Using W.5.3 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson, students write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

Using W.5.9 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson, students draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Using this Wants Needs Reading Response Worksheet, students readAlexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday to build their understanding of wants and needs.

Use this explain it all informative explanatory writing activity to help 3rd to 5th grade students plan and write clear fact-based pieces. Answer key included for easy checking.

Using W.5.1 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson, students write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.

Using W.5.5 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson, students develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.

Use this get ready to write activity with 3rd to 5th grade writers. Kids pick a topic card, plan with a simple planner, and write; an answer key is included.

A fruits of the spirit writing prompt pair for 5th Grade students: two illustrated scenes — one serious, one funny — that each ask for a written paragraph about how the kids could show kindness. Open-ended, no prep, and genuinely fun to discuss.

A fruits of the spirit writing prompt pair for 5th Grade students: two illustrated scenes — one serious, one funny — that each ask for a written paragraph about how the kids could show self-control. Open-ended, no prep, and genuinely fun to discuss.

Eighteen fruits of the spirit writing prompts for 5th Grade — two illustrated scenes for each of the nine fruits, one serious and one funny, each with ruled lines for an open-ended paragraph. No prep, and every answer is the student's own.

Using Color Me Curious Research Writing Activity, students participate in shared research and writing projects to learn about any topic.

Using W.5.10 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson, students write routinely over extended time framesand shorter time framesfor a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Using W.5.2 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson, students write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas andinformation clearly.

Using W.5.7 Fifth Grade Common Core Lesson, students conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

Using Dr. Seuss Green Eggs and Ham Recipe Worksheet, studentswrite a recipe for a Dr. Seuss favorite dish, Green Eggs and Ham.

This Reading Prose and Poetry Worksheet gives 5th grade readers a reading log for recording titles and authors, naming each form and rating every piece they read on their own.

This Now Presenting - Report on a Topic Activity is a fun way for students to learn about Summarizing and presentations!

Using this Look in the Text Activity, students ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

This three amigos poetry drama prose activity has 3rd to 5th grade students sort short texts by how they are written: poem, play, or prose. Answer key included.

The Tell Us About it Expository Writing Activity helps 3rd to 5th Grade students plan an expository text and publish it as a newspaper article. Answer key included.