectives in this Order Card ............................................... 293 Week 28: Large Adjective Attribute card: Opinion................................................. 294 Week 28: Large Adjective Attribute card: Size ....................................................... 295 Week 28: Large Adjective Attribute card: Shape .................................................... 296 Week 28: Large Adjective Attribute card: Age ....................................................... 297 Week 28: Large Adjective Attribute card: Color .................................................... 298 Week 28: Large Adjective Attribute card: Made of ................................................ 299 Week 28: Large Adjective Attribute card: Use/Purpose ......................................... 300 Week 28: Day #1’s Adjective cards ........................................................................ 301 Week 28: Day #2’s Adjective cards ........................................................................ 301 Week 28: Day #3’s Adjective cards ........................................................................ 302 Week 28: Day #4’s Adjective cards ........................................................................ 302 Week 28: Student Answers .................................................................................... 303

Week 29: Commas in a Series ....................................................................................... 305 Week 29: Large commas & ‘and’ cards ................................................................. 318 Week 29: Student Answers .................................................................................... 319

Week 30: Commas & Capitalization in Dates ............................................................... 321 Week 30: Student Answers ............................................................................. 332-333



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Week 31: Determiners ................................................................................................... 335 Week 31: Determiner Word cards .......................................................................... 360 Week 31: Student Answers ............................................................................. 361-364

Week 32: Indefinite Pronouns ....................................................................................... 365 Week 32: Student Answers ............................................................................. 382-385

Week 33: Types of Sentences ........................................................................................ 387 Week 33: Student Answers ............................................................................. 410-413

Index .............................................................................................................................. 415

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TE: Level 1 Week 1 1

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Week 1

Conventions Objective: To practice beginning a sentence with a capital letter To practice ending a sentence with a period

Supplies: Green crayon or colored pencil Red crayon or colored pencil Model Sentence page (See TE CD page 2) Workbook pages (See TE CD pages 3-6; Student Workbook pages 1-4) Student Answers page (See TE page 3)

Suggestion: Play the Who-Did What Activity from Just Write: A Sentence Book. (Robinson, Kathryn. Just Write a Sentence. www.WriteMath.com pages 8-13)

Directions: 1. Display the Model Sentence page (See TE CD page 2). Read the sentence below

the picture.Jeff is wearing a costume.

2. Question students about which color on a traffic light lets drivers know that theycan “Go”. Connect their ‘green’ response to the first letter in a sentence. Thisletter is a capital letter to let the reader know where to ‘go’ to start a newsentence.

3. Choose a student to come to the front of the room to trace the capital letter atthe beginning of the sentence with a green-colored marker.

4. Question students about which color on a traffic light lets drivers know that theymust “Stop”. Connect their ‘red’ response to the period at the end of a sentence.This mark lets the reader know where the sentence ends. The reader must takea breath at the end of a sentence before he/she continues on to a new sentenceor idea.

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5. Choose a student to come to the front of the room to trace the period at theend of the sentence with a red-colored marker.

6. Class creates another sentence about the picture.

He is holding a sword. Since this first sentence was about the costume, the next sentence must use details to elaborate the costume.

7. Choose one student for each of the following tasks…• Check that the first letter in the sentence is a capital letter and then

trace it with a green marker.• Trace or draw a red period at the end of the sentence.

8. Display Workbook: Day #1 (See TE CD page 3; Student Workbook page 1). Repeatsteps #1 -7 with this new page.

DAY #2:

Display Workbook: Day #2 (See TE CD page 4; Student Workbook page 2). Repeat steps #1 -7 with this new page.

DAY #3:

Display Workbook: Day #3 (See TE CD page 5; Student Workbook page 3). Repeat Day #1’s steps #1 -7 with this new page.

DAY #4:

Display Workbook: Day #4 (See TE CD page 6; Student Workbook page 4). Repeat Day #1’s steps #1 -7 with this new page.



Level 1 Week 1’s Answers

Responses for Day #1

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Teacher CD: Grade One

Lesson: 1

TE CD: Level 1 Week 1 2

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Model Sentence Directions:

• Trace the capital letter ( ) at the beginning of the sentence with a green crayon ( ) or colored pencil.

• Trace the period ( ) at the end of the sentence with a red ( ) crayon or colored pencil.

• Write a new sentence about the picture: Trace the 1st capital letter and tracethe period.

1. Jeff is wearing a costume.

2. ____________________________________________________________________



Workbook: Day #1

Directions:




1. Jan is riding her scooter

2. ____________________________________________________________________



Workbook: Day #2

Directions:




1. Liz is swinging very high.

2. ____________________________________________________________________



Workbook: Day #3

Directions:




1. Jose loves the slide.

2. ____________________________________________________________________



Workbook: Day #4

Directions:




1. Tim is holding a ball.

2. ____________________________________________________________________


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Student Workbook: Grade One

Lesson:

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Real-World Language Arts

that students

understand ______________________________

Kathryn Robinson

No parts of this publication may be stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means – electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise – without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Copyright © 2016 WriteMath Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved – Printed in the U.S.A. Published by WriteMath Enterprises, Inc. 2303 Marseille Ct., Valrico, FL 33596

• I dedicate this book to Daniel & Lorraine Sullivan, in gratitude for all of the support, guidance, and love that they provided during my lifetime. They raised me to believe that I could accomplish anything…if I wanted it bad enough. Through their guidance and support, I have accomplished everything that I have ever desired. Thank you, Mom and Dad.

• Special thanks to my husband Steve and my daughter Christine Francis for constantly editing, refining, and

supporting my dreams.

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Level 1 Week 1 1 Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ____________________


Workbook: Day #1

Directions:




1. Jan is riding her scooter

2. ____________________________________________________________________



Workbook: Day #2

Directions:




1. Liz is swinging very high.

2. ____________________________________________________________________



Workbook: Day #3

Directions:




1. Jose loves the slide.

2. ____________________________________________________________________



Workbook: Day #4

Directions:




1. Tim is holding a ball.

2. ____________________________________________________________________


by Kathryn Robinson

Teacher Edition: Grade One

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Week 11

Grammar Objective: To work with common and proper nouns

Conventions Objective: To practice beginning a sentence with a capital letter To practice ending a sentence with a period

To practice capitalizing proper nouns

Supplies: Common Noun Information page (See TE CD page 56; Student Workbook page 47) Proper Noun Information page (See TE CD page 57; Student Workbook page 48) Model Work pages (See TE CD pages Day #1: 58; Day #2: 60; Day #3: 62; Day #4: 64) Workbook pages (See TE CD pages Day #1: 59; Day #2: 61; Day #3: 63; Day #4: 65)

(See Student Workbook pages 49-52) Student Answers pages (See TE pages 66-69)

DAY #1: 1. Display the Common Noun information page. (See TE CD page 56; Student

Workbook page 47)

2. Review the definition of a noun. A noun is a person, animal (or critters of anytypes), place, or thing. Point out that a common noun is the name of any nounthat is NOT specific. For example, man is a common noun because it refers toany man. Name a neighbor for your child (e.g. Mr. Jason Robins) and explain thatwhen you say that name only one man comes to mind. This is an example of aproper noun.



3. Discuss the different common nouns on the information page. Call uponstudents to name some other common nouns (e.g. apples, friend, chair, etc.)

4. Display the Proper Noun information page. (See TE CD page 57; Student Workbookpage 48)

5. Set Common Noun page alongside of the Proper Noun information page andreview the differences between a common and a proper noun. For example,point out that city is common noun because it could refer to any city. Tampa,Florida is a proper noun because it refers to one city and only one city. Propernouns are the best type of noun for writing because it helps your reader envisionexactly the information that you want him/her to know.

6. Play a game naming a common noun and have a student name a proper nounfor the same word. For example, common noun: building; proper noun: BostonMuseum. Repeat the activity with the teacher naming a proper noun andstudents answering with the corresponding common noun. For example, propernoun: Anna Sanchez; common noun: girl.



7. Display Day #1’s model. (See TE CD page Day #1: 58)

8. In Day #1’s first box, call upon a students to think of a name for the commonnoun in the picture. For example, they might name the picture as a map, state,country, etc. Each student should then write their common noun on the firstline.

9. Discuss a proper noun that names the pictured common noun. (e.g. map of theU.S.A., America, Google map, etc.) If a student knows the name of the picturedmap, he/she should write this name as his/her proper noun. If not, assiststudents with creating a name that sounds realistic. Students should write theirproper noun on the line below the common noun.



10. Make sure each student capitalizes the first letter in each word of the name. Forexample, the ‘U’ in United, ‘S’ in states and the ‘A’ in America. Prepositionslike ‘of’, ‘the’, ‘to’, ‘in’ etc. do not need to be capitalized. If it is easier forsome first graders to remember to capitalize all of the words in the proper noun,I recommend allowing him/her to do so. Second grade standards will providemore work with which words require capitalization and which words do not.The important focus in first grade is that proper nouns MUST be capitalized.

11. To help students to remember to capitalize the proper noun, I recommendhaving each student traces the first letter in each important part of the word withan orange-colored pencil or crayon. They should NOT use green, since thecolor green is used ONLY to signal the beginning of a sentence.



12. Assist students with each box on the model. They should write a common nounand a proper noun for each picture. He/she should then trace the first letter ineach word of the proper noun with the color orange.

