Subjects

Math

English Language Arts

Science

Social Studies

Foreign Language

Grades

Pre-K

Kindergarten

1st Grade

2nd Grade

3rd Grade

4th Grade

5th Grade

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Worksheets

Games

Build a Worksheet

Word Scramble

Word Search

Crossword Puzzle

Sudoku Generator

Addition Worksheet Generator 

Subtraction Worksheet Generator

Multiplication Worksheet Generator

Division Worksheet Generator

See All

More Resources

Arts & Crafts

Hands-On Activities

CVC Words

Guided Lessons

Common Core State Standards

Common Core Math

Common Core ELA

Roly Recommends

Weekly Recommendations

Early Childhood

Social Emotional Learning

Back to School

Labor Day

Fall

Hispanic Heritage Month

Kindergarten - 6th Grade Common Core Writing Strategies Worksheets : Page 4

This worksheet asks students to find the transition words and to use them in their own sentences.

Tracking Transitions

Everyone's heard the story of the ugly duckling, but have you met his new friend, the beastly bird? Help students learn about the importance of transition words when telling a story with this fun tale of outcasts who become fast friends!

The Ugly Duckling's New Friend

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.

Read the Word Clues

Unwind the complicated language of the Declaration of Independence with this paraphrasing activity!

Paraphrase the Declaration of Independence

Fourth graders can practice writing and storytelling in this creative writing exercise based on a make-believe pet dinosaur!

Creative Writing for Kids: Pet Dinosaur

This worksheet offers fun figurative language practice for young readers and writers.

Common Idioms

On this third grade reading and writing worksheet, kids complete each sentence by writing in the missing quotation marks.

Quotation Marks: Say What?

Your student must put her creative writing skills to the test to complete the parts of the story that are missing.

Finish the Story: The Forest

Help your young readers develop this important reading comprehension skill with this handy template that will help them learn to paraphrase any piece of writing by answering a few open-ended questions.

Paraphrasing a Passage

Your student can practice reading a unique style of dialogue with this worksheet on "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."

Understanding Dialogue: Tom Sawyer

This worksheet walks young writers through the steps of adding conjunctions and adverbs to simple sentences.

Mix Up Your Sentences! With Conjunctions and Adverb Phrases

Use this worksheet to practice sequencing a character’s feelings using transition words.

Character Changes Order

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

Time Transition Word Sort

In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.

Sea Turtle Citations: Paraphrasing & Direct Quotes

Learners practice editing dialogue for punctuation in this appealing grammar worksheet.

Using Punctuation in Dialogue

Write about the main idea and supporting details in this worksheet. This worksheet will help your kid organize her thoughts and describe details.

Main Idea and Details: Summer Vacation

Punctuation Pig offers a lesson in punctuating dialogue in this playful grammar worksheet.

Quotation Marks #1 with Punctuation Pig

Analogies are a way of describing the similarities between two things by comparing them.

What Is an Analogy?

Do your students know that sentences can be stretched out using prepositional phrases? When this happens, sentences have a greater depth of meaning!

Sentence Stretching

This worksheet is a fun-filled way to write dialogue about a familiar party staple: balloons. Your 3rd grader creates the conversations between family members.

Writing Dialogue

Use these discussion questions to engage students in thoughtful dialogue as they read chapters 9-12 of Pam Mu&ntilde;oz Ryan&rsquo;s novel <em>Esperanza Rising</em>!

Novel Study: Esperanza Rising: Discussion Guide #3

Students can practice finding transition words using a sample text about the popularity of soccer that’s chock full of transitions.

America's Favorite Sport Is Transitioning from Baseball and Football to Soccer

Transition words help us to link together sentences to form a whole paragraph! Help your little writer get to know key words with some cut-out flash cards.

Transition Words

Make personal narrative and dialogue prep a breeze with this organizer! Students will practice sequencing and prewriting as they put together their personal narrative about a time they were surprised by something or someone.

Personal Narrative: Surprise!

Your students will break down a complicated sentence and practice rewording new vocabulary in this worksheet.

Shark Sentence Chunk

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying characters and their dialogue.

Identifying Characters and their Dialogue

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Writing About Math Expressions.

Glossary: Writing About Math Expressions

A Recipe for Transition Use

Ever wish you could breathe underwater? This creative writing prompt asks your child to imagine if humans could live underwater!

Creative Writing: Living Underwater

Paraphrasing means putting another's writing into your own words. This is an important skill for middle school children to master.

Paraphrasing: Rosa Parks

Lesson Plans

Interactive Worksheets

Workbooks

Activities

Exercises

Stories

Songs

Offline Games

Teacher Resources

Resource Type

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Sixth Grade

Seventh Grade

Eighth Grade

Grade Level

Kindergarten - 6th Grade

Common Core

Birthdays

Women's History Month

St. Patrick's Day

Ramadan

Passover

Spring

Easter

Earth Day

Cinco de Mayo

Mother's Day

Memorial Day

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Graduation

Summer

Summer Packets

Father's Day

Independence Day

Halloween

Dia de los Muertos

Veterans Day

Winter

Holidays

Thanksgiving

Christmas

Hanukkah

Kwanzaa

New Year

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Lunar New Year

Valentine's Day

Presidents' Day

Black History Month

Occasion

Mazes

Dot to Dot

Ball Games

Crossword

Fitness & Exercise

Group Games

Memory Games

Outdoor Games

Printable Board Games

Puzzles & Sudoku

Scavenger Hunt

Travel Games

Word Puzzles

Game Type

Fabric Projects

Beads & Jewelry

Paper & Glue Crafts

Construction & Sculpture

Painting & Drawing

Recycled Crafts

Coloring

Snacks

Mains

Sides

Dessert

Recipes

English Language Support

Kindergarten - 6th Grade Common Core Writing Strategies Worksheets : Page 4

Common Core Quick Links: