 | Third, Fourth & Fifth Grade Writing Standards
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| WS1.1 (Habits and Processes)
1.1 – write
daily
1.2 – generate
content and topic and spend the necessary amount of time to revisit and refine
their writing
1.3 - extend and
rework pieces of writing
1.4 - routinely
rework, revise, edit and proofread their work
1.5 - publish 10
– 12 pieces for an audience in and beyond the classroom
1.6 - write for
a specific purpose of their own
1.7 – use
specific elements of a favorite author craft to refine the quality of their
own work
1.8 – apply
criteria to judge the quality of their writing
WS2.1 (Narrative Writing)
1.1 - Engages the reader
1.2 - Create a believable world; Character descriptions
1.3 - Naturally unfolding sequenced
events
1.4 - Provide pacing
1.5 - Character development and who
solves the problem
1.6 - Develop plot through details,
character emotions, dialogue, and
other strategies
1.7 - Reflective comments
1.8 – Provide a sense of closure
WS2.2 (Report Writing)
2.1 - Obvious organizational structure
2.2 - Communicate ideas through facts,
details, quotations, statistics, and
information
2.3 - Concluding sentence or section
2.4 - Use diagrams, charts, or
illustrations
WS2.3 (Functional/Narrative Procedure)
3.1 - Engages the reader
3.2 - Identifies the topic
3.3 - Provide a guide to action
3.4 - Show steps in action with details
3.5 - Include relevant details
3.6 - Straightforward language
3.7 - Illustrations detailing steps in the
procedure
WS2.4 (Producing & Responding to Literature)
4.1 - Support interpretation by making
specific references to the text
4.2 - Provide enough detail so that the
reader understands the interpretation
4.3 - Go beyond retelling
4.4 - Compare two works by the same
author
4.5 - Discuss several works that have a
common idea or theme
4.6 - Make connections between text and
their own lives
WS3.4 (Punctuation/Capitalization & Other Conventions)
4.1
– use capital letters at the beginning
of sentences
4.2 – use periods and all other punctuation correctly nearly all of
the
time
4.3 – approximate the use of quotation
marks
4.4 – approximate the use of commas
4.5 – use question marks
4.7 – use capital and lowercase letters
4.8 – use contractions
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