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A Hug, Not a Suitcase: Transitions in a Spring Roll Story

Read a story about a family rolling fresh spring rolls for a birthday, explain what its transitions do, and use varied transitions to order events.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toW.4.3.c

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 4
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students explain the job of different transitional words and phrases in a story.
Students use transitions to put events in a clear order.
Students write a short narrative that uses a variety of transitions.

How to use

Read the story aloud and ask students to raise a hand each time they hear a word or phrase that moves the story in time. Then have them answer the questions independently.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

W.4.3.c

Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.

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A Hug, Not a Suitcase: Transitions in a Spring Roll Story

See how transitional words and phrases move a story from one event to the next.

Read the story

Read the story. Notice how the writer moves from one event to the next.

A Hug, Not a Suitcase

1Every year on Grandpa Bao's birthday, the Tran family makes fresh spring rolls together. This year, Linh was old enough to roll them herself, and she wanted every roll to be perfect.

2Before anyone touched the rice paper, the family set up the table like a little factory. Mom placed bowls of thin rice noodles, crisp lettuce, mint leaves and pink shrimp in a long row. Linh's brother, Duc, filled a wide plate with warm water.

3Once everything was ready, Mom showed Linh how to start. She slid a round sheet of rice paper into the water for just a few seconds. The stiff sheet turned soft and see-through, like a wet window. "Count to three, then take it out," Mom said.

4Linh tried it on her own. At first, she counted much too slowly. Her sheet sat in the water so long that it turned gummy and stuck to itself in a tangled clump. Another sheet tore when she stuffed in too many noodles.

5While Linh frowned at her torn roll, Grandpa Bao pulled up a chair beside her. "Small handfuls," he said with a wink. "A spring roll is a hug, not a suitcase."

6After that, Linh counted quickly and used only a pinch of each filling. She folded in the sides and rolled the sheet away from her, nice and snug. Soon a neat row of spring rolls sat on the platter, with pink shrimp peeking through the clear wrappers.

7Just then, the doorbell rang. Aunt Mai and the cousins had arrived early! Everyone rushed to finish the last few rolls.

8At last, the whole family sat down to eat. Grandpa Bao picked up one of Linh's spring rolls and held it up for everyone to see. "The best hug at the table," he announced, and Linh grinned from ear to ear.

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