Grammar Development Handouts

Description

Grammar development handouts and charts! This resource outlines the big-picture of grammar acquisition in early childhood. It reviews the different aspects of syntactic structures, why they are critical for communication, and what makes them especially difficult.

Are you feeling lost on how to build language skills in older students?
Need a better grasp on grammar development?
Not sure how to listen for syntactic errors?
Want to feel more confident when it comes to grammar intervention?

Imagine having…

➜ An easy way to review grammar development with tons of definitions, explanations, and examples to simplify it all.
➜ Explanations of the roles syntax and morphology play in language development.
➜ Information to problem-solve the weak link of a student’s syntactic structures.
➜ Explanations of why certain syntactic structures are difficult for our students.
➜ Functional room décor – posters, bulletin board.

35 HANDOUTS INCLUDED (COLOR + BLACK & WHITE):

• Sentence Structures Types
• Declarative Sentence Form
• Negative Sentence Form + Supplemental Information
• Interrogative Sentence Form
• Embedding + Supplemental Information
• Conjoining + Supplemental Information
• Adverbials
• Agreement
• Tense and Aspect + Supplemental Information
• Complement Clauses + Supplemental Information
• Passive Voice + Supplemental Information
• Relative Clauses + Supplemental Information
• Morphology Stages + Supplemental Information
• Mean Length Utterances + Supplemental Information
• Pronouns
• Irregular Past Tense Verbs + Supplemental Information
• Narratives Development + Narrative Microstructures for Linguistically Diverse Children + Supplemental Information
• Common Morphological Errors in ESL Learners
• Common Difficult Syntactic Structures + Syntactic Teaching Procedures
• Language Sample Checklist

The supplemental information pages further the understanding of the main handout page. They may include deeper dives on the development, clarification of terms, or more examples of the clauses and sentences types.

Black and white versions are included as a print-friendly option to hand out to teachers and parents.

The Table of Contents is hyperlinked to quickly navigate the document while on a computer or tablet.

This resource is not grade specific and includes development starting at 12 months old, although it is especially great for upper elementary, middle school, and high schoolers.

ASSEMBLY IDEAS:

• Place in sheet protectors in a binder
• Frame as posters for your wall
• Make a bulletin board
• On-the-go: print 4 to a page, laminate, and put on a keyring

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This is a digital product that will be available for download upon purchase. Due to the nature of this product, there are no returns.

Do not share this document with anyone or upload it to the Internet or your website. Copying any part of this product and placing it on the Internet in any form is strictly forbidden. Do not modify or alter this document. Permission to reproduce for individual use only.  If you would like to share with other therapists or teachers, please purchase additional licenses or direct them to my store. You may share individual pages with the families with whom you work.