Transition words introduce new ideas and connect key elements in a story. In this exercise, your students will identify and use transition words in a series of sentences.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ivan from The One and Only Ivan.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

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

Children learn to identify and use common time and sequence words in this grammar and vocabulary worksheet.

Upper grade students will practice using transition words to craft clear and cohesive writing.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: 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.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about a famous person. Learners will research an important figure and then write down two true statements and one false statement.

Take the monotony out of researching a topic with this Two Truths and One Lie worksheet.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

This worksheet provides a culminating project for Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Use this creative reading and writing worksheet to have your child make their own two truths and one lie game to share with a friend.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Martin Luther King, Jr. Learners will decide which two statements are true and which is a lie.

Wow, who knew interjections could be so fun? Use interjections in this open-ended worksheet for fifth through eighth graders!

The structure of a paragraph becomes clearer when you think critically about the choices a great author made and try to recreate them.

Show students editing symbols that are used to polish writing before publishing. Then, have them practice editing a short story.

Learn to write from the best in this worksheet on sentence variety and structure!

This resource gives your students practice outlining an informational paragraph on changes during the spring season.

This composition prompt asks kids to consider one thing they can do and one thing they can stop doing this Earth Day.

In this worksheet, learners will rewrite a short paragraph using smooth, flowing sentences.

If your child needs some punctuation practice, give him a challenge with a quick quotation marks quiz!

Children embrace the spirit of the season with this Thanksgiving writing prompt.

Use this graphic organizer to explore a beloved summer pastime in writing.