Browse 5th Grade Common Core Nonfiction Writing Educational Resources

Write a Personal Narrative Story

This worksheet template guides children through the pre-writing and writing process, helping them to organize their thoughts before they write.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Cite and Explain Your Evidence #1: Literary Response

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Cite and Explain Your Evidence #1: Literary Response

This guided practice reinforces how strong writers make a claim that they can support with strong evidence.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Burger Graphic Organizer

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Burger Graphic Organizer

Young authors will enjoy planning their writing with this memorable burger-themed graphic organizer.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Writing Instructions

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Writing Instructions

Help your child learn to write clearly and concisely by writing her own set of "how to" instructions.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Map Your Essay: Graphic Organizer

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Map Your Essay: Graphic Organizer

Young writers map out their essays with the help of this graphic organizer.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Journal Writing Task Cards #1

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Journal Writing Task Cards #1

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Summer Writing Prompt #1: My Dream Vacation

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Summer Writing Prompt #1: My Dream Vacation

In this summer writing prompt worksheet, children will describe their dream summer vacation.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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How to Write Your Own Persuasive Paragraph

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How to Write Your Own Persuasive Paragraph

Young writers practice crafting thoughtful, compelling paragraphs with this persuasive writing worksheet.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Practice Writing a Conclusion

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Practice Writing a Conclusion

Learners practice writing endings with impact in this nonfiction conclusion writing worksheet.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Write Your Essay

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Write Your Essay

This worksheet will help your writers begin to craft their essay by walking them, step-by-step, through paragraph writing and structuring their ideas.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Complete the Table: Narrative Elements

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Complete the Table: Narrative Elements

Readers will reinforce their understanding of key narrative features in this writing exercise.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Write a Persuasive Paragraph: Social Media

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Write a Persuasive Paragraph: Social Media

In this worksheet, learners will practice planning and writing a compelling persuasive paragraph on the topic of social media.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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What is a Narrative? Kinds of Narratives

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What is a Narrative? Kinds of Narratives

In this worksheet, learners come to better understand the different kinds of narratives, and how they are similar and different, by creating a map of narrative genres.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Writing an Opinion

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Writing an Opinion

Challenge your outspoken learner to put their opinions down on paper, and practice writing persuasive text while they're at it.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Argument Writing: Sentence Frames

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Argument Writing: Sentence Frames

Introduce your students to words and phrases that will strengthen their argument writing.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Outline an Informative Paragraph

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Outline an Informative Paragraph

Use this sample paragraph and outline to help students write their own informational paragraphs.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Summer Writing Prompt #4: My Favorite Destination

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Summer Writing Prompt #4: My Favorite Destination

In this summer writing prompt worksheet, children will describe their favorite place to spend time during summer.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Research Graphic Organizer

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Research Graphic Organizer

Encourage learners to engage in research by offering them this Research Graphic Organizer to help guide their explorations and record their findings.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Argument Writing: Parts of an Argument

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Argument Writing: Parts of an Argument

Introduce your students to the five parts of an effective argument.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Persuasive Writing Prompt Cards

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Persuasive Writing Prompt Cards

Your students will be ready to share their opinions and evidence when answering high interest persuasive writing prompts.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Argument Writing: Counter-Arguments

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Argument Writing: Counter-Arguments

With this exercise, students will practice writing counter-arguments and rebuttals.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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It's Elemental

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It's Elemental

Kids can practice reading informational texts and explore the periodic table with this introduction to science topics that will extend to high school chemistry and beyond.

5th grade

Science

Workbook