Students will further develop their creative writing skills with this Autumn writing prompt activity. This is a great worksheet to keep your students’ creativity flowing!
5th Grade CCSS: Writing
For fifth graders, this Common Core area helps students gain mastery of writing skills by working collaboratively and producing written texts, understanding syntax and vocabulary, and organizing their ideas. Among the complete standards for this grade, fifth graders will be asked to: write opinion pieces, explanatory texts, narratives, be able to effectively write introductions, supporting details, developed ideas, reasons, and conclusions to fully realize a piece of writing, properly use illustrations, formatting, and multimedia to enhance a text, use dialogue, and descriptions, and pacing to develop experiences and to show the response of characters to situations, use appropriate technology to publish writing, demonstrate keyboarding skill, understand writing for specific audiences, summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide sources, draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support writing, go through the process of writing, editing and revision for their written work.
Classroom Reporter: Interview with a Classmate
“Classroom Reporter: Interview with a Classmate” is the perfect way to introduce students to their classmates and learn more about one another.
Father’s Day Writing Prompt: He’s the Best
Your students will have fun writing about their father in this “He’s the Best” writing activity.
Fourth of July Writing Prompt: What Freedom Means to Me
Teach your students about freedom in America with this fun Fourth of July Writing Prompt printable worksheet.
Haiku: Write Your Own!
This worksheet features the Japanese poetry style haiku.
Kwanzaa Candles: Who Lights First? Writing Prompt
It’s the first night of Kwanzaa and the entire Thompson family has gathered for the celebration. It’s almost time to light the candles, and the question comes up: who should light the candles tonight? Write a story about how the Thompson family decides who will light the candles. This printable holiday writing prompt is ideal for 3rd – 5th grade, but can be used where appropriate.
Main Idea Tree
Use this image of a large tree to help your students understand the components of a paragraph. With this worksheet, students will be asked to write a main idea and follow it with three supporting details. What a great way for students to visualize the importance of the main idea in a paragraph!
My Goals for the New Year
This writing prompt about New Year’s goals is a wonderful way to help your students practice their writing skills.
Native American Heritage: Create Your Totem Pole
In the box on the worksheet, design your own totem pole. Make sure it represents you and your interests. Then in the writing space, describe your totem pole and explain how it illustrates you. This printable Native American Heritage Month activity is ideal for 3rd – 5th grade, but can be used where appropriate.
New Year’s Reflections
Encourage your students to look back on the events of the past year and look forward to the ones ahead with this New Years reflection worksheet.
The Lost Dreidel Writing Prompt
The Goldberg family has lost their Hanukkah dreidel! Write a story and tell how you think the Goldberg family should solve their problem. This printable Hanukkah writing prompt activity is perfect for keeping students engaged in class while learning about the holiday.
Using Story Elements: Plan a Story
Planning a story can be tough. This activity helps students break things down so that it’s easier to envision and write the story. A great beginning writing activity for 3rd – 5th graders.
What Happens Next? Halloween Surprise Activity
Keep learning fun during the holidays with this Halloween Reading Comprehension Activity. Students will be asked to read a passage and then answer the given questions about the story. This worksheet is great for use both at home and in the classroom.
Write a Description: Melting Snowman
With this unique winter activity, help your students further develop their writing skills.
Write Rhyming Couplets
Time for some poetic rhyming couplets!
Writing Limericks
This activity lists opening lines for two limericks. Students write the other lines to complete the limerick, remembering which lines that need to rhyme.
Writing Prompt: A New Plant in Spring
Students choose from the letters on a Spring flower and write words that start with a vowel. A fun way to practice vocabulary and anticipate the warm days to come!
Writing Prompt: She’s the Best
Students write about a special sister, grandmother, mother, or friend!
Abraham Lincoln Bio Poem
Your students will write a bio poem about Abraham Lincoln.
Back to School Diamante Poem
Teach your students a fun way to write diamante poems using our new back to school worksheet.