School Improvement in Maryland
Writing to Inform: Grades 4 - 5

Students will demonstrate their ability to write to inform by developing and organizing facts to convey information.

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Create a paragraph that guides and informs the reader’s understanding of key ideas and evidence and that presents effective introductory and concluding sentences, logical sequencing of ideas, and transitional words          
Create a clear organizing structure that includes descriptions placed in a logical, chronological, or narrative sequence in ways that help the reader follow the line of thought          
Connect relevant descriptions, including sensory details, personal experiences, observations, and/or research-based information, linking paragraphs and ideas in ways that make a topic or message clear to the reader          
Improve the organizational and consistency in ideas among paragraphs by revising writing based on given or self-generated criteria and on others’ responses          
Write essays of description and problem/solution for an intended audience and purpose that use concrete sensory details to support impressions of people, places, and things          
Write letters (friendly and formal) that address the knowledge and interests of the audience and state the purpose and the context          
Write information reports for an intended audience and purpose that frame a key question, present a literal understanding of the topic, and include facts and details that illuminate the main idea