Writing Workshop

As with reading, the 4th grade writing curriculum provides students with a balanced literacy approach designed to improve their skills in the 3 genres of writing that are spotlighted in the Common Core State Standards: narrative, opinion, and informational.  

Units of Study Include:

• Arc of the Story: Narrative Fiction
• Boxes and Bullets: Personal and Persuasive Essays
• Bringing History to Life Nonfiction Writing
• The Literary Essay: Writing about Fiction
• Compare and Contrast Essay Writing
• Historical Fiction Writing