A complete, graded home-study series developed in consultation with leading educational experts to support learning for the curriculumContains a progress chart to encourage children to learn about spelling, punctuation and grammarParents' notes explain what children need to know at each stage, what's being covered in the curriculum, and teaching methods so parents can support their childrenTackles advanced punctuation, spelling and grammar, including colons and semi-colons, root words, silent consonants and much moreCarol Vorderman, one of Britain's best known and loved TV personalities, feels passionately about the value of education. Carol joined forces with DK in 1999 to become DK's Educational Champion and has worked with them to build the bestselling Made Easy Series, which includes Maths, English, Science, and Computer Coding subjects. She has a degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and was awarded an MBE for services to broadcasting in 2000.
Help your child improve their spelling, grammar, and punctuation with the best-selling home learning series from Carol Vorderman.
Carol Vorderman can help your child perfect their spelling, grammar and punctuation knowledge with this homeschool learning resource for 10 to 11 year olds. Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation Made Easy is one of Carol Vorderman's series of DK workbooks packed with notes and tips to make home learning easy and fun! Follow the exercises and activities with your child at home to strengthen their learning in school. Each title contains a progress chart so your child can keep track of all the exercises they have completed and colour in the topic stars as they go. Helpful parents' notes explain what children need to know at each stage and what's being covered in the curriculum so you can support and homeschool your child with confidence throughout Key Stage 2 - and even beyond!
This Key Stage 2 workbook shows Year 6 children how to use punctuation, synonyms, antonyms, reported speech and sentence clauses. Developed in consultation with leading educational experts to support curriculum learning, Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation Made Easy is a great way to improve your child's English skills - "the more you practise, the better you'll be!" (Carol Vorderman).
- 1: Silent consonants
- 2: Root words
- 3: Prefixes
- 4: Suffixes
- 5: Antonyms
- 6: Antonyms: using a prefix
- 7: Punctuation: getting it right!
- 8: Advanced punctuation
- 9: Colons and semi-colons in lists
- 10: Colons and semi-colons in lists
- 11: Ellipses
- 12: Parenthesis: using brackets
- 13: Bullet points
- 14: Apostrophe to show possession
- 15: Homophones
- 16: Words with “ie” and “ei”
- 17: Direct speech
- 18: Reported speech
- 19: Formal and informal speech
- 20: Points of view
- 21: Personification
- 22: Exploring synonyms
- 23: Synonyms for “said”
- 24: Types of sentence
- 25: Clauses and connectives
- 26: Non-fiction writing
- 27: Onomatopoeia
- 28: Spelling practice
- 29: Answer section with parents’ notes and glossary
