Winston Grammer Users...What do you supplement with?

[Kelly on the prairie]

Since Winston grammer doesn't cover punctuation what do you teach that with?

I thought I had a great suppplemental picked out and then was able to look through it yesterday and found I hated it!

[Lori D.]

Punctuation and Capitalization practice from reproducible books:

- Take Five Minutes: A History Fact A Day for Editing (gr. 3-6)
Find/fix 3-6 errors (capitalization, punctuation, homophones, subject/verb aggreement, run-ons, fragments, occasional misspellings, etc.) in 2-4 sentences about a fascinating fact of the day.

- Editor-in-Chief (gr. 4-8)
Find/fix 10 errors in a 1-2 paragraph article (capitalization, punctuation, homophones, subject/verb aggreement, run-ons, fragments, occasional misspellings, etc.)

- G.U.M Drops (Grammar Usage and Mechanics) (gr. 1-6)
Reproducible worksheets based around editing passages from classic literature.




Punctuation and Capitalization practice from worksheets you make:

- Write or type out a 3-5 sentence paragraph from the child's reading 2-3 times a week with no capitalization or punctuation; have the child fix it.

- Build Your Own Worksheets, from EduHelper:
For grades 1-6. Allows you to build in type of errors for the worksheets and print them.

Proofreading: http://www.edhelper.com/proofing.htm
Capitalization: http://www.edhelper.com/language/capitalization.htm
Commas: http://www.edhelper.com/commas.htm
Apostrophes: http://www.edhelper.com/Apostrophes.htm
Contractions: http://www.edhelper.com/Contractions.htm
Quotation Marks: http://www.edhelper.com/Quotation_Marks.htm
Capitalization/Punctation Reviews: http://www.edhelper.com/language/punctuation_review.htm



Write Source (gr. 1-8)
- Write Source Student Handbook = student reference text for how to/when to capitalize and punctuate
- Write Source Skillbook = student workbook for practicing grammar usage and mechanics



- Grammar With A Giggle (gr. 3-6)
- Giggles in the Middle (gr. 6-8)
- The Chortling Bard (gr. 9-12)
The concept behind these books is that each day you either dictate, or have up the board, a paragraph; the student writes out the paragraph while finding and fixing the errors. Then you discuss the grammar concepts. Covers all types of capitalization, punctuation, word usage, plus reviews all grammar topics, plus includes great vocabulary. Each day's paragraph adds to a story that continues throughout the year.




- Fix It! Grammar and Editing Made Easy With The Classics (gr. 5-12)
From IEW. Students hunt for and correct errors in sentences that cumulatively tell a story. Contains 5 complete stories, which can provide up to five years of grammar instruction, with multiple levels of difficulty.




Free online punctuation practice games:
- Punctuation Paintball: http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=Paintball
- Eats Shoots and Leaves: http://eatsshootsandleaves.com/ESLquiz.html