Are you looking for ways to help your students strengthen their writing? This transition word list resource will help your students identify meaningful and specific words to make their writing come alive!
Writers’ Workshop Resource
Use as a student handouts, a writing journal resource, classroom posters, with interactive writer's notebooks, or as a classroom bulletin board. Perfect for editing or revising stories during the writing process!
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Multiple Genre Use with 8 Categories of Transition Words
Use for teaching many genres: narrative, poetry, informational, historical fiction, and persuasive (opinion) writing!
CATEGORIES:
Words are alphabetized in each category. There are 6 versions of the word list, using various clipart (or none). Larger printables of each category include small, colored visuals for support within each category. Bookmarks include both visual and plane options.
Time Words
Emphasizing Words
Location Words
Comparing Words
Contrasting Words
Clarifying Words
Concluding Words
Additional Information Words
Bookmarks and Tips
Laminate double-sided bookmarks. Students can use Vis-a-vis markers to circle words as they use them in their writing revisions (without making smudges!)
Have students tape them into their writing journals, so they can continually refer to them.
Enlarge them for classroom posters or bulletin board display.
Transition Word List Resource: What’s Included
6 Versions of detailed, transition word list. (various clipart options)
8 categories of transition words.
Enlarged categories on separate pages for classroom display.
Image support for categories.
Student-friendly bookmark lists.
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