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Contraction Matching Practice Cards- He’s They’re Can’t I’m etc.
I’m working on a couple of really great posts… and am pretty excited to share those with you in a couple of days. In the meantime, I’ll share this quick printable I made for ED. She is working on...
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40 Journal Writing Prompts (Free Printable)
In a blog post a few weeks ago, I talked about why we use the writing workshop and how it works. But this year, I also added in Journal Prompt Writing as part of their checklist of things to do....
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-er Sound Spelling Printable
This fall my older two have been using Spelling City and going through lists of words (that I create). We stepped away from our beloved spelling program, All About Spelling, for a few months. I...
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Long i Word Sort – Christmas Theme
ED is continuing to work through All About Spelling. She is just starting to work on some long vowel words with silent e and vowel teams. I made this spelling sort to help her with her Long I words....
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Writing Activity to Spark Kids’ Imagination!
This writing activity captured the imagination of my kids and definitely tapped into their creative sides! When we had a warmer day, we took our writing workshop outside. I always try to wrap our...
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Writing Workshop MiniLesson #6 – Alliteration and More
The writing workshop is more than just sitting down together and putting pencil to paper. This is also our time to learn about the writing process, to talk about different writing genres, and to...
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Writing Workshop MiniLesson #7 – Adding Details Exercise
This writing workshop MiniLesson really didn’t involve much writing, but boy did it drive its point home! It was all about adding amazing details. This is sometimes referred to as “Show, Don’t Tell.”...
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Apostrophe Rules and Practice Sheets – They’re/There/Their – Its/It’s Practice
I made two new grammar practice sheets for the kids that I’ll share with you today. One sheet has the eight apostrophe rules. The kids have to place apostrophes where necessary and decide which rule...
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Our Homeschool Language Arts, Spelling, and Grammar Curriculum
So, what does our family do for our homeschool language arts curriculum? I’ll share what we’ve been using for 1st through 6th grades. Over the past week, I’ve gotten three separate emails and FB...
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Contraction Worksheets and Activity – Cupcake Theme
ED is working on contractions such as I’m, she’s, we’re, can’t, doesn’t, won’t, wouldn’t, etc. She definitely needs more practice with these so I made some cupcake themed activities for her to...
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Long A Sounds /ay/ – a, ai, ay, a-e, ei, eigh, ey –Sorting Cards and Board Game!
Here are some fun activities to work on the long A sound. I made these sorting cards and game board for ED. She hasn’t yet worked on all of the Long A spelling variations, but this will start getting...
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Semicolon Rules and Practice Sheets (free)
We are reviewing some of the basic grammar rules (again) and I wanted to share this sheet I made for the kids about semicolons. These sheets covered these 4 rules: Use a semicolon to join two or more...
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Language Arts Homeschool Checklist
What skills do I want the kids to have in order to become successful writers? For this post, I shared a list of some of the language and literary skills I want the kids to build in elementary and...
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Language Arts Update: Literature, Spelling, Vocabulary and Grammar
This is just a quick post about our language arts so far this fall. The first few weeks of school were off to a good start! Our writing workshop is going well, and the kids really like the literature...
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Homeschool Language Arts: Our Year in Review and Resources Chart
Language arts is a subject that is always in progress, so it doesn’t make quite as snazzy of a year in review wrap-up, but I thought this might be a good opportunity to share some of our free grammar...
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they’re/their/there, it’s/its, you’re/your, way/weigh – and other Homophones...
Today I’m sharing a very quick homophone worksheet I made for the kids. Some of the words they have to use correctly include: they’re/their/there it’s/its you’re/your way/weigh fare/fair witch/which...
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Free Apostrophe Worksheet
This is another free apostrophe worksheet that I made for the kids last week. This worksheet is mostly about showing possession and touches on possessive pronouns. In general apostrophes are used to...
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Comma Rules and Practice Pages (Free Grammar Worksheets)
Today I’m sharing some free comma rules grammar worksheets. The first page has the 11 common comma rules we’ve covered. There are various practice sentences on the next two pages. The kids have to...
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Free Grammar Practice Sheets – to/two/too, there/they’re/their AND Plurals,...
This time of year, we spend quite a bit of time polishing skills and reviewing material. ED still needs more practice working on to/two/too, there/they’re/their, and some other homophones. Plus, I...
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NEW Language Arts Tab – Links to 75+ Grammar, Writing, Spelling and...
Check out the NEW Language Arts Tab! I have created a resource page with links to dozens of our language arts posts. We have all kinds of resources: Our free grammar pages have always been among the...
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