We are following the Texas Essentials Knowledge and Skills for Composition from 3rd-5th Grade. 
(https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/Grade4_TEKS_0819.pdf)

(11) Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing
process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are
legible and uses appropriate conventions. The student is expected to:
(A) plan a first draft by selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a
range of strategies such as brainstorming, free-writing, and mapping;
(B) develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by:
(i) organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, and a
conclusion; and
(ii) developing an engaging idea with relevant details;
(C) revise drafts to improve sentence structure and word choice by adding, deleting,
combining, and rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity;
(D) edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
(i) complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement and
avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
(ii) past tense of irregular verbs;
(iii) singular, plural, common, and proper nouns;
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(iv) adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms;
(v) adverbs that convey frequency and adverbs that convey degree;
(vi) prepositions and prepositional phrases;
(vii) pronouns, including reflexive;
(viii) coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects, predicates, and sentences;
(ix) capitalization of historical periods, events, and documents; titles of books; stories
and essays; and languages, races, and nationalities;
(x) punctuation marks, including apostrophes in possessives, commas in compound
sentences, and quotation marks in dialogue; and
(xi) correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules
and high-frequency words; and
(E) publish written work for appropriate audiences.

This is Miss Marler's 3rd year of teaching writing on Outschool full-time. She loves meeting writers from all over America and around the world! She loves watching writers grow and develop their skills and share their passions with each other. She hopes to cultivate within her writers a life-long love of writing, confidence in their abilities, and soundness within their conventions. 

Prior to teaching on Outschool, Miss Marler wore a variety of hats in both the formal and informal education field. She is a former Texas public school teacher and a Texas A&M graduate. She loves "Frog and Toad" books. Her favorite book is the Bible.

Homework Offered
Assessments Offered
Writers are provided with verbal and written feedback on outlines, rough drafts, illustrations, and final copies from beginning to completion of the project. 
Grades Offered