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Gramatica Primary is an online library of beautiful, engaging, picture-based, colour-coded, highly structured powerpoints for teachers to use in two ways. They can either teach from them directly in class or use them as a reference point for student questions. Student: "Miss, what is an adjective again?" Teacher (turning on the Smartboard) "Let's check Gramatica." Furthermore, Gramatica is that single grammar reference point that stands alongside the primary student's entire learning journey. No more locating books, worksheets, tests or other materials. Everything about grammar is in one place. Simple Gramatica shows students that grammar is not complex, fuzzy and full of strange exceptions. Instead, it uses discovery, stories and graphic charts to reveal some very simple principles, As one assistant principal said, it’s “a whole new approach, easy as 1-2-3.” Relevant It is pointless to teach grammar unless it has a practical purpose. Since life is built on education, which is built on language, which is built on grammar, students really need to understand the language that they are educated in, and that they write in. Gramatica trains students in two ways. Firstly, it shows them that they need to identify their final goal - a narrative, an action story, a procedure or something else. Secondly, Gramatica shows students the grammar tools they need to achieve this final goal. Engaging Gramatica teaches by discovery. Students discover how sentences work with nothing more than laminated cards, textas and discussion. As one teacher said, her “students responded exceptionally well to the idea of the three parts of a sentence. They caught onto the principles a lot more quickly than the staff did!” It never ceases to delight me when students, after one hour of a Gramatica demonstration lesson, realise how sentences work. Their eyes light up and they say words like awesome. Whole school Gramatica works from the time a child can speak a sentence, so teachers can use it from kindergarten onwards. Indeed, a pre-primary teacher wrote that she was “absolutely blown away by how engaging grammar could be and how an effective teacher can make it all so fun and simple to understand.” Indeed, Gramatica Primary stands as a single reference point for every student, every teacher and every parent across the entire school. This means that every teacher, student and parent speaks and understands the same grammatical language. Aligned to the Australian Curriculum Gramatica follows the curriculum closely, although it has also rewritten the content descriptors to make them more visible (and therefore assessable) and clearer. |
"Excellent method of teaching grammar. Well structured and delivered."
Glenn, Year 5/6 teacher
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