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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 5, 2017 · Last modified July 26, 2023
Today, I wanted to mention a free resource that might be of interest. The Glencoe Literature Library page has free study guides for a huge selection of well-known novels such as Update: UNFORTUNATELY THESE GUIDES DON’T SEEM TO BE AVAILABLE ANYMORE! Across Five Aprils The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Animal Farm The Canterbury Tales Frankenstein Jane Eyre Shiloh Where the Red Fern Grows and many more! Visit the Glencoe Literature Library...
Language Arts - Grammar Worksheets
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 15, 2017 · Last modified March 14, 2017
This time of year, we spend time focusing a bit more on grammar. We have lots of free grammar worksheets here on the blog and I will link to some of those below. In addition, I’d like to share some of the other grammar materials/resources we use in our homeschool. In the beginning of the year, we always start off the school year with our All About Spelling (affiliate link);...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 13, 2016 · Last modified March 21, 2018
We have so many writing and language arts resources on the blog, I thought it was time to create a tab so our resources are a bit easier to find. Almost all of our grammar pages are currently free!! We have posts in these language arts categories: Writing Workshop – How and Why we started using a homeschool writing workshop. Mini-Lessons about Writing Comma Rules and Practice Pages Other Free...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 21, 2016
One topic that I don’t hear discussed much in my homeschool circles (or online) is taking time for review. My guess is that it’s not quite as exciting to talk about going backwards (so to speak) as finding new topics and new curriculum. But I find it important to review some of the topics and units we’ve covered in the past. We do that on a daily/weekly basis (with cards...
Homeschool Den / Language Arts - Grammar Worksheets / Language Arts: Spelling / Science: Ocean Unit
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 18, 2016 · Last modified March 5, 2023
Today I’m sharing some free comma rules grammar worksheets. The first page has the 11 common comma rules we’ve covered. There are various practice sentences on the next two pages. The kids have to place the missing commas in each sentence and must write down the rule that goes along with it. Some sentences have more than one missing comma (and so might have more than one comma rule that...
Language Arts - Grammar Spelling Reading Writing Categories / Language Arts: Spelling
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 3, 2016 · Last modified September 22, 2023
DD is a natural speller but both LD and ED have really benefited by the logical layout of the All About Spelling lessons. (affiliate link). I do my very best to stay consistent working through those lessons. It helps if we can work on spelling at least three times a week. During the spring semester, we also spend more time/attention on grammar, but we try to keep going with spelling...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 25, 2016 · Last modified November 27, 2020
A week or so ago, we started reviewing irregular verbs and the plurals of nouns again. I realized the kids could use a bit more practice, so I pulled out some of the old grammar worksheets I made several years ago and had them work on those as well. I thought I would put all three of these together here in the same post for anyone who might need to...
Language Arts - Grammar Worksheets
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 22, 2016 · Last modified February 24, 2016
This is another free apostrophe worksheet that I made for the kids last week. This worksheet is mostly about showing possession and touches on possessive pronouns. In general apostrophes are used to show possession to show that a letter or letters have been omitted (ie. contractions) the plural of letters, numbers, and symbols If you can use it, this apostrophe worksheet is free to download. There is an answer sheet...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 1, 2016 · Last modified September 13, 2016
Language arts is a subject that is always in progress, so it doesn’t make quite as snazzy of a year in review wrap-up, but I thought this might be a good opportunity to share some of our free grammar resources again in a nice, organized table form since those still are so popular. The chart also includes links to our popular Homeschool Writing Workshop series. I’ve also included links to...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 28, 2015 · Last modified February 24, 2016
We are spending a couple of weeks on grammar rules again. We are going to review some of the basic rules about capitalization. This should be fairly straight-forward for my older two. Some of this will be new for ED, so I’ll sit down with her to work on these together. Some of the rules we’re covering include: Capitalize the first word of every sentence Capitalize the first word in...
Language Arts - Grammar Spelling Reading Writing Categories / Language Arts - Grammar Worksheets / Language Arts: Spelling
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 29, 2015 · Last modified February 13, 2017
This is just a quick post about our language arts so far this fall. The first few weeks of school were off to a good start! 🙂 Our writing workshop is going well, and the kids really like the literature books we’ve add in (for the first part of writing workshop). The kids are really happy with these books. We set the timer for 20 minutes, but usually they take...
Homeschool Den / Language Arts: Reading / Language Arts: Spelling
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 15, 2015 · Last modified March 6, 2023
Are your kids studying words that have the Long I sound? They might enjoy the activities in this packet. It contains a word sort, board game and bingo cards for reviewing the long /i/ spelling patterns: ie, y, i-e, igh, ind and i. I made this long /i/ word sort file folder game for ED. She went over many of these words (and rules) last year, but she will definitely...
Homeschool Den / Language Arts - Grammar Worksheets
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 29, 2015 · Last modified February 24, 2016
We are reviewing some of the basic grammar rules (again) and I wanted to share this sheet I made for the kids about semicolons. These sheets covered these 4 rules: Use a semicolon to join two or more closely related independent clauses that are not connected with a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so). Use a semicolon to join two closely related independent clauses that have a...
Language Arts - Grammar Worksheets / Language Arts: Spelling
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 23, 2015 · Last modified October 12, 2018
I’d like to share some free Contraction Worksheets and Printables with you today! ED is working on contractions such as I’m, she’s, we’re, can’t, doesn’t, won’t, wouldn’t, etc. She definitely needs more practice with these so I made some cupcake themed activities for her to practice and polish up on this grammar skill! To use the cupcakes, you should print pages 2 and 3 out on cardstock and cut the cupcake...
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