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Write a Conclusion
Grade 4 - Writing - On Level
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 how animal tracks help scientists?
3Which ending adds unrelated new information?
4Why is this a strong conclusion: "Animal tracks are valuable evidence because they show signs of wildlife even when the animal is gone."
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