We will begin the year with basic sentence and paragraph writing. This includes using a program called Power Writing which is excellent at helping students to see the structure of paragraphs. We will also begin discussions on the writing process. In Power Writing a good base paragraph for fourth grade is as follows (and students should know what the numbers stand for soon!):
1) Power 1- main idea/topic sentence
2) Power 2- major detail about power 1
3) Power 3-minor detail (about power 2)
3) Power 3-minor detail (about power 2)
1) Power 1-restate main idea/topic sentence
1) Power 1- main idea/topic sentence
2) Power 2- major detail about power 1
3) Power 3-minor detail (about power 2)
3) Power 3-minor detail (about power 2)
1) Power 1-restate main idea/topic sentence