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Originally Posted by Rose-Roget  Tell me about grammar boxes. I'm working with a student who is in 3rd grade and needs help understanding grammar and how words work together. I think that something very concrete and hands-on would be great for her, and I was going to buy a few materials to do this. The "grammar boxes" I've seen online seem to be very expensive, though, and I can't get a good view of what exactly the boxes are and how they are used. Can you fill me in? Maybe there's a way I could improvise.  |
They're not cheap. Mostly because there are a lot of them. You could make something on a smaller scale.
I am working off memory here. It's been a few years since I have really looked. Haha
The boxes contain:
--cards with complete sentences (or noun phrases for the earlier ones).
--smaller cards, one word each. They are different colors (which I do not exactly remember) to symbolize the 9 parts of speech.
I can't remember the exact order, but it goes from simple article and noun phrases all the way to full sentences using all 9 parts of speech. The student looks at the phrases and, deciding on which part of speech the word is, looks through that pile of words and selects the one.
I think, if the student has no experience with Montessori materials or a solid idea of parts of speech, the grammar symbols, sentence board, and reading analysis charts are more helpful and interesting.
