Grammar

No nonsense grammar

Written by tour Primary English Team and published by Raintree, this publication takes you through the grammar you need to teach to primary-aged children from Yr1 to Yr6 following the National Curriculum. The resource contains progression charts, subject knowledge, activities to teach the grammar elements, resources needed and some books as PDFs. Also included is The sentence toolkit, a resource to support making grammar accessible to all. The publication is divided into 3 books, KS1, Lower KS2 and Upper KS2 with a USB stick of the whole publication for schools to upload to their server.

Progress charts

These charts detail the progression in the strands of grammar included in the National Curriculum: sentences, nouns and noun phrases, verbs, adverbials, cohesion and punctuation. Each chart contains the content to be covered plus identification of the tricky bits for both teachers and pupils and a ‘going beyond’ section to deepen understanding.

Different ways to construct sentences

This progress chart covers single clause (simple) and multi-clause (compound and complex) sentences as well as sentence types (statements, questions, exclamations and commands).

Nouns and noun phrases

Progression through nouns and noun phrases is shown in this document. This includes pre and post noun modification.

Adverbials

This document contains the progression in adverbs and adverbials from Yr1 to Yr6. Adverbs for cohesion is in a separate download.

Verbs

This chart covers progression in verbs: simple, progressive, perfect, passive and subjunctive.

Cohesion

This progress chart details the elements of the National Curriculum that constitute cohesion and progression in them from Yr1 to Yr6.