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Write a Conclusion
Grade 4 - Writing - Building Confidence
Worksheet 1
1Which conclusion best finishes a piece about why the class should keep a weather station? Main idea: A weather station helps students collect data and notice patterns.
2Which ending is too weak for a piece about why garden signs help visitors?
3Which ending adds unrelated new information?
4Why is this a strong conclusion: "Keeping a weather station would make daily weather data part of real classroom learning."
5Which sentence copies the main idea too closely instead of concluding it?
About this worksheet
A conclusion should make a piece feel finished without simply copying the first sentence or adding a brand-new topic. Fourth graders often end with The end, a vague sentence, or an unrelated fact that sends the reader in a new direction. This worksheet focuses on the final sentence as a craft choice. Students choose conclusions for opinion, informative, and narrative pieces, identify why a conclusion works, and reject endings that are copied, weak, or off topic. A copied opener is often a sign that the writer has not truly closed the idea. Parents should check whether the ending points back to the main idea. A strong conclusion does not need to be long. It needs to remind the reader what mattered and leave the paragraph or story settled.
What your child will learn
Choose a conclusion that fits the writing purpose
Restate the main idea without copying it exactly
Avoid weak or unrelated endings
Explain why a conclusion makes writing feel finished
Worked example
A paragraph about animal tracks can conclude that tracks are valuable evidence because they show signs of wildlife after the animal is gone.
Common mistake
Adding a new detail at the end instead of closing the idea already developed.
Helpful hint
A conclusion should look back at the main idea, not start a new paragraph.
Worksheet 1