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Free 4th Grade Information Reports: Facts, Subheadings and Topic Sentences Worksheet

Students learn three building blocks of an information report using facts about octopuses. They tell facts from opinions, sort facts under subheadings (appearance, habitat, diet, staying safe), choose the best topic sentence for a paragraph and rewrite chatty sentences in a formal, factual voice. They finish by writing one report paragraph that starts with a topic sentence.

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Grade
4th Grade
Subject
English
Topic
Informative Writing
Difficulty
Level 2 · Standard
Estimated time
30 minutes
Curriculum
Texas grade levels (TEKS)
Questions
20
Answers
Included, with working
Format
PDF (A4), print or complete online

Students will practice

  • telling facts from opinions
  • sorting facts under subheadings
  • choosing a topic sentence for a paragraph
  • writing in a formal, factual voice
  • writing a report paragraph

Curriculum: Texas grade levels (TEKS). We show specific outcome codes only where they have been verified against the official curriculum document.

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  1. Print the PDF or complete it on screen. Write the student's name and date at the top.
  2. Read the instructions for each part together before starting. Encourage working to be shown.
  3. Mark with the answer sheet. Use the model answers and success criteria as a guide rather than a single right answer.
  4. Record the score, celebrate what went well, then follow the "What's next" suggestion.

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4th Grade students (typically ages 9–10) working on informative writing. It is pitched at level 2 · standard.

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Success TutoringWorksheets4th Grade · English · Informative Writing

Information Reports: Facts, Subheadings and Topic Sentences

Name

Date

Score /

Information reports use facts, grouped under subheadings, in a formal voice.

Part A: Fact or opinion?

A fact can be checked and proved true. An opinion is what someone thinks or feels. Information reports use facts. Circle fact or opinion.

1.Octopuses have eight arms.
  1. Afact
  2. Bopinion
2.Octopuses are the most amazing animals in the sea.
  1. Afact
  2. Bopinion
3.An octopus has three hearts.
  1. Afact
  2. Bopinion
4.Octopuses look scary.
  1. Afact
  2. Bopinion
5.An octopus can squirt ink to escape from predators.
  1. Afact
  2. Bopinion
6.Everyone should want an octopus as a pet.
  1. Afact
  2. Bopinion

Part B: Sort the facts

An information report groups facts under subheadings. Circle the subheading each fact belongs under.

7.Octopuses eat crabs, clams and small fish.
  1. AAppearance
  2. BHabitat
  3. CDiet
  4. DStaying safe
8.An octopus has a soft body and no bones.
  1. AAppearance
  2. BHabitat
  3. CDiet
  4. DStaying safe
9.Octopuses live in oceans all around the world.
  1. AAppearance
  2. BHabitat
  3. CDiet
  4. DStaying safe
10.An octopus can hide by changing its skin to match the rocks around it.
  1. AAppearance
  2. BHabitat
  3. CDiet
  4. DStaying safe
11.Many octopuses make dens in rocky cracks on the sea floor.
  1. AAppearance
  2. BHabitat
  3. CDiet
  4. DStaying safe
12.Each arm is covered in suckers.
  1. AAppearance
  2. BHabitat
  3. CDiet
  4. DStaying safe
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