Expanded Form 4th and 5th Grade Writing Resources

Forming an Opinion: Halloween Costumes large image

Students will form their own opinions, as they voice whether or not they think children should be allowed to wear Halloween costumes to school.

Worksheet

Forming an Opinion: Halloween Costumes

Worksheet

Forming an Opinion: Halloween Costumes

Students will form their own opinions, as they voice whether or not they think children should be allowed to wear Halloween costumes to school.

Students will identify supporting details, in the form of adverbial phrases, in a nonfiction text excerpt.

Students will identify supporting details, in the form of adverbial phrases, in a nonfiction text excerpt.

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

Fourth Grade

Writing

Activity

Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem

Activity

Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem

Kindergarten

Reading

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Activity

Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem

Activity

Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

The mysterious comma is arguably the trickiest form of punctuation, which is why assigned it it’s own unit in 5th grade. As students become more sophisticated writers they craft more complex sentences. They incorporate independent phrases and clauses, generate compound sentences, and utilize transition words to combine ideas - and the exercises in this unit will teach them how to use commas correctly in each scenario.

The mysterious comma is arguably the trickiest form of punctuation, which is why assigned it it’s own unit in 5th grade. As students become more sophisticated writers they craft more complex sentences. They incorporate independent phrases and clauses, generate compound sentences, and utilize transition words to combine ideas - and the exercises in this unit will teach them how to use commas correctly in each scenario.

Fifth Grade

Writing

Guided Lesson

Persuasive Writing #2: Make It Happen

Worksheet

Persuasive Writing #2: Make It Happen

Third Grade

Writing

Young writers practice forming and defending an opinion in this engaging three-page persuasive writing template.

Worksheet

Persuasive Writing #2: Make It Happen

Worksheet

Persuasive Writing #2: Make It Happen

Young writers practice forming and defending an opinion in this engaging three-page persuasive writing template.

Third Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Bring Sentences to Life: At the Fairgrounds

Worksheet

Bring Sentences to Life: At the Fairgrounds

Fourth Grade

Writing

Develop your sentences into evocative scenes with the help of sensory details!

Worksheet

Bring Sentences to Life: At the Fairgrounds

Worksheet

Bring Sentences to Life: At the Fairgrounds

Develop your sentences into evocative scenes with the help of sensory details!

Fourth Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!

Lesson Plan

Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!

Fourth Grade

Reading

Nourish your child's inner writer with this lesson on three different forms of literature: poetry, prose, and drama. After going through some examples of each, students will demonstrate their knowledge by filling out bubble maps.

Lesson Plan

Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!

Lesson Plan

Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!

Nourish your child's inner writer with this lesson on three different forms of literature: poetry, prose, and drama. After going through some examples of each, students will demonstrate their knowledge by filling out bubble maps.

Fourth Grade

Reading

Lesson Plan

Using "It" and "They" in the Third Person Narrative

Worksheet

Using "It" and "They" in the Third Person Narrative

Third Grade

Writing

Third person narrative is one of the most common techniques used in storytelling. Help your young writer understand when to use "it" or "they" as they endeavor to write a personal narrative using the singular and plural forms of third person pronouns.

Worksheet

Using "It" and "They" in the Third Person Narrative

Worksheet

Using "It" and "They" in the Third Person Narrative

Third person narrative is one of the most common techniques used in storytelling. Help your young writer understand when to use "it" or "they" as they endeavor to write a personal narrative using the singular and plural forms of third person pronouns.

The elegant and simply style of renga is the perfect way to introduce your child to the rhythm and style of poetry.

The elegant and simply style of renga is the perfect way to introduce your child to the rhythm and style of poetry.

Fifth Grade

Writing

Worksheet

What Does This Text Message Mean?

Worksheet

What Does This Text Message Mean?

Fifth Grade

Writing

Your digital native will read four text messages written in “text language” and practice their formal writing skills as they make sense of the messages.

Worksheet

What Does This Text Message Mean?

Worksheet

What Does This Text Message Mean?

Your digital native will read four text messages written in “text language” and practice their formal writing skills as they make sense of the messages.

Analogies are a way of describing the similarities between two things by comparing them.

Analogies are a way of describing the similarities between two things by comparing them.

Introduce this graphic organizer as a way to help students compose opinion pieces.

Introduce this graphic organizer as a way to help students compose opinion pieces.

Learn all about how to write a haiku with this quick and easy worksheet on the structure of this timeless poetry type.

Learn all about how to write a haiku with this quick and easy worksheet on the structure of this timeless poetry type.

