Choose a Closing Sentence for Each Paragraph

Read the model paragraph aloud and point to the topic sentence, each detail and the closing. Have your child say a topic sentence before writing anything, then add one detail for each part of the picture. Write the paragraph on lined paper with the first line indented.

Pick the best closing sentence for paragraphs on an orchard, bees and a rainy day, then write your own. A closing sentence sums up the whole paragraph at the end. The directions on the page read: Read each paragraph. Then, circle the letter of the best closing sentence and write it on the line at the end. Then, write your own closing sentence for item 4. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 2nd Grade paragraph writing, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with paragraph structure. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

The top bun is the topic sentence, the lettuce, tomato and cheese are three details, and the bottom bun is the closing sentence. The train, ice cream cone and staircase planners use the same parts with a different picture.

Green means go, so it holds the topic sentence. Yellow means slow down and explain, so it holds the details. Red means stop, so it holds the closing sentence. Use a Traffic Light Plan for a Paragraph About Dogs uses this plan.

An indent, a small space before the first word, shows the reader where a new paragraph begins. Every planner reminds children to indent, and the two Write a First Paragraph sheets have an arrow that shows where to start.

The three practice sheets do: Pick the Best Topic Sentence for Each Paragraph, Cross Out the Detail That Does Not Belong and Choose a Closing Sentence for Each Paragraph. The seven planners have no key, since each child writes their own paragraph.