Time-Order Transition Words + Freebie

Happy Saturday!! I have a fun little writing lesson and activity to share with you that we did a few weeks ago. This lesson was definitely a favorite among the first graders because it involved eating some of these...

We started out by eating an Oreo and then telling a neighbor how we ate it. We then viewed this YouTube video of a retro Oreo commercial:

We made a chart for how the little boy ate the Oreo and then we were ready to write one about ourselves (after eating another Oreo, of course!). Here are some work samples:

After the activity, we wrote a few words on this reference page for time-order transition words to put in our Writers Notebook. We will add to it as we come across new words:

Click here to grab the notebook page from Google Docs.

While preparing the whole activity to share with you, I decided to beef it up a little (since I just kept it pretty simple when I did it with my students). It includes the pages shown above, plus a few others AND a little craft. Check it out in one of my shops:

And comment with your email address below to win a FREE copy of this minilesson! I will pick 3 winners on Sunday evening!

The winners are:

Suzy Q.

Mel

Najda

Thanks for entering, everyone!! :)