Evidence Based Writing Grade 4

Evidence-Based Writing for grade 4 offers 64 pages of writing practice and prompts. The book is aligned with the Common Core State Standards and includes a writing rubric, a student writing checklist, a five-page writing process practice packet, and pages of writing prompts to encourage higher-level thinking and thoughtful writing. Each writing prompt is paired with a graphic organizer to help students plan, research, and prewrite. Specific writing types taught are opinion/argumentative, informative/explanatory, narrative, and research writing. Grade 4 writing prompts include bullying, first ladies, the Underground Railroad, UFOs, making decisions, and roller coasters. An accompanying online resource offers samples of scored student writing. --The Applying the Standards: Evidence-Based Writing series emphasizes the readingÐwriting connection by requiring students to read and use facts from literary and informational texts. This is a series of six 64-page books for students in kindergarten to grade 5. Various writing skills are taught in correlated activities such as prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing writing. Of particular emphasis throughout the series are the Common Core State Standards and the teaching of evidence-based writing.

Evidence-Based Writing for grade 4 offers 64 pages of writing practice and prompts. The book is aligned with the Common Core State Standards and includes a writing rubric, a student writing checklist, a five-page writing process practice packet, and pages of writing prompts to encourage higher-level thinking and thoughtful writing. Each writing prompt is paired with a graphic organizer to help students plan, research, and prewrite. Specific writing types taught are opinion/argumentative, informative/explanatory, narrative, and research writing. Grade 4 writing prompts include bullying, first ladies, the Underground Railroad, UFOs, making decisions, and roller coasters. An accompanying online resource offers samples of scored student writing. The Applying the Standards: Evidence-Based Writing series emphasizes the reading–writing connection by requiring students to read and use facts from literary and informational texts. This is a series of six 64-page books for students in kindergarten to grade 5. Various writing skills are taught in correlated activities such as prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing writing. Of particular emphasis throughout the series are the Common Core State Standards and the teaching of evidence-based writing.

Evidence-Based Writing for grade 2 offers 64 pages of writing practice and prompts. It is aligned with the Common Core State Standards and includes a writing rubric, a student writing checklist, a five-page writing process practice packet, and pages of writing prompts to encourage higher-level thinking and thoughtful writing. Each writing prompt is paired with a graphic organizer to help students plan, research, and prewrite. Specific writing types taught are opinion/argumentative, informative/explanatory, narrative, and research writing. Grade 2 writing prompts include spending money, video games, the perfect pet, Rosa Parks, healthy bodies, and types of homes. The Applying the Standards: Evidence-Based Writing series emphasizes the reading–writing connection by requiring students to read and use facts from literary and informational texts. This is a series of six 64-page books for students in kindergarten to grade 5. Various writing skills are taught in correlated activities such as prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing writing. Of particular emphasis throughout the series are the Common Core State Standards and the teaching of evidence-based writing.

Ideal for preparing your fourth-grade students for state writing assessments and meeting new standards, this series offers scaffolded text-based writing practice with essential nonfiction writing forms, such as: - Compare and contrast - Explanatory - Informative - Cause and effect - Opinion - Argument The 12 units provide activities that prepare students to complete text-dependent writing prompts. Each unit begins with a unit focus and lesson checklist to guide students through the learning path, which includes: - a dictionary page that introduces content words - close reading of a leveled nonfiction article - text-dependent comprehension questions to support understanding - a graphic organizer to help students organize information from the article and plan their writing - a text-dependent writing prompt - a writing evaluation that guides students in evaluating their essay Teachers will appreciate these additional resources and features - Downloadable home-school connection activities and projects help teachers encourage learning at home. - Common Core State Standards correlations are located on each unit for easy reference. - The reading level is provided to help identify appropriate texts. - The suggested learning path helps teachers pace the lesson, and makes scaffolding easy The fourth grade content-area topics fall under these categories: - Biographies - Science articles - Social studies articles

