Fourth grade students will be assessed in 5 writing features:)

Focus- maintained throughout the piece of writing

Organization- having a logical progression of events/thoughts that are complete

Support and Elaboration- must be supportive of the topic and have specific, developed details

Style- a skillful use of vocabulary and sentence fluency

The writing prompts fourth graders will be working on are Personal and Imaginative:)

Some examples may be:

Personal- tells a story of what happened:

-The best field trip

-A time someone go me in trouble

-The most exciting day of my life

Imaginative:

Imagine that...

-A genie pops out of your bookbag

-You get the power to fly

-While you are reading, a character jumps out of the book

What you can do at home to help:)

*Have your child keep a writing journal to write about their day or weekend.

*Write stories with your children about trips you have taken.

*Help them organize their thoughts with Thinking Maps.

*Read Narrative stories with your children.

*Encourage writing of any kind to help develop a love of writing.

Examples of transition words under Third Grade Writing