4th Grade - Writing

By the end of the school year, students are expected to:

• Write on a daily basis

• Write for larger amounts of time (40-60 minutes).

• Select best pieces of writing and tell reasons for selecting.

• Offer suggestions to classmates about how to improve writing.

• Write personal and make-believe stories, each with a beginning, a middle, and an ending.

• Use the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing.

• Proofread/edit writing to check spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

• Revise what is written by adding and/or deleting information to make it clear, organized, and logical.

• Write narratives with sufficient, related detail.

• Write a descriptive paper with a focused main idea and supporting detail.

• Know and understand that main idea, supporting detail, organization, and coherence are the criteria upon which the stories are scored (rubric):

Score 4:

• Focused main idea

• Sequencing of events

• Well elaborated

• Sense of overall completeness

Score 3:

• Like a 4 paper, but has one or two minor weaknesses

Score 2:

• Some sequenced events

• Some elaboration which may be flawed

• May have a list-like quality

• Ideas and details not connected

Score 1:

• No control of ideas and details

• Sparse details

• Lacks clarity

NS:

• Blank response

• Entirely illegible

• Written in a foreign language

• Restates the prompt