The DAILY GRAMS daily grammar practice exercises book for grade 4 is designed as a 10 minute daily guided review. There are 180 "GRAMS in this book, one review per teaching day. Concepts are spiraled so that students are reintroduced to them every 20-25 days. Bringing this information to the 'forefront' of one's memory helps to insure mastery learning. Each lesson takes approximately 10 minutes; this includes completing both the lesson and the grading. Explanations are offered frequently to ensure understanding and mastery.
Daily Grams Purpose And How To Use
The purpose of the Daily Grams is to provide students with daily review of their language. Bringing this information to the 'forefront' of one's memory will help to ensure mastery learning.
PROCEDURE
1. Students should be "trained" to do "GRAMS" at the beginning of an English lesson. "GRAMS" may be duplicated for each student, written on the chalkboard, or placed on an overhead projector.
2. Students will finish at different rates. These ideas are suggested:
A. Allow students to discuss answers with other students. This is a form of cooperative learning.
B. Require students to have a reading book at all times. Students simply read when finished.
C. Allow students "Three Minute Conversations" when they have completed DAILY GRAMS. Students will select a partner and discuss anything (within limits of school suitability). The requirement is that all thoughts are expressed in complete sentences. Those who work faster will have more time for this activity while others may have only a minute or two. The purpose, however, is that everyone is ready to check "GRAMS" at the same time.
3. You may wish to allow students to write sentence combinings on the board. This offers a time to involve the entire class in editing, revising, and encouraging.
4. Go over the answers orally with the entire class. Make this a discussion time, a teaching time, and a review time. In making students accountable for this type of activity, you may wish to take a grade occasionally.
FORMAT
You will note that each page is set up in this manner:
1. Sentence one will always contain capitalization errors. Encourage students to write any words that should be capitalized.
2. In sentence two of each exercise, students will insert needed punctuation. It is suggested that students write out this sentence, adding proper punctuation.
3. Sentences three and four will be general review. You may want to replace one of these items with material you are currently teaching.
4. Sentence five is always sentence combining. Using the sentences given, students will write one, more intricate sentence. This helps the student move to higher levels of writing. If you feel that the sentences given are too difficult for your level. simply delete parts. You may wish to compose your own. You have been given at least one possible answer. Needless to say, there are more.
Program Features
Each DAILY GRAM contains 180 reviews
Capitalization review
Punctuation review
General review of nouns, verbs, etc.
General review of all concepts
Sentence Combining
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