Transition Words Anchor Charts Worksheets Printable Digital Activities

These differentiated transition words worksheets are just what you need if your students are writing choppy and boring paragraphs. Your students will learn to use transition words within a paragraph and in their writing pieces with support from ready-to-use transition words anchor charts. The no-prep DIGITAL or PRINTABLE activities target four essential transition words for expository and informational writing: time, addition, example, and concluding transitions. The transition words resource allows for easy planning and easy teaching that leads to effective learning. 

This resource includes differentiated high-interest nonfiction texts with multiple choice and open response, anchor charts with transition word lists, reference sheets, teaching posters, review activities, and a complete answer key!

▶️ Using multi-modality based learning is an effective way to reach all students. Watch our paired teaching video lesson on transition words for a complete lesson!

**After using this resource with the paired video teaching lesson your students will be able to identify and express the meaning of four types of transition words within a paragraph and in reading passages. Students will begin to effectively use transition words within a paragraph to create cohesive and interesting writing pieces.

Who is it for?

• Perfect for students in grades 3-6
• Students who leave out transition words or use them incorrectly in their writing
• This resource is easy to implement for students of different levels and abilities
• Great for mixed groups, whole class or small group lessons
• Perfect to implement for homeschool, in special education, ESL, and/or speech and language therapy services!

*PLEASE NOTE: This is a Google Slides (TM) resource. You can print the document from the Google Slide™ as a PDF or use it interactively.

Transition Words Worksheets Information:

• ✅ Watch the Transition Words video mini-lesson.

• ✅ The extension activities help to develop and strengthen your students’ understanding of transition words and phrases.

• ✅ The differentiated activities include the following:

LEVEL 1

• Sort Transition Words: Sort transition words into the correct type 
• Identify  Transition Words in Sentences: Multiple Choice- Choose the transition words in a given sentence & then choose the type of transition 
• Identify Transition Words within a Paragraph: Multiple Choice- Circle a specific type of transition words within a paragraph and answer follow-up questions 
• Choose Transition Words: Multiple Choice- Choose the best transition words to use in a given sentence from a paragraph
• Review- Complete the Paragraph: Word Bank- Add transitions into a paragraph

LEVEL 2

• Sort Transition Words: Sort transition words into the correct type 
• Identify Transition Words in Sentences: Open Response- Write the transition words in a given sentence & then write the type of transition 
• Identify Transition Words within a Paragraph: Open Response- Circle a specific type of transition words within a paragraph & write answers to follow-up questions 
• Choose Transition Words: Word Bank- Write the best transition words from a word bank to use in a given sentence from a paragraph
• Bonus Challenge- Complete the Paragraph: Open Response- Write sentences when given transition words

• ✅ Use the transition words anchor charts and transition words posters to help students understand the purpose & types of transitions 

• ✅ Use the Types of Transition Words poster to help answer questions in the activities. This transition words poster can be accessed digitally on most pages or printed & provided to students. Use this reference sheet to help students pick transitions in their own writing.

• ✅ The review page can be paired with the Transition Words teaching video to check your students’ understanding of this skill.

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