4th Grade Common Core Writing: Adding Detail to Narrative with the 5 Ws, by WriteSteps

Common Core writers workshop for fourth grade by http://WriteStepsWriting.com. This 21-minute video features guided writing, adding detail & description with the 5 Ws and H, and examples of conferencing with students.

WriteSteps is a comprehensive writing system created for teachers, by teachers. It includes a year's worth of Common Core lesson plans that integrate best practices like writers workshop, the 6 Traits, graphic organizers, and the Madeline Hunter lesson steps in a format that shortens the learning curve to becoming a master K-5 writing teacher. WriteSteps offers web-based lessons, visual aids, rubrics, and other resources. To use our Common Core lessons free for 30 days at no obligation, go to http://writestepswriting.com/freetria....

The lesson plans for this video are found on our website in eWriteSteps. Other units feature Informative writing, Opinion writing, and Research. For inspiration and more information about K-5 writing and teaching, like us on Facebook,   / corestandardwritesteps  . We also have free Common Core resources on Pinterest, at   / writesteps  .

WriteSteps Founder & CEO Suzanne Klein is a former K-5 teacher and writing consultant with extensive training in writing pedagogy best practices, especially writer's workshop and 6 Traits. She has taught all elementary grades including a Title I literacy program, and gave professional development workshops on Balanced Writing for the Bureau of Education Research. Klein holds a Master of Arts degree in teaching, is a National Writing Project fellow, and draws inspiration from teachers such as Ralph Fletcher, Barry Lane, Lucy Calkins, Katie Wood Ray, and John Collins.