Not every poem needs to be about leaves and love. If your fifth grader is more attached to his phone or computer, introduce him to the apostrophe poem.

Not every poem needs to be about leaves and love. If your fifth grader is more attached to his phone or computer, introduce him to the apostrophe poem.

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

Fourth Grade

Writing

Activity

Go Direct for Better Paragraphs

Activity

Go Direct for Better Paragraphs

Fifth Grade

Writing

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

Activity

Go Direct for Better Paragraphs

Activity

Go Direct for Better Paragraphs

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

Fourth Grade

Writing

Activity

A Malala-Inspired Activity: Listicle Blog Posts

Activity

A Malala-Inspired Activity: Listicle Blog Posts

Third Grade

Writing

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

Activity

A Malala-Inspired Activity: Listicle Blog Posts

Activity

A Malala-Inspired Activity: Listicle Blog Posts

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

Fifth Grade

Writing

Activity

Write an Art Project Proposal

Activity

Write an Art Project Proposal

Fifth Grade

Writing

Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals.

Activity

Write an Art Project Proposal

Activity

Write an Art Project Proposal

Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals.

Fifth Grade

Writing

Activity

Book Through the Summer

Activity

Book Through the Summer

Fourth Grade

Writing

To help keep summer memories alive, have your fifth grader utilize their writing skills to create a summer book keepsake!

Activity

Book Through the Summer

Activity

Book Through the Summer

To help keep summer memories alive, have your fifth grader utilize their writing skills to create a summer book keepsake!

Fourth Grade

Writing

Activity

A Living Timeline: The American Revolution

Lesson Plan

A Living Timeline: The American Revolution

Fifth Grade

Reading

Make history come alive with this interactive lesson! Students will have a blast presenting a "living timeline" to help their classmates understand the events of the Revolutionary War.

Lesson Plan

A Living Timeline: The American Revolution

Lesson Plan

A Living Timeline: The American Revolution

Make history come alive with this interactive lesson! Students will have a blast presenting a "living timeline" to help their classmates understand the events of the Revolutionary War.

Fifth Grade

Reading

Lesson Plan

E-etiquette and Digital Dialogue

Lesson Plan

E-etiquette and Digital Dialogue

Fifth Grade

Writing

Do your students need guidance in online peer conferences? If you need to teach your students how to collaborate in an online writing conference, then this lesson plan is for you!

Lesson Plan

E-etiquette and Digital Dialogue

Lesson Plan

E-etiquette and Digital Dialogue

Do your students need guidance in online peer conferences? If you need to teach your students how to collaborate in an online writing conference, then this lesson plan is for you!

In this lesson, your students will practice writing about places important to them through poetry. By the time they are done, students will have become better writers and taken a walk down memory lane!

In this lesson, your students will practice writing about places important to them through poetry. By the time they are done, students will have become better writers and taken a walk down memory lane!

Fourth Grade

Reading

Lesson Plan

What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts

Lesson Plan

What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts

Fourth Grade

Writing

Understanding the big idea of a nonfiction text and being able to write a succinct summary are key fourth grade skills. This lesson focuses on summarizing a nonfiction passage in 3-4 sentences.

Lesson Plan

What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts

Lesson Plan

What's the Big Idea? Summarizing Nonfiction Texts

Understanding the big idea of a nonfiction text and being able to write a succinct summary are key fourth grade skills. This lesson focuses on summarizing a nonfiction passage in 3-4 sentences.

Discovering Nonfiction Details

Lesson Plan

Discovering Nonfiction Details

Fourth Grade

Writing

Give your ELs concrete experience with adverbs and adverbial phrases as a tool to discover details in nonfiction texts. Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the Hey! What's the Big Idea? lesson.

Lesson Plan

EL

Discovering Nonfiction Details

Lesson Plan

Discovering Nonfiction Details

Give your ELs concrete experience with adverbs and adverbial phrases as a tool to discover details in nonfiction texts. Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the Hey! What's the Big Idea? lesson.

This experiment is a fun lesson that captures the ears, eyes, and minds of students! It combines writing, reasoning, predictions, and teamwork with candies and soda to produce a memorable lesson on chemical reactions and energy.

This experiment is a fun lesson that captures the ears, eyes, and minds of students! It combines writing, reasoning, predictions, and teamwork with candies and soda to produce a memorable lesson on chemical reactions and energy.

Fourth Grade

Writing

Lesson Plan

4th and 5th Grade Writing Resources for 'expanded form'

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4th and 5th Grade Writing Resources for 'expanded form'