Writing Worksheet · Grades K–1
Spaces Between Words Worksheet
Six run-together sentences to rewrite with spaces, then six pictures to write about. Printable PDF with a complete answer key.
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Subject
Writing
Grades
Grades K–1
Skill Focus
Spaces Between Words, writing process
Lesson Length
20 minutes
Learning Objective
Rewrite a run-together sentence with a space between every word.
Lesson Overview
About this worksheet
A young writer who leaves no spaces is not being careless. Nothing in speech marks where one word stops, so a child writing what they hear writes it as one long run. Seeing that run on the page, and being asked to read it back, is what makes the gap between words feel necessary rather than decorative.
Section A prints six sentences with every space taken out and asks the child to write each one again properly. Section B turns the rule loose on the child’s own writing: six pictures, two ruled lines each, and one thing to check.
The answer key gives the correctly spaced sentence for every item in Section A, and sample sentences for Section B with a note that a child’s own wording may differ and still be right.
How to Use This Lesson
Print the worksheet. Section A is on page one.
Read the first run-together sentence aloud and let students hear the problem.
Show the finger-space trick before students start writing.
Check Section A against page three; read Section B for spacing, not spelling.
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