Text-Based Writing, Grade 4 Teacher Resource

nScaffolded text-based writing and reading comprehension lessons help grade 4 students improve their reading and writing skills! n nLessons include practice with essential nonfiction writing forms: n n- Compare and contrast n- Sequence n- Explanatory n- Informative n- Cause and effect n- Opinion n- Argument n12 leveled nonfiction texts range from levels O to T and include: n n- Biographies n- Health articles n- Science articles n- Social studies articles nUnits provide reading comprehension guidance and pre-writing tasks that prepare students to complete text-dependent writing prompts.n nEach unit begins with a unit focus and lesson checklist to guide students through the learning path, which includes: n n- directed reading strategies n- a dictionary page that introduces content words n- close reading of a leveled nonfiction article n- text-dependent comprehension questions to support understanding n- a graphic organizer to help students organize information from the articl and plan their writing n- a text-dependent writing prompt nAdditional resources and features for teachers include: n n- Texts across the curriculum that range from reading levels O to T n- A suggested teaching that helps teachers pace the lesson and provide scaffolded instruction n- A student rubric that focuses on the 6 traits of writing: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions n- A vocabulary and definitions list n- A lesson objective and content-area concept for each unit nAbout Evan-Moor Educational Publishersn nIgniting young minds to help every child learn and succeed! Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK - 8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor's award-winning resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children's hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential.n