Oscar jumped right in and added dialogue into the first sentence of his story. He grabbed the readers’ attention by saying, “Wake up sleepyhead!” He went on the use dialogue throughout his story to make his trip to the beach seem more realistic. 

During our writing conference, Oscar noticed that he was saying, “And then…and then…and then…” way too many times! So we brainstormed a list of other transition words he could use to help move his story along. Can you think of any other words he could use?