Writing & Spelling

WRITING

4th grade Brief Constructed Response Format:  BATS

• Borrow from the Question

• Answer the Question

• Text Evidence (cite 2 pieces from the passage or story)

• Summary Statement

5th grade Brief Constructed Response Format:  RACES

• Restate the Question

• Answer the Question

• Cite Text Evidence

• Explain why the evidence supports your answer

• Summary Statement

• RACES Writing Strategy Video (youtube)

Topic Sentence Practice

Proofreading Makes Perfect

Story Starters (Spin to create a story from a prompt.)

Poetry Idea Engine (Create different types of poems.)

Myths Brainstorming Machine

Character Scrapbook

Comic Generator

Animal Inquiry

Trading Card Creator

Acrostic Poem

SPELLING

Sitton Spelling Words (level 9 and 10-words 401-500)

Fish ’Em Up (suffixes-doubling consonants, change y to i)

Spelling City (different activities where you enter the words that need to be practiced)

Sandcastle Quiz (practices vowel patterns OW, OY, AR, DEEP U - oo/u, AIR - air/are/ear, OR - or/ore/oar/war, AW - aw/au/augh/al, 

Write a Postcard (works on correct vowel spelling patterns)

Print and Do (printable worksheets to help with vowel patterns)