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Pill Bug Writing: One Topic, Two Readers

Compare a sign for young children and a family newsletter article about pill bugs, then match writing to its task, purpose and audience.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toW.4.4

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1 Common Core standard
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11 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 4
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students identify the task, purpose and audience of two pieces of writing on one topic.
Students choose words, sentences and an order that suit a given reader and purpose.
Students rewrite a sentence so it fits a younger audience.

How to use

Read both pieces aloud and talk about who each one is for. Students then answer the questions on their own and share their rewritten sentences with a partner.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

W.4.4

Produce clear, coherent writing whose development and organization suit the task, purpose, and audience.

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Pill Bug Writing: One Topic, Two Readers

See how a writer changes her words and order for different readers.

Read Nadia's two pieces

Nadia's class keeps pill bugs in a bug box. She wrote two pieces about them for two different readers. Read both pieces.

Nadia's Two Pieces About Pill Bugs

1Piece A: A Sign for Our Kindergarten Visitors
Meet our roly-polies! They are small and gray. They like dark, wet places, so they hide under the leaves.

2You may touch them gently with one finger. If a roly-poly feels scared, it rolls into a tiny ball. Wait, and it will open up again. Please put the lid back on so their home stays damp. Thank you for being kind to our tiny friends!

3Piece B: An Article for the Family Newsletter
Our class has twelve new guests this month: pill bugs! Many people call them roly-polies or bugs, but pill bugs are not insects. They belong to a group of animals called crustaceans, the same group as crabs and shrimp. Like their ocean relatives, pill bugs need moisture to breathe. That is why they live in damp places, such as under logs, stones and piles of dead leaves.

4Pill bugs help the soil. They eat dead leaves and rotting wood. As they eat, they break these materials into tiny bits. Over time, those bits become part of the soil that helps new plants grow. When a pill bug is in danger, it rolls into a ball. Its hard outer plates protect its soft body.

5In our classroom, the pill bugs live in a clear box filled with soil, leaves and bark. Each morning, a student helper sprays the soil with water so it stays damp. We keep the box out of the sun. Our kindergarten buddies visit the box every Friday. In the spring, we will return the pill bugs to the school garden. If you would like to see them, please visit Room 12 on Family Night.

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