4th Grade Opinion Writing Resources

Prompts invite students to consider the meaning behind each amendment to the U.S. Constitution — and to illustrate them as well.

Use this resource with your students to discuss a hot topic, video games!

In this worksheet, children read the story of Parks' act of passive resistance, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on why the boycott was successful, as well as why it inspired the support of so many people around the United States.

Students love to share their opinions, especially about topics that matter to them. Use this resource to give your students practice responding to an opinion prompt that will surely get them buzzing about what they think, school uniforms!

Help your fourth graders organize the structure of their literary essays with this graphic organizer.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

With this worksheet, students will read a short text about Malala Yousafzai's fight for girls’ rights to education in Pakistan, and then answer questions about the importance of standing up for what they believe in.

Students will practice making connections between a text and their real life experiences in this reading comprehension activity.

Get your students excited about making text connections!

Let your voice be heard! Prepare students for essay writing with these fun prompts that encourage them to express their opinions.

This guided practice reinforces how strong writers make claims and support them with strong evidence.

These example literary responses model how to cite and explain evidence to support a claim.

Children learn how to develop the thinking skills required to move from an opinion statement to a support statement in this three-part, self-guided worksheet.