Fourth grade writing activities

150+ fun, creative and thoughtful 4th grade writing prompts to encourage children to express their thoughts and feelings.

Today I'm sharing one of my favourite tasks for building community in the classroom. Students are able to share an important aspect of themselves (the story of their name) with the class and with me, their teacher. Through this task we are also working on important skills, like reading comprehension, writing, and reflection. Day 1 To begin, I asked my students to write any name they wish they had on a sticky note. They then placed it in a mason jar. I read my class the story "The Name Jar"…

Sentence Starters and Transitions Anchor Chart for Informational Writing! Helps Grade 1-3 students transition from their topic sentence, to points, facts, and closing. Great support for independent writing.

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So often, students just tell about the large picture of an experience. They get so caught up in listing all of the “moments” of the experience that they forget to really hone in on each

Did you think teaching students to write would be a snap? I mean, you are a college-educated, certified individual. How hard could it possibly be? Well, it’s a challenge, especially when just starting out. In my classroom,

Making Writing Fun with Interactive Writing Activities. This teaching resource blog focuses on making writing fun and interactive for students using interactive writing activities.I am going to outline the three big types of writing pieces: narrative, opinion, and informative. Then, I’ll show you how to make each piece of writing interactive. Learn more on how to create your interactive writing lesson plans here

The Sentence Game Let’s face it, writing is hard. It takes lots and lots of practice to master the many skills a writer needs. But practice can be boring. Not now! I’ve created a sentence writing game your kids will love. With this game they’ll write sentence after sentence without complaining, because it’s a game. It’s very simple, but practices very essential skills- capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling. The game can be played with 2 or more players. There’s even a way to…

Figurative language review for similes, metaphors, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, idioms and more for upper elementary students.