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Common Core ELA4th GradeWriting

W.4.6: Publish, Collaborate and Type a Page

Also written as CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.6 · Cluster: Production and Distribution of Writing.

Make a Typing PromptAll 43 4th Grade ELA Standards

The Official Wording

With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting.

Common Core State Standards, Grade 4, Writing · Read it at the source · Checked October 14, 2026

What W.4.6 Means in Plain English

Fourth graders type and publish their writing, with an adult nearby, on a class website, blog or shared document, and they use it to work with others: replying to a reader’s comment or co-writing a slideshow. Their typing should hold up for one full page in a sitting.

Third grade (W.3.6) asks students to type and publish with adult guidance. Fourth grade brings in the internet, eases the support to some guidance and sets the first typing target, one page. Fifth grade (W.5.6) doubles the target to two pages in a sitting.

W.4.6 I Can Statements

  • I can type and publish my writing with some adult help.
  • I can use the internet to reply to and work with others.
  • I can type at least one full page in one sitting.

W.4.6 Worked Example

Publishing online means readers can answer back. Here are two typed replies to the same reader’s comment.

Prompt

Our class website post, “Who Visits Our Window?”, got a comment from a reader: “I love your photos! How do you tell a house finch from a house sparrow?” Type a reply that answers her question and keeps the conversation going.

Not Yetwe just look at them. they look kind of the same but different.thanks for readingNo capital letters, a missing space after a period and no real answer. A reader on the other end of the internet learns nothing she could use at her own window.
Meets the StandardHi, and thanks for reading our post! The easiest clue is color: a male house finch has a red head and chest, but a male house sparrow is brown and gray with a black patch under his beak. The females are trickier because both are brown. A female finch has blurry brown streaks all down her belly, and a female sparrow’s belly is plain. Our Bird Photos page shows them side by side with labels. Which one visits your window more?It answers her actual question with details she can check, sorts the easy case (males) from the hard one (females), points her to a page on the class website and ends with a question that keeps the conversation going. Capitals, spacing and punctuation show the typing is under control.
Moves to Use
Thank the reader and answer the exact question asked.Give details the reader can check for herself.Point to a page or photo on the class site.End with a question so the conversation continues.Proofread capitals and spaces before pressing Post.

Common Mistakes with W.4.6

Typing like a text message

No capitals, no spaces after periods and “thx” for thanks

Try this: Model a reply on the projector, then have students check Shift for capitals and one space after each period before posting.

Hunting and pecking all year

A student who needs three sessions to type half a page

Try this: Schedule ten minutes of keyboarding practice several times a week from early fall, and time a one-page typing session monthly.

Online, but nobody answers

Every piece goes up on the class site, and no one reads or replies to anyone else’s

Try this: Pair each published piece with a classmate or another class who must read it and post one specific question or reply.

Where W.4.6 Fits

Comes BeforeW.3.6With adult guidance, type, publish and use technology to work with others.
AlongsideW.4.5Revise and edit the draft before it goes online.SL.4.5Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when they help the main ideas.
Comes NextW.5.6The same publishing and collaboration, with two typed pages in a sitting.

Practice W.4.6

Writing Prompt GeneratorFree ToolA fresh prompt for a timed typing session: students type straight into a document and aim for one full page before time is up.Journal3-5On screen
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Quick Check

  1. What question did the reader ask?
  2. How does the strong reply help her tell the females apart?
  3. How much typing does W.4.6 ask for, and how does 5th grade change it?

W.4.6: Other Names

W.4.6CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.6

Common Core State Standards © Copyright 2010. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved. Official wording from the Common Core State Standards PDFs at corestandards.org, last checked October 14, 2026. The explanation, I can statements, example, mistakes and practice on this page are EMStudio’s own, written beside the official wording. They are not part of the standard.