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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you’re looking for a supplement and don’t mind Mennonite content, Rod and Staff publishes VERY thorough grammar books for grades 2-10. They are cheap (around $10) and really well done, covering things like writing from notes, outlining, poetry as well as diagramming, parts of speech, verb tenses, etc.

You can view samples and purchase at milestonebooks.com.

My kid is similar to yours and having explicit grammar instruction really helped because then I could say, “you need an active verb instead of a participle” and she would get it and make the change, rather than relying on “that doesn’t sound right, does it?” which did not always work for my kid.

Alternatively if you plan for your child to take an inflected language (Latin, Russian, Ancient Greek) in middle and high school, they will learn more than anyone ever wanted to know about grammar because all the words in the sentence change based on their role in the sentence - so that may help too if you want to wait a bit. [/quote]

OP here. I'm Eastern European and grammar was drilled into us the entire time we were in school.  Thank you for the suggestions. I will definitely check it out.  I have to bridge the gap somehow. [/quote]

I am using rod and staff right now with my 4th and 1st graders.  It’s very thorough.  My 4th Fraser is diagramming sentences.  The daily lessons are very efficient and very Mennonite.  [/quote]

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