Missouri 4th Grade Standards in Writing

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4.W Writing

• 4.W.1 Apply a writing process to develop a text for audience and purpose
  • 4.W.1.A Follow a writing process to plan a first draft by:
    • 4.W.1.A.a selecting a genre appropriate for conveying the purpose to an intended audience
    • 4.W.1.A.b formulating questions related to the topic
    • 4.W.1.A.c accessing prior knowledge or building background knowledge related to the topic
    • 4.W.1.A.d using a pre-writing strategy
  • 4.W.1.B Appropriate to genre type, develop a draft from prewriting by:
    • 4.W.1.B.a generating a main idea to support a multiple paragraph text, using a variety of sentence types, including compound
    • 4.W.1.B.b establishing and supporting a main idea with an overall topic sentence at, or near, the beginning of the first paragraph
    • 4.W.1.B.c categorizing, organizing, and sequencing facts, details, and/or events into a text (from sources when appropriate) into clear introductory, supporting, and concluding paragraphs
    • 4.W.1.B.d addressing an appropriate audience
  • 4.W.1.C Reread, revise and edit drafts with assistance to:
    • 4.W.1.C.a develop and strengthen writing by revising
      • 4.W.1.C.a.1 main idea
      • 4.W.1.C.a.2 sequence (ideas)
      • 4.W.1.C.a.3 focus
      • 4.W.1.C.a.4 beginning/middle/end
      • 4.W.1.C.a.5 details/facts (from multiple sources, when appropriate)
      • 4.W.1.C.a.6 word choice (related to the topic)
      • 4.W.1.C.a.7 sentence structure
      • 4.W.1.C.a.8 transitions
      • 4.W.1.C.a.9 audience and purpose
      • 4.W.1.C.a.10 voice
    • 4.W.1.C.b edit for language conventions
  • 4.W.1.D With assistance from adults/peers:
    • 4.W.1.D.a use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing
    • 4.W.1.D.b demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page, ideally in a single sitting
• 4.W.2 Compose well-developed writing texts for audience and purpose.
  • 4.W.2.A Write opinion texts that:
    • 4.W.2.A.a introduce a topic or text being studied using an introductory paragraph
    • 4.W.2.A.b state an opinion or establish a position and provide reasons for the opinion/position, supported by facts and details
    • 4.W.2.A.c use specific and accurate words that are related to the topic, audience and purpose
    • 4.W.2.A.d contain information using student’s original language, except when using direct quotation from a source
    • 4.W.2.A.e reference the name of the author(s) or name of the source used for details or facts included in the text
    • 4.W.2.A.f use transitions to connect opinion and reason
    • 4.W.2.A.g organize the supporting details/reasons into introductory, supporting, and concluding paragraphs
  • 4.W.2.B Write informative/ explanatory texts that:
    • 4.W.2.B.a introduce a topic using a topic sentence in an introductory paragraph
    • 4.W.2.B.b develop the topic into supporting paragraphs from sources, using topic sentences with facts, details, examples, and quotations
    • 4.W.2.B.c use specific, relevant and accurate words that are suited to the topic, audience, and purpose
    • 4.W.2.B.d contain information using student’s original language, except when using direct quotations from a source
    • 4.W.2.B.e use transitions to connect categories of information
    • 4.W.2.B.f use text structures when useful
    • 4.W.2.B.g create a concluding paragraph related to the information
  • 4.W.2.C Write fiction or nonfiction narratives and poems that:
    • 4.W.2.C.a establish a setting, situation/topic and introduce a narrator and/or characters
    • 4.W.2.C.b use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, motivation and descriptions
    • 4.W.2.C.c organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally to establish a beginning/middle/end
    • 4.W.2.C.d use a variety of transitions to manage the sequence of events
    • 4.W.2.C.e use specific, relevant and accurate words that are suited to the topic, audience, and purpose
• 4.W.3 Gather, analyze, evaluate and use information from a variety of sources.
  • 4.W.3.A Apply research process to:
    • 4.W.3.A.a generate a list of subject appropriate topics
    • 4.W.3.A.b create a research question to address relevant to a chosen topic
    • 4.W.3.A.c identify a variety of relevant sources, literary and informational
    • 4.W.3.A.d use organizational features of print and digital sources efficiently to locate information
    • 4.W.3.A.e convert graphic/visual data into written notes
    • 4.W.3.A.f determine the accuracy of the information gathered
    • 4.W.3.A.g differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using ideas of others
    • 4.W.3.A.h record bibliographic information from sources according to a standard format
    • 4.W.3.A.i present and evaluate how completely, accurately, and efficiently the research question was explored or answered using previously established teacher/student criteria