Grammar and Writing are daunting subjects for many homeschoolers to teach. Most of us want a guide, an expert, someone to help us. I’m definitely a fan of literature-based homeschooling, but grammar is a necessity of our society, and here is where it may be useful to use a curriculum or pull out the worksheets.
(This post was last updated August 2023)
I first posted about the free Scott Foresman grammar & writing handbooks around 2010. It was very popular with many of you before the site was taken down. This caused quite a panic for homeschooling parents who were mid-way through the curriculum. I searched for other alternatives, but couldn’t find anything exactly like this. But finally! We found it again!
Thank goodness, as we’ve never found another grammar and writing curriculum as full or helpful for elementary grades 1st through 6th. See what you think:
How to Get the Free Scott Foresman Grammar and Writing Curriculum:
This grammar curriculum was created for elementary grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, with a separate “handbook” for each grade. Each book is about 157 pages long. The materials are available as Adobe Acrobat .pdf files and may be downloaded, saved, or printed.
Grade 1: Pearson Scott Foresman Grammar & Writing Handbook, Grade 1
Grade 2: Pearson Scott Foresman Grammar & Writing Handbook, Grade 2
Grade 3: Pearson Scott Foresman Grammar & Writing Handbook, Grade 3
Grade 4: Pearson Scott Foresman Grammar & Writing Handbook, Grade 4
Grade 5: Pearson Scott Foresman Grammar & Writing Handbook, Grade 5
Grade 6: Pearson Scott Foresman Grammar & Writing Handbook, Grade 6
Here is a link to the Dropbox with all 6 of the Scott Foresman Grammar and Writing Handbooks.
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Thank you, Lori!! I really needed something like this for little one! Thank you!!!!
This is my first visit to your site, and I love it. Thanks!
Thanks for posting this link! This is a great resource that we will definitely be putting to use!
Lori thanks so much for this!! What a great link I am way excited about it!
You're very welcome, Wendy.
I am using this for my 2nd grader and love it! It did take some time to print, but I print only a section at a time instead of the whole thing at once, so it makes it feel like less time:) And a little time spent printing is worth it to me since it is free!
You can get the full Books Grade 1-6 at,
http://englishtips.org/1150811191-scott-foresman-grammar-and-writing-handbooks.html
How do I download to pdf? When I click (right click) save as it comes up as a html doc. These are great and would really help one of my day care kids.
Hi, Julie ~ I didn't right click, but just clicked, and it opened up in Adobe's pdf. If you need the Adobe program, it's free, here: http://get.adobe.com/reader/
Here is a link to a Dropbox with all 6 of the Scott Foresman Grammar and writing Handbooks. It’s always nice to have more than one location to find them. It is on Google Dropbox. The link was found on the forums for Welltrainedmind.com Jan 2015. It worked today on 4/13/17.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kmn7v2cbj1n49sa/AAA3LCg4h4JvB4rQSS1MkKEFa?dl=0
Thank you SO much, Chanda! That helps so many.
Thank you very much Chanda! It’s just what I was looking for! Feel free to post more free links 🙂
Sadly it will not let me download via drop box at all
I’m not sure why it’s not working for you. I was just successful in getting the Dropbox files into my own Dropbox folder (I only tried 1st grade). You can also try this: Right Click, and choose Save As. For me, this doesn’t save it as a pdf file but as an HTML file, but it would be viewable and should also be printable. Let me know if I can help further!
Thank you SOOOO much for this! I was wondering if anyone has a source for the Teacher Guide or at least an answer key for these books? I’ve googled and amazoned ’til my fingers are numb. 🙂 I’m sure I can work out the answers, but it would be a lot faster if they’re written down somewhere — and we all know that a few extra minutes grading is sometimes more than us homeschoolers can take. Thanks again for the resource!
Thanks for coming by, Michelle! I’ll update if I find an answer key – I know what you mean; it would be a great help!
I too was wondering about an answer key.
I haven’t had luck finding a Teachers Guide or Answer Key for free. Here is one for sale on Amazon, for 1st grade: http://amzn.to/2xW2oOq , and here is a Teacher’s Edition for 2nd grade: http://amzn.to/2eVj6cl (affiliate links) . I’ll post an update if I ever find them!
Is there an answer book somewhere?
I’ve not been able to find one. I hope we can soon!
You can also find the site archived on the Web Archive here: https://web.archive.org/web/20130820014320/http://www.sfreading.com/resources/ghb.html#
Nothing is ever “gone” once it’s on the net. 😉
Thank you, Sarah! I didn’t even think of that. 🙂
Thank you very much for this 🙂
God bless you <3
Thank you for sharing the link!
Thanks. Most helpful for my homeschooling kiddos
Thanks! The link worked for me!
July 13, 2019
These are amazing! Thank you! These worked for me! Love from the Philippines
Thank you for letting us know, Summer!
As of May 20, 2020, these are still available.
Thank you for the update, Teresa!
Thank You so much for these ? SO do we just write the answers/ sentences on a separate sheet of paper ?
If you decide not to print it out, yes, writing the answers would work very well. You would look at the screen to see what was asked as you check the answers.
Where can the passages be found that go along with the grammar and writing?