Grade 4 · Writing · Lesson 29

Write Step-by-Step Procedures

Procedural writing tells the reader how to do or make something. Recipes, instruction manuals, science experiments, and how-to guides are all procedures. The key is clarity: every step must be easy to follow in the correct order.

What this lesson teaches

1Identify the features of procedural writing including goal, materials, and steps
2Write a clear procedure using numbered steps and sequence connectives
3Use appropriate connectives to signal the order of steps

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