Monday, March 14, 2016

Daily Grammar Warm-Ups

Now that WIDA ACCESS testing is over, my department has resumed our weekly meetings.  At the last meeting, some of my colleagues brought up that they are struggling with teaching grammar in a systemic manner.  I shared my strategy, which involves daily grammar warm-ups.  Since many of their students will eventually wind up in my class, I offered to find my colleagues resources that are different than the one that I currently use (Caught'ya! Grammar with a Giggle).  Here's what I found:

  • Everyday Edits: This website provides daily exercises that require students to edit sentences.  The exercises revolve a monthly theme and provide cultural tidbits.  Recommended Levels: Intermediate and Advanced
  • Interactive English Games and Activities: This British site provides exercises related to capitalization, question marks and "full stops" (periods).  Recommended Levels: Newcomer and Beginner
  • Daily Grammar: This site provides more daily lesson lesson than there are days in a calendar year.  Recommended Levels: Beginner-Advanced
  • Grammar Bytes: Users can peruse through the handouts and create a series of daily grammar warm-ups.  Recommended Levels: Beginner-Advanced
  • Grammar Blast: This site covers the basics of sentence structure.  The most efficient way to use this site is probably to display the quizzes on an LCD projector.  Recommended Levels: Newcomer and Beginner


2 comments:

  1. We're still in the middle of ACCESS testing (blech) but once we're done I love this! I'm bookmarking it to look at later. Thanks!

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  2. Great! Good luck with the rest of ACCESS.

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