Word Elementary School Writing Strategies Resources

Time Transition Word Sort

Worksheet

Time Transition Word Sort

Second Grade

Writing

Children add more transition words to their sequencing arsenal in this word-sorting worksheet.

Worksheet

Time Transition Word Sort

Worksheet

Time Transition Word Sort

Children add more transition words to their sequencing arsenal in this word-sorting worksheet.

Second Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Co-Craft Questions: Division Word Problems

Worksheet

Co-Craft Questions: Division Word Problems

Fifth Grade

Writing

Help students create their own division word problems!

Worksheet

Co-Craft Questions: Division Word Problems

Worksheet

Co-Craft Questions: Division Word Problems

Help students create their own division word problems!

Use this word bank to identify 10 alternatives for the words "said," "sad," and "went.

Use this word bank to identify 10 alternatives for the words "said," "sad," and "went.

Fifth Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Transition Word Search

Worksheet

Transition Word Search

Second Grade

Writing

Transition words are essential to good writing! They provide structure and organization by connecting ideas and sentences. Help your students become familiar with common transition words with this fun word search!

Worksheet

Transition Word Search

Worksheet

Transition Word Search

Transition words are essential to good writing! They provide structure and organization by connecting ideas and sentences. Help your students become familiar with common transition words with this fun word search!

Second Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Co-Craft Situations: A Word Problem Activity

Worksheet

Co-Craft Situations: A Word Problem Activity

Fifth Grade

Writing

Help your students to show their understanding of operations within word problems.

Worksheet

Co-Craft Situations: A Word Problem Activity

Worksheet

Co-Craft Situations: A Word Problem Activity

Help your students to show their understanding of operations within word problems.

Students become word artists as they use ordinary pictures to practice creating detailed descriptions. This technique helps your class learn how to paint a picture with words.

Students become word artists as they use ordinary pictures to practice creating detailed descriptions. This technique helps your class learn how to paint a picture with words.

Fourth Grade

Writing

Lesson Plan

Close Reading Through Word Choice

Lesson Plan

Close Reading Through Word Choice

Fourth Grade

Reading

Every great reader and writer knows that syntax matters. During this lesson, students will use the close reading strategy to focus on word choice, and use their understanding of syntax to develop theories about patterns in the text.

Lesson Plan

Close Reading Through Word Choice

Lesson Plan

Close Reading Through Word Choice

Every great reader and writer knows that syntax matters. During this lesson, students will use the close reading strategy to focus on word choice, and use their understanding of syntax to develop theories about patterns in the text.

Students will use real nonfiction texts to search for transition words and then consider how they are used to connect ideas.

Students will use real nonfiction texts to search for transition words and then consider how they are used to connect ideas.

Fifth Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Best Word Wins: Verbs

Worksheet

Best Word Wins: Verbs

Fifth Grade

Writing

In this fifth-grade worksheet, the best verb wins!

Worksheet

Best Word Wins: Verbs

Worksheet

Best Word Wins: Verbs

In this fifth-grade worksheet, the best verb wins!

There are many ways to figure out the meanings of unknown words. Through this worksheet, students record unknown words and find out their meaning using a variety of strategies.

There are many ways to figure out the meanings of unknown words. Through this worksheet, students record unknown words and find out their meaning using a variety of strategies.

Second Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Transition Words Fill-in-the-Blank

Game

Transition Words Fill-in-the-Blank

Second Grade

Writing

Practice building sentences, and fill in the blanks with the correct transition word.

Game

Transition Words Fill-in-the-Blank

Game

Transition Words Fill-in-the-Blank

Practice building sentences, and fill in the blanks with the correct transition word.

Have your fifth grader use sentence details and clues to determine the best transition word to link two sentences.

Have your fifth grader use sentence details and clues to determine the best transition word to link two sentences.

Fifth Grade

Writing

Exercise

Adding Voice to Your Writing

Worksheet

Adding Voice to Your Writing

Fourth Grade

Writing

There are many ways that writers can add voice to their writing, including dialect, emotion, word choice, and ALL CAPS.

Worksheet

Adding Voice to Your Writing

Worksheet

Adding Voice to Your Writing

There are many ways that writers can add voice to their writing, including dialect, emotion, word choice, and ALL CAPS.

Fourth Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Brainzy Presents: The Amazing Adventures of Floyd and Roly

Worksheet

Brainzy Presents: The Amazing Adventures of Floyd and Roly

Pre-K

Writing

What are Floyd and Roly talking about? Fill in the word balloons and make up your own comic!

Worksheet

Brainzy Presents: The Amazing Adventures of Floyd and Roly

Worksheet

Brainzy Presents: The Amazing Adventures of Floyd and Roly

What are Floyd and Roly talking about? Fill in the word balloons and make up your own comic!

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

Fifth Grade

Writing

Activity

Write a Bushido Backstory

Worksheet

Write a Bushido Backstory

Fourth Grade

Writing

Watch out for this big, bad Bushido! Bushido is a Japanese word meaning "way of the warrior." It's up to your child to write the story of this super samurai.

Worksheet

Write a Bushido Backstory

Worksheet

Write a Bushido Backstory

Watch out for this big, bad Bushido! Bushido is a Japanese word meaning "way of the warrior." It's up to your child to write the story of this super samurai.