Evidence-Based Reading for grade 4 offers 64 pages of reading practice. It is aligned with the Common Core State Standards and includes a reading comprehension rubric, a standards alignment chart, and pages of reading passages with evidence-based questions to encourage higher-level thinking and thoughtful answers. Each question is designed so that students learn to support their answers with evidence from the text. A variety of literature and informational passages are included to engage learners in a range of texts. The Applying the Standards: Evidence-Based Reading series emphasizes close reading by requiring students to answer text-dependent questions in both literary and informational texts. This is a series of six 64-page books for students in kindergarten to grade 5. Various reading and vocabulary skills are covered, and a culminating reflection question for each passage engages students' higher-level thinking skills. Of particular emphasis throughout the series are the Common Core State Standards and the teaching of evidence-based reading.

Evidence-Based Writing for kindergarten offers 64 pages of writing practice and prompts. It is aligned with the Common Core State Standards and includes a writing rubric, a student writing checklist, a five-page writing process practice packet, and pages of writing prompts to encourage higher-level thinking and thoughtful writing. Each writing prompt is paired with a graphic organizer to help students plan, research, and prewrite. Specific writing types taught are opinion/argumentative, informative/explanatory, narrative, and research writing. Kindergarten writing prompts include the perfect playground, music class, pet choices, favorite colors, and a frog's life. An accompanying online resource offers samples of scored student writing. The Applying the Standards: Evidence-Based Writing series emphasizes the readingÐwriting connection by requiring students to read and use facts from literary and informational texts. This is a series of six 64-page books for students in kindergarten to grade 5. Various writing skills are taught in correlated activities such as prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing writing. Of particular emphasis throughout the series are the Common Core State Standards and the teaching of evidence-based writing.

Support 4th-grade students with scaffolded text-based writing practice! Lessons include leveled texts with science, social studies, and health topics, as well as comprehension questions, graphic organizers, writing prompts, and more.

Interactive Writing is specifically focused on the early phases of writing, and has special relevance to prekindergarten, kindergarten, grade 1 and 2 teachers.

Ideal for preparing your fifth-grade students for state writing assessments and meeting new standards, this series provides scaffolded text-based writing practice with essential writing forms, such as: - Argument - Cause and effect - Compare and contrast - Explanatory - Opinion - Sequence The 12 units provide activities that prepare students to complete text-dependent writing prompts. Each unit begins with a unit focus and lesson checklist to guide students through the learning path, which includes: - a dictionary page that introduces content words - close reading of a leveled nonfiction article - text-dependent comprehension questions to support understanding - a graphic organizer to help students organize information from the article and plan their writing - a text-dependent writing prompt - a writing evaluation that guides students in evaluating their essay Teachers will appreciate these additional resources and features - Downloadable home-school connection activities and projects help teachers encourage learning at home. - Common Core State Standards correlations are located on each unit for easy reference. - The reading level is provided to help identify appropriate texts. - The suggested learning path helps teachers pace the lesson, and makes scaffolding easy The fifth grade content-area topics fall under these categories: - Biographies - Health articles - How-to articles - Science articles - Social studies articles

Why you need a writing revolution in your classroom and how to lead it The Writing Revolution (TWR) provides a clear method of instruction that you can use no matter what subject or grade level you teach. The model, also known as The Hochman Method, has demonstrated, over and over, that it can turn weak writers into strong communicators by focusing on specific techniques that match their needs and by providing them with targeted feedback. Insurmountable as the challenges faced by many students may seem, The Writing Revolution can make a dramatic difference. And the method does more than improve writing skills. It also helps: Boost reading comprehension Improve organizational and study skills Enhance speaking abilities Develop analytical capabilities The Writing Revolution is as much a method of teaching content as it is a method of teaching writing. There's no separate writing block and no separate writing curriculum. Instead, teachers of all subjects adapt the TWR strategies and activities to their current curriculum and weave them into their content instruction. But perhaps what's most revolutionary about the TWR method is that it takes the mystery out of learning to write well. It breaks the writing process down into manageable chunks and then has students practice the chunks they need, repeatedly, while also learning content.