Grammar+Resouce+Kit


 * Welcome to the Teachers Grammar Resource Kit For Learners with disabilities. **


 * Introduction: **


 * This wiki is designed for teachers to help ESL and special needs students in Grammar. This resource will provide links to VELS, samples of lesson plans, worksheets, websites and other resources. **


 * 1. VELS: The links to VELS literacy domains will provide teachers with a framework:**
 * **what students should know in Grammar at each stage of learning**


 * 2. Lesson ideas: This section can be helpful for teachers, it will provide examples of ways to adapt grammar activities to be used in the classroom to assit their students.**


 * 3. Worksheets: A variety of worksheet will be availaible to teachers to print off including posters to hang around the room, to assist in their teaching. There will also be printable games, to make learning more fun and engaging.**


 * 4. Website: The websites provided will assist teachers to teach various Grammar topics interactively. Each website will have a brief description on how this tool could be used in the primary classroom. In order to meet the learning needs of today's students, we will also provide smartboard interactive activities.**


 * **Vels Levels** || **Learning Focus** ||
 * **Level 1** || **When writing words and simple sentences they draw on their knowledge of the alphabet and its relationship with the sound system, conventional letters, groups of letters and some simple punctuation such as full stops and capital letters to communicate meaning.** ||
 * **Level 2** || **They extend their knowledge of how language is used.They experiment with more complex grammatical features, such as ways of linking ideas in sentences using pronouns, conjunctions and adverbial phrases indicating time and place. They learn to use capital letters, full stops and question marks correctly.** ||
 * **Level 3** || **They draw on their knowledge of texts and language and learn to use a variety of sentences in appropriate grammatical order, using suitable vocabulary for the subject matter including nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, and punctuating appropriately to support meaning including exclamation marks and quotation marks** ||
 * **Level 4** || **Students learn to use formal language and improve the accuracy and readability of their writing through the use of appropriate spelling and punctuation, and the control of tenses, subject-verb agreement and noun-pronoun agreement** ||
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