Read Dorothy Sayers: "The Lost Tools of Learning".

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Letters and sounds of the English alphabet

This video is designed to eliminate distraction and to focus the pupil's attention on learning the letters and sounds of the English alphabet. This is the first step in learning to read using the McGuffey's Reader Series. 





Click here to link to the first grade handwriting paper.

Click here to link to the first grade handwriting script.


       Buchstaben Mini-Mappe für Gruenewald VA
Schriftzeichen Gruenewald VA Font






Friday, February 12, 2010

Worksheets on Adjectives and Adverbs






9 adverb worksheets

11 adjective worksheets

Several different adjective worksheets

Find the adverb worksheet

Adverb – circle the adverb in each sentence underline the word it modifies worksheet

Adverb – circle the adverb and underline the word it modifies in each sentence worksheet

Comparing with adjectives and adverbs – crossword puzzle and fill in the blank worksheet

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Word Types: Adjectives and Adverbs


 More online activities on Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives such as beautiful, nice, and red describe nouns. Adverbs such as quickly, badly, or warmly describe verbs. This page will explain the differences between them, and show you how to make adverbs from adjectives.



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