Tag: Brett Healey

Bookmarked 4 ways to teach you’re (sic) kids about grammar so they actually care (theconversation.com)

If we want children to use pronouns effectively in their writing, we need to teach them how authors use them for literary effect in texts. Research has shown children learn to apply grammar in their writing carefully and creatively when we teach it in the following ways.

Brett Healey discusses some strategies for teaching grammar:

  1. Show how grammar works in texts
  2. Use examples and make them authentic
  3. Make room for discussion
  4. Encourage language play