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Fifth Grade Writing Worksheets and Printables

Middle school may seem like light years away to fifth-graders, but in reality it’s right around the corner. Which means now is the time to bolster those writing skills that soon will be put to the test with long-form compositions and research reports. Help your student prepare for this important transition with our fifth grade writing worksheets, which touch on everything from how to use metaphors to how to craft poetry.

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Argument Writing: Pre-Writing Organizer

This pre-writing exercise introduces five parts of a strong argument, including counter-arguments.

Werewolf Story Writing

Polish your werewolf story writing this All Hallows Eve.

Holiday Writing Prompt

Holiday writing prompts are festive and educational for your child.

Writing Instructions

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

Creative Writing: Acceptance Speech

Your child will have fun using her imagination and honing her writing skills with this writing prompt.

Writing Metaphors

Make writing magical with metaphors!

Writing Resources

Teach your child how to use writing resources like dictionaries thesauruses and help her brush up on her alphabetizing skills with this handy worksheet.

Writing with Unexpected Details

In this creative writing exercise, students will rewrite sentences to make them more interesting and practice adding vivid adjectives and adverbs to their writing.

Journal Writing Task Cards #1

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

Journal Writing Task Cards #2

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

Organization in Writing

This worksheet will improve your child's organization in writing by having him to use a flow chart to get in the habit of outlining his ideas.

Oreo Persuasive Writing

Hook your students with this cookie-themed exercise that will teach the basics of strong persuasive writing.

Argument Writing: Counter-Arguments

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

Conclusions for Informational Writing

Train your students to draft a strong conclusion essay with this writing worksheet!

Writing a Ballad

After reading about him, you and your child can try writing a ballad of your own!

Money Writing Prompt

Flex your creativity and goodwill thinking with this writing prompt.

Creative Writing: Dragons

Your fifth grader can write her own story with this fun writing prompt.

Argument Writing: Sentence Frames

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

Creative Writing: Cyclops!

Your 5th grader can decide by writing a creative and exciting story to go with this illustration.

Practice Writing a Conclusion

With this worksheet, your students will practice writing a conclusion for an informational text about photosynthesis.

Writing Prompt: Mystery

Give your budding writer a chance to create her own fictional story based on this picture writing prompt.

Argument Writing: Make a Claim

Introduce your students to argument writing with this high-interest prompt about homework!

Persuasive Writing Prompt Cards

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

Descriptive Writing: Summer Vacation

Use details and imagery to capture this long holiday in writing.

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