13. If time allows, move on to Workbook Day #1. (See TE CD page Day #1: 59; StudentWorkbook page Day #1: 49)

14. In Step #1, assist your class with creating a common noun for the picture. Thearrow is pointing a picture of the solar system. Students might say it is the solarsystem, planet, sky, moon, etc. The answers on the pages are just models orsuggestions. They are not mandatory answers.

If he/she names ‘Earth’, ‘Saturn’, or ‘Mars’, allow them to write this proper noun on the second line. Point out that since this the name of one and only one planet, it is a proper noun.



15. After writing the common noun, help students write a proper noun naming thepictured item. Remind him/her to make sure that each word in the proper nounis capitalized.

16. Practice verbally creating sentences with the proper nouns that differentstudents created in step #1.

17. Students should then each write his/her sentence in Step #2.

18. If a student omits an important word in the sentence, suggest that they rereadhis/her sentence aloud. This will help them to get in the habit of self-checkinghis/her writing.

19. Move along to Step #3. Remind students to underline the action word/verb (forthe sentence that they wrote in #2) and then check the first box on the checklist.

20. In the second section of the checklist, each class member should circle ‘who’did the action which is the subject of the sentence. After circling the subject,each student should check the box.

21. The next section should remind students to make sure that they capitalized thefirst letter in the sentence. If anyone did not capitalize this letter, remind themto trace the letter with the color green. After doing this, students should checkthe third box in the checklist.



22. In the fourth step, writers should check whether they included a period at theend of their sentence. If not, remind students to draw a period with a pencil andtrace it with the color red.

23. The next step is a new step on the checklist. Students must check whether ornot they capitalized the first letter in each word of the proper noun with anorange-colored pencil or crayon. Since first graders have just learned aboutproper nouns, I recommend that your students trace the capitalized letters in theproper noun with orange whether he/she naturally copied it correctly or not.After capitalizing the correct letters, they should check the last box on thechecklist.

24. I recommend placing a sticker, stamp, or an ‘A+’ on the page to positivelyreward each and every student for all of their terrific work.

DAY #2: Review the difference between common and proper nouns. Repeat Day #1’s steps #7-12 with Day #2’s model (See TE CD page 60) page. Follow Day #1’s steps #14-24 for Day #2’s workbook page (See TE CD page 61; Student Workbook page 50)

DAY #3: Review the difference between common and proper nouns. Repeat Day #1’s steps #7-12 with Day #3’s model (See TE CD page 62) page. Follow Day #1’s steps #14-24 for Day #3’s workbook pages (See TE CD page 63; Student Workbook page 51)

DAY #4:

Review the difference between common and proper nouns. Repeat Day #1’s steps #7-12 with Day #4’s model (See TE CD page 64) page. Follow Day #1’s steps #14-24 for Day #4’s workbook pages (See TE CD page 65; Student Workbook page 52)



Level 1 Week 11’s Model Answers

Possible Responses for Day #1

Please remember that students’ answers will vary. The following answers are simply SUGGESTIONS.

Level 1 Week 11’s Workbook Answers


NOTE: Encourage your child to use names that he/she knows.

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Please remember that students’ answers will vary. In the second example, they might name a preacher, speaker, politician, etc. The following answers are simply SUGGESTIONS.



Please remember that students’ answers will vary. A writer might name any plane, jet, etc. The following answers are simply SUGGESTIONS.

NOTE: Encourage students to use names that they know.

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Please remember that students’ answers will vary. A writer might name any community building, school, hospital, etc. The following answers are simply SUGGESTIONS.

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NOTE: If a student uses the name of a book, nursery rhyme, poem, or song, smaller words do not have to be capitalized. These words are articles (and, the, an, a) or prepositions (of, to, or, etc.). First graders may simply capitalize all of the words to help him/her remember the difference between a proper and a common noun. Prepositions in a title will be worked on in second grade.


Possible Responses for Day #4 Please remember that students’ answers will vary. A writer might name any person in a military or helmeted uniform. The following answers are simply SUGGESTIONS.

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The following TE CD pages are for classroom display on a projector or document camera.


by Kathryn RobinsonWriteMath Enterprises, Inc. 2303 Marseille Ct. Ste 104 Valrico, FL. 33596(813) 657-3896www.WriteMath.com

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Teacher CD: Grade One

Lesson: 11

TE CD Level 1 Week 11 56 Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ____________________


Common Noun Information



Proper Noun Information



Model: Day #1



Workbook: Day #1



Model: Day #2



Workbook: Day #2



Model: Day #3



Workbook: Day #3



Model: Day #4



Workbook: Day #4


by Kathryn Robinson

Student Workbook: Grade One

Lesson: 11WriteMath Enterprises, Inc.2303 Marseille Ct. Ste 104Valrico, FL. 33596(813) 657-3896www.WriteMath.com

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Common Noun Information



Proper Noun Information



Workbook: Day #1



Workbook: Day #2



Workbook: Day #3



Workbook: Day #4

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