Description
Are you looking to get your 4th grade students excited about informative writing? This Informational Writing unit is perfect for you! It comes with kid-friendly rubrics, anchor charts, graphic organizers, and even centers! With the included mentor text and lesson plans, you will be able to effortlessly guide your students through writing an informational report!
Your students will love writing an informational report with this unit! The lessons are easy to follow and the activities are engaging. Plus, the included rubrics make grading simple.
When it comes to writing, there is so much we want (and need) to teach our students. However, we cannot focus on all of it all at once or we will cause our students to hate writing. I have broken this down into easy to implement lesson plans and have included all of the materials you need. This unit can be implemented at an easy pace—spread out over four weeks, or can be condensed to be taught in a shorter time period.
❤️HAVE YOUR WHOLE CLASS USE THE INCLUDED TOPIC OR USE THIS UNIT TO RESEARCH ANY TOPIC!!❤
If you choose to have your whole class write on the same topic, this informational unit even includes 2 non-fiction texts that can be used for student research. (Topic: Severe Weather). However, you can also use this unit with your own topic or by letting students choose topics.
✏️What’s Included in this Informative Writing Unit:✏️
- Mentor Text
- Rubric & Checklists
- 12 Easy to Implement Lesson Plans
- 6 Centers
- Graphic Organizers
- Posters (These anchor charts can also be printed and put in a writing notebook)
- 2 Non-Fiction Texts (one mini book, one article) for Student Research
- UPDATE: Now includes a digital (Google Slides) version of the resource! Learn more here.
Mini Lessons Taught: (W.4.2.A, W.4.2.B, W.4.2.D, W.4.2.E)
- What’s an Informational Report?
- Choosing a Topic and Finding Sources
- Finding Facts (Researching)
- In My Own Words
- Informational Report Outline
- Write an Introduction
- Writing as Paragraphs
- Writing an Ending
- Editing to Add Text Features
- Editing with a Partner
- Revising & Revisiting the Rubric
- Publishing
TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Not a single detail was left out of this packet. Everything that I could think of (and some I didn’t) was included. This made my teaching of informational reports a breeze.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐My students were able to use this resource to help them understand, plan, and then write their own informational piece. They found it engaging and fun!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐I’m very happy that I bought this resource. Teaching research writing can be very difficult, but this resource really helped with planning.
