4th Grade Informational and Expository Writing Resources

In this Martin Luther King Jr. Cut-and-Paste Timeline worksheet, students will learn about the life of an important historical figure.

Help your child learn to write clearly and concisely by writing her own set of "how to" instructions.

Young writers will review the basic structure of an informative essay, including the topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion, as they complete this graphic organizer.

Young writers map out their essays with the help of this graphic organizer.

Get ready for the next big snowstorm with a plan to stay cozy, safe, and happy!

Readers will reinforce their understanding of key narrative features in this writing exercise.

Students will look at a sample essay and try to pick out the kind of details and big ideas that make an informative essay tick.

This worksheet will help your writers begin to craft their essay by walking them, step-by-step, through paragraph writing and structuring their ideas.

Introduce your students to the five parts of an effective argument.

While playing this fun memory game, students will find a piece of evidence that supports each claim.

Use this example of a persuasive essay to dissect and identify the parts of this genre.

In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.

Young writers will reflect on what the holiday season means to them with this seasonal writing prompt.

Have students step into the role of a journalist with this engaging newspaper-themed writing activity!

This language arts assessment will illustrate your students’ writing abilities within the persuasive writing genre.

Students will organize and construct the skeleton of an informative essay with this engaging problem-solving activity.

Help your students organize their notes as they conduct research for their informational writing.

Students will organize and construct the skeleton of an persuasive essay with this engaging activity.

Young writers will practice identifying the five parts of an effective argument before writing their own argument.

Students will craft their own essay using this graphic organizer as a helpful way to get started.

Get kids in the holiday spirit by practicing 30 Days of Gratitude! This activity is perfect for November, but can also be done year-round.

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

In this worksheet, students will use a topic and follow a structured outline to write their own persuasive paragraph.

Students compose a persuasive paragraph stating their opinion, including an introduction, three supporting arguments, and a conclusion, with the help of this worksheet template.

In this worksheet, children will learn about a few common resource materials and how to search for information in them alphabetically.

Introduce students to this graphic organizer to help them outline their ideas for an essay of their own.

Learn all about the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the seven ancient wonders of the world, and find out why Egyptians built it hundreds of years ago.

Students will read a biography of Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, and then answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text,

With this exercise, students will practice writing counter-arguments and rebuttals.