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Free 4th Grade Writing Worksheets

7 free writing resources for 4th Grade: 6 worksheets, 1 study guide. Answers included.

Text types, planning and writing craft. In 4th Grade, In 4th grade students multiply larger numbers, divide with remainders, explore equivalent fractions, decimals to hundredths, angles and area.

Students will practice: building tension towards a complication; showing feelings through actions and dialogue; using paragraphs to organize a story; writing a resolution that answers the mystery; writing an opening that hooks the reader; focusing on one important moment; writing a reflective ending; understanding the four parts of a narrative and what each one does.

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Worksheets

Printable practice with an answer sheet.

  • Worksheet

    Text Features in Informational Writing: Headings, Captions, and Diagrams

    A 4th grade informative writing worksheet about text features. Students read a short informational article about monarch butterfly…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    30 min
    Questions
    10 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Writing a Procedure: How-To Instructions

    Students learn how a procedure tells the reader how to do or make something. They read a model procedure for growing a bean plant and find…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    30 min
    Questions
    17 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Writing Dialogue in Stories

    Students learn how dialogue brings a story to life. They read a short model scene and notice how each new speaker starts a new line, how…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    30 min
    Questions
    21 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Information Reports: Facts, Subheadings and Topic Sentences

    Students learn three building blocks of an information report using facts about octopuses. They tell facts from opinions, sort facts under…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    30 min
    Questions
    20 questions
    Answers
    Answers included

Study Guides

Clear explanations, examples and tips.

  • Study Guide

    Narrative Writing: Story Structure and Show, Don't Tell

    Teaches 4th grade students the four parts of a narrative (orientation, complication, series of events, resolution) and the show-don't-tell…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    15 min

Writing Prompts

Prompts with planning space and success criteria.

  • Writing Prompt

    The Note in the Library Book — Narrative Writing

    A mystery prompt: a handwritten note falls out of a library book, and it is addressed to you. Students plan a story with rising tension…

    Difficulty
    Level 1 · Easier
    Time
    40 min
    Questions
    6 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Writing Prompt

    A Time I Tried Something New — Personal Narrative

    A personal narrative prompt for 4th graders: students write about a real moment when they tried something new for the first time, such as…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    40 min
    Questions
    7 questions
    Answers
    Answers included

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What do 4th Grade students learn about writing?

Text types, planning and writing craft. At 4th Grade, our resources focus on: building tension towards a complication; showing feelings through actions and dialogue; using paragraphs to organize a story; writing a resolution that answers the mystery.

Where should we start?

Read the study guide first, then start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet. Finish with the topic test.

Are answers included?

Yes — every worksheet has an answer sheet. Maths answer sheets show the working; English tasks include model answers or success criteria.

How to use these resources

  1. Pair a reading comprehension with a writing prompt on a similar text type.
  2. Use the model answers and success criteria on the answer sheet to talk through what 'good' looks like.
  3. Keep spelling practice short and daily; test on Friday.
  4. Edit a piece of writing together using the grammar worksheet for the skill they're learning.

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