Designed to follow on from the Jolly Phonics Student Books 1, 2 and 3, the Grammar 1 Student Book builds on the skills taught in Jolly Phonics, and introduces grammar and spelling rules to improve writing and reading comprehension. Children are able to work through the Grammar 1 Student book and complete a wide variety of engaging activities, which develop grammar, spelling, punctuation and comprehension skills. Lessons are provided for 1 Grammar or punctuation and 1 Spelling lesson per week for a for a year. The teacher is able to support and guide the children with the Grammar 1 Teacher's Book. Topics covered include: - Vowel digraphs - Alternative spellings of vowel sounds - Plural endings - Short vowels and consonant doubling - Tricky words - Consonant blends - Nouns - proper/common/plurals - Personal pronouns -Verbs - Conjugating verbs - present/past/future - Adjectives - Adverbs - a/an/the - when to use - Sentences - capital letters, full stops and speech marks - Parsing - identifying the parts of speech in sentences - Alphabetical order