Mrs. Richardson's 4th Grade Class
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4th Grade Writing Objectives
Writing Variety
Write a variety of different types of texts including journal entries, research reports, personal and imaginative narratives, skits, and poetry
Write and share stories and poems
Discuss an idea in both speaking and writing
Make presentations and use visual aids
Focus
Write clearly with main ideas
Write multiple paragraphs with topic sentences
Stay focused on the topic and include specific and relevant details
Follow a prewriting plan
Organization
Write multiple paragraphs with ideas that make sense and flow from one to the next
Review writing and make it better by changing the order of events or ideas
Review writing and make it better by adding or changing transition words
Write using a logical sequence
Come up with own ideas for writing and organize ideas by reading and taking notes
Support and Elaboration
Use simple and compound sentences to add elaboration to a topic
Review and improve writing by making what is written clearer or easier to understand
Review and improve writing by deciding if it has enough details and if the details are important to the topic
Write multiple paragraphs with elaboration
Style
Make writing better by improving the words used (precise vocabulary)
Make writing better by starting sentences in different ways (sentence fluency)
Make writing better by using adverbs appropriately
Conventions
Correctly use commas in a series, direct address, and dialogue
Check spelling by asking, "Does that look right?"
Use the correct form of the verb to match the subject
Read own writing and use a dictionary to correct some misspelled words
Use a rubric or checklist to proofread and check own writing for errors
Use word processing to create writing