5th Grade CCSS: Language

For fifth graders, this Common Core area helps students gain mastery of the rules for using the English language, including vocabulary use and language conventions, in order to improve their skills as writers and readers. Among the complete standards for this grade, fifth graders will be asked to: demonstrate that they understand standard English usage in writing and speaking by showing that they understand the function of conjunctions, prepositions, interjections, the perfect verb tense, correlative conjunctions, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, underlining and italics, and many additional conventions of the language, compare kinds of English like dialects and registers, be able to consult reference materials to check correct spellings, determine unknown words within the grade level, use context clues and Latin affixes and root words with unknown words to determine meanings, interpret figurative language like metaphors, similes, idioms, adages and proverbs.

Action Verbs Practice

Write the correct tense of the action verb to match the rest of the sentence.

Add the Phrasal Verb

In this activity, students choose a phrasal verb from the word bank that best completes the sentence.

Adjectives Set the Mood: Trick or Treat Halloween Activity

Have you ever been trick or treated? Help Matt and Ava finish telling their story about trick or treated with this fun writing worksheet!

Change the Nouns to Verbs

Nouns can be changed into verbs easily. Usually, but not always, it is as simple as remvoing a suffix. For example, by removing the suffix off of the noun, subtraction, it turns into the verb, subtract. Let’s see if you can figure out this rest on this printable grammar worksheet!

Christmas Synonyms and Antonyms

Practice writing synonyms and antonyms with this Christmas Words Activity. Students will be asked to read a list of holiday themed words and write a synonym and antonym for each given word. For example, write a synonym and antonym for “dashing”.

Christmas Vocabulary Match Worksheet

A fun activity for students to learn the meanings of Christmas words!

Find It! Quotation Marks

Students will practice identifying correctly used quotation marks by completing this printable activity. The directions ask students to read through the given sentences and circle the number of the sentences in which quotation marks are used correctly. Ideal for 3rd – 6th grade students, but can be used where appropriate.

Identify the Phrasal Verbs

This activity includes a list of sentences that each includes a phrasal verb. Students read the sentence and circle the phrasal verb.

Mixed Up Verbs

Sort out the verbs from the story and write the correct verbs

Nouns and Verbs: Use It Two Ways

Some words can either be a noun or a verb depending on how they are used in a sentence. With this helpful activity, students will be asked to write two sentences. Your students will write one sentence using a word as a noun, and write a second sentence using that same word as a verb.

Nouns and Verbs: Words That Are Both

Some words can either be a noun or a verb depending on how they are used in a sentence. With this helpful activity, students will be asked to write two sentences. Your students will write one sentence using a word as a noun, and write a second sentence using that same word as a verb.

Nouns and Verbs: Write It Both Ways

Some words can either be a noun or a verb depending on how they are used in a sentence. With this helpful activity, students will be asked to write two sentences. Your students will write one sentence using a word as a noun, and write a second sentence using that same word as a verb.

Nouns and Verbs: Write Them Both Ways

Learning about nouns and verbs is an important part of early education. Some words can be either a noun or a verb depending on how they are used in a sentence. With this helpful grammar activity, students will be given different words and will be asked to write sentences with each given word in its noun form and once as a verb.

Nouns that are Also Verbs Worksheet

Depending on how they are used in a sentence, some words can either be a noun or a verb. For example, you can use the word, cook, as both a noun and verb. He will cook dinner tonight. The cook walked into the kitchen. With this printable activity, students will be given five words and will be asked to write each word once in noun form and once as a verb.

Phrasal Verbs and Prepositions

Students read each sentence and determine if the preposition is part of a phrasal verb or part of a prepositional phrase.

Phrasal Verbs: Add to It

In this activity, students select a word in the word bank to complete the phrasal verb.

Printable Greek and Latin Prefix Chart

This prefix chart is helpful both at home and in the classroom for learning how to use and identify common Greek and Latin prefixes.