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Transition Words
4th Grade
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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
4.20.A*
use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking:
verbs (irregular verbs);
nouns (singular/plural, common/proper);
adjectives (e.g., descriptive, including purpose: sleeping bag, frying pan) and their comparative and superlative forms (e.g., fast, faster, fastest);
adverbs (e.g., frequency: usually, sometimes; intensity: almost, a lot);
prepositions and prepositional phrases to convey location, time, direction, or to provide details;
reflexive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves);
correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor); and
use time-order transition words and transitions that indicate a conclusion;
4th Grade Writing - Transition Words Lesson
Transition Words
Transition words
help make
connections
between ideas and paragraphs. They make writing clearer and easier to follow.
TIME-ORDER
Some transition words are
TIME-ORDER
transitions. They help show the order that things happen or happened in time.
Example:
First
To start
At the beginning
First
, she went to math class.
Example:
Then
After that
Second, Secondly
Then
, she went to English class.
Example:
Finally
In the end
Eventually
Finally
, she went to her favorite class -- science!
Example:
Earlier
Yesterday
Previously
Yesterday
, Alice walked to school by a different path.
Example:
In conclusion
To conclude
Lastly
Finally
Last of all
In conclusion
, always remember to use transitions that make your writing clear and easy to follow.
CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS
Correlative conjunctions
are pairs of conjunctions that work together to connect words and ideas of equal importance in a sentence.
Common Correlative Conjunction Pairs
either/or
neither/nor
both/and
not only/but also
whether/or
as/as
Example:
Neither
the marker
nor
the pen has any ink left.
Example:
He was happy with
either
pizza
or
tacos for dinner.
Example:
Both
salamanders
and
frogs are amphibians.
Example:
He
not only
won the sprint,
but
he
also
won the long-distance race.
Example:
Whether
you prefer the front seats
or
the back seats, it's time to sit down.
Example:
The flower was
as
beautiful
as
the day he picked it.
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