Fourth Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Tuning My Writing Voice

Worksheet

Tuning My Writing Voice

Fourth Grade

Writing

Help your writers develop a voice with this worksheet. Challenge them to think about ways to express themselves with language, phrases, idioms, similes, and word choice.

Worksheet

Tuning My Writing Voice

Worksheet

Tuning My Writing Voice

Help your writers develop a voice with this worksheet. Challenge them to think about ways to express themselves with language, phrases, idioms, similes, and word choice.

Fourth Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 1: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 1: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

First Grade

Writing

Unlock more of your students’ writing skills with each page!

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 1: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 1: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Unlock more of your students’ writing skills with each page!

First Grade

Writing

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 2: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 2: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Second Grade

Writing

Unleash students’ writing abilities with each new activity!

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 2: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 2: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Unleash students’ writing abilities with each new activity!

Second Grade

Writing

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 5: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 5: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Fifth Grade

Writing

Catapult students’ writing abilities forward with every page!

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 5: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 5: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Catapult students’ writing abilities forward with every page!

Fifth Grade

Writing

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 3: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 3: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Third Grade

Writing

Supercharge students’ skills with each new writing worksheet!

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 3: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 3: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Supercharge students’ skills with each new writing worksheet!

Third Grade

Writing

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 4: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 4: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Fourth Grade

Writing

Help students’ writing skills evolve with each page!

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 4: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 4: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Help students’ writing skills evolve with each page!

Fourth Grade

Writing

Teacher Edition

Five Senses Observation

Worksheet

Five Senses Observation

First Grade

Writing

Use this fun worksheet to create a five senses riddle to stump your friends! Students will get practice using sensory words to describe objects with the help of a word bank.

Worksheet

Five Senses Observation

Worksheet

Five Senses Observation

Use this fun worksheet to create a five senses riddle to stump your friends! Students will get practice using sensory words to describe objects with the help of a word bank.

First Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Comic Book Writing: Superhero Showdown

Worksheet

Comic Book Writing: Superhero Showdown

Fourth Grade

Writing

What's going on in this superhero comic strip? The adventures are up to your learner, as they fill in captions and word bubbles with comic book writing.

Worksheet

Comic Book Writing: Superhero Showdown

Worksheet

Comic Book Writing: Superhero Showdown

What's going on in this superhero comic strip? The adventures are up to your learner, as they fill in captions and word bubbles with comic book writing.

Fourth Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Summarizing with Sequence Words

Worksheet

Summarizing with Sequence Words

Fourth Grade

Reading

In this resource, students will identify sequence words in the summary of a well-known fairy tale. Then they'll read a short story and write a summary with the help of a sequence word bank.

Worksheet

Summarizing with Sequence Words

Worksheet

Summarizing with Sequence Words

In this resource, students will identify sequence words in the summary of a well-known fairy tale. Then they'll read a short story and write a summary with the help of a sequence word bank.

Reflect on the Context First!

Lesson Plan

Reflect on the Context First!

Second Grade

Subtraction

Emphasize student understanding and reasoning! This lesson plan helps learners solve story problems using sense-making strategies. This can be used alongside the lesson Solving Word Problems or as a stand-alone lesson.

Lesson Plan

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Reflect on the Context First!

Lesson Plan

Reflect on the Context First!

Emphasize student understanding and reasoning! This lesson plan helps learners solve story problems using sense-making strategies. This can be used alongside the lesson Solving Word Problems or as a stand-alone lesson.

As students become more sophisticated writers, they begin to understand that words have different “jobs” in a sentence. These jobs can be thought of as parts of speech. In this word study unit, students will learn about the work that transition words, prepositions, verbs, adverbs and adjectives do. Students will also explore how certain kinds of words work together, like verbs and adverbs.

As students become more sophisticated writers, they begin to understand that words have different “jobs” in a sentence. These jobs can be thought of as parts of speech. In this word study unit, students will learn about the work that transition words, prepositions, verbs, adverbs and adjectives do. Students will also explore how certain kinds of words work together, like verbs and adverbs.

Fourth Grade

Writing

Guided Lesson

Putting a Play Together!

Lesson Plan

Putting a Play Together!

Third Grade

Writing

Let’s put it all together! In this lesson, students will explore the different parts of a drama or play. By the end of the lesson they will be able to define terminology related to plays and give examples of the unique genre features!

Lesson Plan

Putting a Play Together!

Lesson Plan

Putting a Play Together!

Let’s put it all together! In this lesson, students will explore the different parts of a drama or play. By the end of the lesson they will be able to define terminology related to plays and give examples of the unique genre features!

Third Grade

Writing

Lesson Plan

Make a Superhero Comic

Worksheet

Make a Superhero Comic

Fifth Grade

Writing

Get your fifth grader to polish his writing chops with this write-it-yourself comic.

Worksheet

Make a Superhero Comic

Worksheet

Make a Superhero Comic

Get your fifth grader to polish his writing chops with this write-it-yourself comic.

Fifth Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Transition Words for Comparing & Contrasting

Worksheet

Transition Words for Comparing & Contrasting

Fifth Grade

Writing

Students will use transition words to support understanding of comparing and contrasting.

Worksheet

Transition Words for Comparing & Contrasting

Worksheet

Transition Words for Comparing & Contrasting

Students will use transition words to support understanding of comparing and contrasting.

Fifth Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Elementary School Writing Strategies Resources for 'word'

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Elementary School Writing Strategies Resources for 'word'