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Children will read simple pasta directions, then select the correct transition words from the choices shown.

Adding Transition Words

Help your students solidify their use of transition words with this cute version of the classic ugly duckling story. By helping to fill in the missing transition words throughout the narrative, students will flex their sequencing and organization skills.

Narrative Transition Words & Phrases

What if you showed up to class and the whole school was deserted? Kids will have fun stretching their writing muscles with this April Fools prompt.

Funny Writing Prompt

Use this graphic organizer to help your students learn how to write a fully formed opinion. This helpful worksheet breaks down opinion writing into three easy steps that will have your kids conquering persuasive writing in no time!

Linking Words

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Storyboarding: Using Pictures to Teach Words

Use words from street signs and billboards to create poetry. Pick four words, use one word per line in a four-line poem. Don't be afraid to get creative!

Street Sign Poetry

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

Time Transition Word Sort

This reading worksheet highlights important vocabulary words and the main purpose of a text.

Digging Deep into Purpose and Vocabulary

Introduce your students to words and phrases that will strengthen their argument writing.

Argument Writing: Sentence Frames

You've never created a haiku like this before! Write a haiku and then draw a picture that brings your words to life.

Create a Haiku

They say that kissing the Blarney Stone will give you a special way with words! Let your little writer practice her eloquent writing this St. Patrick's Day.

Blarney Stone Writing Prompt

Encourage students to put their thoughts into words on the paper with these writing prompts. Invite your students to respond to these prompts with a well-written opinion paragraph.

More Opinion Paragraphs

Prepare for a world of writing with this packet of exercises, tools and tips. Students learn a few ways to spice up writing, like sensory words, action verbs, supporting details, and point of view.

Narrative Writing

Make taking notes fun by having your students use this handy organizer to collect their thoughts while learning about predators and prey. Students will note what they learn, questions they have, and new or interesting vocabulary words they hear.

Nature Video Notes

Combine rhymes, riddles and poetry with a terse verse! What do you call floral electricity? Flower Power!

Terse Verse

Young writers expand their transition word lexicon in this comprehensive three-page worksheet.

Informational Writing: Linking Ideas

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

Rhymes With Orange

Your fourth grader will get their mind working with this simple "Chanukah" anagram game. They will hone their language and spelling skills with this one!

Chanukah Anagram Game

Get familiar with different kinds of poetry with this poetry word search. This poetry word search has your kid honing his spelling and observation skills.

Word Search: Poetry

Have your students stretch their creativity with this lesson that teaches them about haikus and has them practice their syllable counting.

Haiku Syllables

In this lesson, students will use their creativity, a graphic organizer, and a fun story to learn about character analysis.  

It’s All in the Personality: Character Traits

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and  rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

Skeltonic Verse

Once students have completed their first draft of informational writing, use this handy checklist to guide them through the peer review process. Students will look for clear sequencing, details, complete sentences, and correct spelling and punctuation.

Informational Writing Peer Review Checklist

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this  exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

Write Parts of Speech Acrostic Poetry!

After your students read an excerpt of The Land of the Blue Flower, ask them to respond to a writing prompt. Encourage them to use comparative works like similarly and unlike.

Response to Literature

Do your students have difficulty making mental pictures or writing summaries? Help them practice both skills with this reading comprehension worksheet in which students choose a scene from their book to illustrate and summarize.

Visualize and Summarize

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

Autumn Cinquain

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

St. Patrick's Day Haiku

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

Write Nutsy News Stories

Bring poetry to life by reading it aloud with others! Have young readers select one or more of these poems written by Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Robert Lee Frost. Then take turns reading aloud by swapping single lines, couplets, or stanzas.

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