5th Grade Writing Worksheets : Page 3

Chinese language learners match characters to pictures in this basic phrases matching activity. Students look at four lines of dialogue, then draw a line to the corresponding illustration.

This informational text about a topic relevant to students can be used to help explain author’s claims and the reasons used to support them.

Teach students all about the Jamestown colony and important settlers with this social studies worksheet.

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

Students will use transition words to support understanding of comparing and contrasting.

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

Cite your sources correctly with these bibliography guidelines, which show how to properly cite sources like books, magazines, and web articles.

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

Inspire learners' creativity with this seasonal writing prompt about finding the perfect gift for a friend!

If your writer needs help organizing to write that big essay assignment, give them a helpful cheat-sheet full of tips on making an outline.

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

Help your students write letters to a pen pal, faraway relative, and others! This letter template gives students practice writing formal letters — like persuasive or business correspondence — and friendly, informal letters.

Use this worksheet to provide an engaging text for your students as they practice reading and analyzing an author’s claims.

Get in the spooky spirit of Halloween with our vocab-packed copy of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven."

Inspire learners to think and write creatively with this fun and seasonal writing prompt about a mysterious letter!

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

Invite learners to get creative with this fun, seasonal writing prompt about a St. Patrick's Day parade!

These example literary responses model how to cite and explain evidence to support a claim.

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

Set goals for the year ahead with this New Year's resolutions template!

Unwind the complicated language of the Declaration of Independence with this paraphrasing activity!

In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.

While playing this fun memory game, students will find a piece of evidence that supports each claim.

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

Help students cover proper punctuation, capital letters, grammar and spelling with this editing checklist as they edit their peer's work.

In this worksheet, children read an example of a bio poem for jazz musician Thelonious Monk, then use the prompt to create a bio poem for a person of their choosing.

Paraphrasing means putting another's writing into your own words. This is an important skill for middle school children to master.

Students will organize and construct the skeleton of an informative essay with this engaging problem-solving activity.

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

Most people use electronics every day, from cell phones to computers to microwaves. But does your child know where electronics come from?