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Sentence Starters Practice

A Grade 3 ELA worksheet focusing on using various sentence starters to improve writing skills.

Grade 3 ELA WritingWriting ProcessSentence Starters
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Fill in the BlanksShort AnswerMultiple ChoiceLong Answer

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.ICCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.1CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3

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ELAWritingSentence StartersGrade 3
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Sentence Starters Practice

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Read each instruction carefully and complete the activities. This worksheet will help you practice using different sentence starters to make your writing more interesting!

Complete each sentence below with the best sentence starter from the word bank.

First
Next
Finally
Suddenly

1.  , I woke up and saw a bright light.

2.  , I brushed my teeth.

3.  , I ate my breakfast.

4.  , it was time to go to school.

Rewrite the following sentence two different ways using a new sentence starter each time.

Original sentence: The cat ran after the mouse.

1.  

2.  

Choose the best sentence starter for the sentence below.

The rain poured down, and the wind howled.

a

However

b

Because

c

During the storm

d

Also

Write a short story about a pet, starting each sentence with a different sentence starter from the list below. Try to use at least three different starters.

One day
Suddenly
After that
Then
Meanwhile
Eventually