4th and 5th Grade State Writing Test Prep (OST)

Students struggling with multi paragraph essay writing? This packet will have 4th and 5th graders practicing how to construct on-line, multi paragraph essays in preparation for state testing! I’ve provided links to 9 text passages and 3 written response prompts (2 informative/explanatory and 1 opinion) to share with students on their devices to mimic the computer based testing experience! Each prompt is paired with 3 related text sources that include the level of rigor, academic vocabulary, and close reading that will be expected of students during their writing performance based tests. Two “kid friendly” rubrics are also included to help guide students’ writing progress. I work with Google Classroom in my own 4th grade class and this type of resource is a perfect fit! Whether your students utilize technology in a 1:1 fashion, a computer classroom, stations/small groups, or a mixture of all of these, this product has proven to really provide students with the practice and skills they will need. In addition, I’ve also provided hard copies of all passages and student response documents if a more traditional “paper/ pencil” version of test prep materials is desired.

In this zip file you will find the following resources:

~student informative prompt on “Invasive Species in Ohio”

~3 related sources of information (Unwelcome Guests, How Have

Invasive Species Impacted Ohio? Preventing the Spread of Non-

Native Species)

~student opinion prompt on “Can Too Much Technology be Harmful?”

~3 related sources of information (Digital Natives, The Effects of

Screen Time, Can Computers Pose a Health Risk for our Kids?)

~student explanatory prompt on “Wild Animals as Pets”

~3 related sources of information (The Call of the Wild, Caging the

Wild Animal, Protecting the Rights of our Wild Friends)

~access to ALL documents via Google Drive links provided! (with clear

directions included)

~2 student-friendly comprehensive writing rubrics

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