Text Structure and Signals

This skills-based worksheet helps students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 strengthen reading comprehension and writing clarity by connecting signal words to their corresponding informational text structures. Through matching, sorting, and short writing tasks, students learn how transitions and connectors reveal organization in nonfiction texts, making it easier to follow ideas and understand author intent.

Skills Reinforced

• Recognizing Signal Words (Grades 4-6)
  Students identify common transition words and phrases used in informational writing.
• Determining Text Structure
  Learners connect signal words to structures such as cause/effect, chronological order, compare/contrast, problem/solution, and description.
• Understanding Logical Relationships
  Students analyze how connectors show sequence, comparison, cause, and explanation.
• Applying Cohesive Devices in Writing
  A mini writing task prompts students to use signal words correctly in original sentences.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created and Standards-Aligned
  Designed by educators to support informational reading, vocabulary, and writing standards.
• Clear, Scaffolded Practice
  Matching and sorting activities make abstract structure concepts concrete.
• Supports Transfer to Writing
  The application section helps students use signal words intentionally in their own work.
• Flexible Classroom and Homeschool Use
  Ideal for literacy lessons, centers, review, or assessment.

This printable worksheet helps students build strong nonfiction reading and writing skills by explicitly linking signal words to text structure. By recognizing, sorting, and applying transitions, learners gain confidence in understanding how informational texts are organized and how language reveals relationships between ideas. Suitable for classroom and homeschool settings, this resource supports clearer reading comprehension and more organized writing.

This worksheet is part of our Matching Text to Structure Type collection.