1. 1 Most Common Grammar Mistakes Kids Make

2. 2 Most Common Grammar Mistakes Kids Make Can you guess? 1.Capitals 2.It’s and its 3.Tense 4.Homophones 5.Commas

3. 3 How to be a…

4. 4 Capital Rule #1 Capitalize the first word of a sentence Pioneers settled the West.

5. 5 Capitalize the first word in the greeting and closing of a letter. Capitalize the title and name of the person addressed. Dear Mrs. Johnson, Dear friend, Yours truly,Sincerely, Capital Rule #2

6. 6 Capitalizing people ’ s names and titles Capital Rule #3 Capitalize the names of people and the initials that stand for their names. Harry Potter Junie B. Jones J. F. Cooper

7. 7 Capital Rule #4 Always capitalize the pronoun I. Social studies is the subject I like.

8. 8 Capitalize the names of cities, counties, states countries, and continents. Capitalizing place names Capital Rule #5 Houston Orange County IowaJapan

9. 9 Capitalize the names of streets and highways. Monroe StreetRoute 66 Mercury Boulevard Candy Avenue Capitalizing place names Capital Rule #6

10. 10 Capitalize the names of celestial bodies. Pluto North Star the Milky Way Capitalizing place names Capital Rule #7

11. 11 Capital Rule #8 Capitalize names of days of the week, months of the year, and holidays. Do not capitalize names of the seasons. Thursday April Memorial Day summer

12. 12 And…. Capital Rule #9 Capitalize the names of ethnic groups, nationalities, and languages. Asian German Spanish English

13. 13 Five Common Mistakes Kids Make 1.Capitals 2.It’s and its

14. 14 It’s (it is) time for the dog to eat its bone. It’s is a contraction. Its shows ownership. It’s time for its bone.

15. 15 Five Common Mistakes Kids Make 1.Capitals 2.It’s and its 3.Tense

16. 16 Changing tense in the middle of a paragraph… Tom told David to run quickly so David runs away. What’s the problem? so David ran away.

17. 17 Five Common Mistakes Kids Make 1.Capitals 2.It’s and its 3.Tense 4.Homophones

18. Homophones

19. Homophones are words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings. For example, there is a pear that is good to eat. I use a pair of gloves because I have two hands. Pay attention to see how the following homophones are spelled.

20. they’re there their They’re going to be last if they don’t hurry. The books are right there. Halloween is their favorite holiday.

21. two too to The baby has two new teeth. I have too much homework! Astronauts went to the moon.

22. through threw waterWe are swimming through the water. She threw the ball to her brother.

23. Can you find ate or nine misteaks in these sentences? I will chews to take the advice. Please weight for me. The son is very bright today. What is the mane idea? I knead a knew pear of shoes. Make a list of the incorrectly spelled words on a sheet of paper. Write them correctly.

24. eight mistakes choose wait sun main need new pair You ’ re a homophone expert!

25. 25 Commas

26. 26 Kids, love, Commas!

27. 27 Children often want to keep writing, and instead of using a full stop, they will pause, with a comma, and keep on going. Can you turn this sentence into 3 sentences?

28. 28 Children often want to keep writing. Instead of using a full stop, they will pause with a comma. Then, they keep on going.

29. 29 CONGRATULATIONS! You are a…