An underwater bubble game where 5th grade kids read each clue and pop the bubble with the matching word, using Greek and Latin roots, prefixes and suffixes. Play online on any phone, tablet, Chromebook or computer.
Using the Science Songs (MP3 Album), students learn about different science concepts while listening to these upbeat and catchy songs.
Students underline, write, and build complete subjects in this Subject of the Sentence Worksheet, a three-part grammar page for 4th grade. An answer key is included, so checking work takes only seconds.
Using the Verb Rap Song (MP3), students will be able to define, give examples and use verbs in their own writing using the catchy and memorable lyrics.
Using the Subject and Predicate Song (Original Music Video), students will be able to define, give examples and use subjects and predicates in their own writing using the catchy and memorable lyrics.
A Smarter Balanced (CAASPP / SBAC) 5th grade ELA practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 24 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.
Using the Verb Rap Song (Original Music Video), students will be able to define, give examples and use verbs in their own writing using the catchy and memorable lyrics.
Using this Simile Song (Original Music Video), your students learn about how to use similes in order to bring emotion and feeling into their writing.
Songs for Kids Download by Have Fun Teaching has 18 fun and educational songs for kids.
This proofreading capitalization and punctuation activity gives 2nd to 5th grade students 16 self-checking detective cards for fixing sentences. A practice page and answer key are included.
This diving deep sorting words activity for 3rd to 5th grade has students sort 36 transition word cards by the job each word does. Answer key included.
This Creating Abbreviations Worksheet has 3rd graders build the short form of eight words, rewrite three sentences using them, and explain why abbreviations help. Answer key included for fast, no-prep practice.
This commas punctuation worksheet helps 5th grade students add commas to a series and after introductory phrases, then write their own sentence. An answer key is included for quick, confident checking.
This quotation marks practice worksheet gives 5th grade students practice with quotes inside quotes: they check six sentences for errors, then rewrite five with double and single marks. An answer key is included.
This quotation marks worksheet has 5th grade students decide whether marks belong around spoken words or a title, then rewrite sentences correctly. An answer key is included for quick, confident checking.
Using this Simile Song (MP3), your students learn about how to use similes in order to bring emotion and feeling into their writing.
A NJSLA-A 5th grade ELA practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 20 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.
Commas, conjunctions and quotation marks!
Fifth-grade grammar is about writing sentences that are clear and polished. Kids learn conjunctions, prepositions and interjections, and use perfect verb tenses like I had finished and I will have finished. They master commas in a series, after introductory words and in direct address, and punctuate dialogue with quotation marks. They also learn to spot and fix run-ons and fragments. The click comes when kids can proofread their own work and actually find the mistakes.
Grammar doesn't have to be dry. These moves make it memorable.
Play the subject and predicate song, then have kids split sentences in their own writing into the two parts. A catchy tune makes the idea easy to recall during writing time.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withSubject and Predicate Song (Original Music Video)VideosOpen it →Kids break words into prefixes, roots and suffixes to figure out meanings. A quick game a few times a week builds vocabulary and spelling skills.
Why it works: in a well-known study, a few short sessions of a simple number board game measurably boosted young children's number skills (Ramani and Siegler, 2008).
Try it withAdvanced Roots and Affixes GameGamesOpen it →Give kids a paragraph full of capitalization and punctuation mistakes and let them be the editor. They mark and fix each error with a colored pen. Finding errors in someone else's writing makes it easier to spot their own.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withProofreading Capitalization and Punctuation ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Fifth graders like grammar more than they admit. Try these:
VideosKids sing about similes, then write their own: "as quiet as a cat."
Open Simile Song (Original Music Video) →
ActivitiesKids hunt for missing capital letters in sentences and fix them in a fun challenge.
Open Capitalize It Activity →
WorksheetsKids add quotation marks to dialogue and act out the conversations.
Open Quotation Marks Practice Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Advanced Roots and Affixes Game, Science Songs (MP3 Album) and Subject of the Sentence Worksheet.
Conjunctions, prepositions and interjections, perfect verb tenses, commas in different uses, quotation marks for dialogue and fixing run-ons and fragments.
Perfect tenses show an action finished before another time. "I have eaten" (present perfect), "I had eaten" (past perfect) and "I will have eaten" (future perfect).
Have them read their writing aloud. Many mistakes sound wrong when spoken. Focus on one skill at a time, like commas, until it sticks.
In a list, after an introductory word or phrase ("Yes, I'm coming"), before a conjunction joining two sentences and when speaking directly to someone ("Sam, come here").
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