5th Grade English Language Arts Activities

No Prep! Do you need engaging word decoding activities? Students unscramble fifteen themed words in each word scramble spelling/vocabulary activity! There is a Word Scramble sheet with the word bank included and one without for different challenge levels.

Great for brain breaks, early finishers, and sub plans! Answer keys are included for both versions.

Fifteen words can be found up, down, across, and diagonally. Word search activities make engaging brain breaks and bell-ringers. Answer keys included!

Word Scramble Themes

Arbor Day | Backyard Fun | Baking | Beach Day | Birthday Cake | Butterflies | Caterpillars | Flowers | Frogs | Graduation | Plants | Rainbows | Mother's Day | Father's Day | Rain | Jazz Music | Classical Music | Classical Composers | Instruments | Autumn Days | Winter Fun

Ancient Romans used to celebrate the winter with the holiday known as Saturnalia. This holiday season, introduce your students to the week long festival celebrated in Ancient Rome!

This ready to print and teach activity set includes:

• A lesson plan
• A two page elementary leveled story about Saturnalia
• Two reflection questions
• A Poetry Prompt
• A Drawing Prompt
• Three different word search puzzles
• Answer keys for word searches

This winter, engage your students with a fun activity that is also educational! This resource can be used in both the elementary social studies classroom and in language arts!

This activity set is great for:

• Winter Holiday work
• Learning about ancient civilizations
• Extension activities
• Centers
• Substitute work
• and more!

This resource includes an English and Spanish version of The Holocaust - Read, Draw & Write. These are perfect for your bilingual or dual-language classrooms. This comprehensive resource empowers students to explore the Holocaust through critical thinking and personal reflection. Begin with an assessment of prior knowledge to spark curiosity and guide learners through essential topics, including the history of the Holocaust, the reasons behind persecution, and the experiences of those who endured it.

Dive into the inspiring stories of Holocaust heroes, cultivating empathy and a profound appreciation for the remarkable courage demonstrated during this challenging time.

The final reflection activity consolidates learning and offers valuable insights into students’ understanding and perspectives. Versatile and adaptable, this resource supports differentiated instruction, ensuring engagement for all learning styles. Perfect for fostering a meaningful classroom discussion!

The two resources I am including in this bundle are sold separately. Below is the list of what you will receive. You can click on each link to read a detailed description of each product.

This resource includes:

• Page 1: Cover & What I Know, What I Want to Know (English and Spanish Version) 
• Page 2: The Holocaust (English and Spanish Version)
• Page 3: Why Jews? (English and Spanish Version)
• Page 4: Living Conditions for The Jewish People & The End of the Holocaust (English and Spanish Version)
• Page 5: Heroes of the Holocaust (English and Spanish Version)
• Page 6: What I Learned and Thoughts… (English and Spanish Version)

*Teach your kids beyond the facts! *

This is a fun activity to warm up those writing skills. This is ideal for those first days of school. Each student can use it as a writing center or independent work. You only need a dice and a pencil!

This product includes:

• 1 Color template
• 1 BW template
• 1 writing template

Just print and go!!

Introduce plays from William Shakespeare by studying the great adaptions from Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb with their Tales From Shakespeare. These are engaging worksheets geared to having your students interact more with the story line and vocabulary used in The Tempest.

Tales From Shakespeare are great adaptions of William Shakespeare's play that allow student to be introduced to the story line in a way they can understand while not being too simplistic. Worksheets, crossword, word search, chapter notes are bundled together based on the story. Answer sheets are provided where necessary.

Check for more Tales From Shakespeare worksheets being posted for each play!!!

Including: Midsummer Night's Dream

Tales From Shakespeare Bundle

Read aloud 34 verb. Click to hear read aloud. then enter the past tense of the verb

Total cards: 34

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cook

cry

dance

draw

eat

fly

garden

hike

hop

kick

laugh

lick

paint

pat

pay

play

pray

pretend

read

run

sing

skate

skip

sleep

strum

study

sweep

swim

swing

think

travel

watch

wave

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Writing and Reading for St. Patrick's Day:

Students will enjoy using either Lucky Charms marshmallows or cards to complete Mad Libs. Students will add nouns (the item) or adjectives (the color) to a provided Mad Libs. When they complete this their teacher can have them write their own Mad Libs which they will have a friend complete.

Student will love making nonsense stories for St. Patrick's Day. They will be creative as they think outside the box.

What's included:

• Teacher directions.
• Mad Lib using marshmallows with and without writing assignment.
• Mad Lib using cards with and without writing assignment.
• Cards with marshmallow shapes, needs to be printed in color.

How is this product useful:

• Fun holiday activity.
• Creative writing with a fun twist.
• Writing extension.
• Easy prep for teacher.

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Have your students practice writing Haikus about some of their favorite jobs. They can choose a job or pick from a list of jobs. They then get to brainstorm and create their own Haikus about the job. A fun way to incorporate poetry and Haikus.

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Kick off the new school year with our Editable School Bus Name Tags! These vibrant and customizable name tags are perfect for adding a fun School Bus theme to your classroom.

Available in black & white, gray , yellow, red, dark blue, orange, sky blue ... , they come in four versatile sizes: 1 per page, 2 per page, 6 per page, and 12 per page.

Ideal for desks, lockers, bulletin boards, and more, these name tags will help keep your classroom organized and engaging.

What's Included :

• PAGE : 36 PAGES
• FILES : PPTX + PDF + PNG
• SIZE : 8.5'' x 11''

Add some end of year summer fun to your class with this set of Summer Bingo Game with Riddles and Calling Cards. It’s perfect for kids in 2nd, 3rd, and 5th grades.

This set is packed with several images related to summer and it includes;

• 30 Bingo Boards
• 24 Riddle Cards with answers and 24 Riddle Cards without answers
• 24 Calling Cards

This activity can be utilized for whole-class learning or small-groups for end of school year last week or day of school activities.

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Challenge your students with a deep exploration of figurative language with this complete, standards-aligned lesson plan centered on Langston Hughes’ classic poems Dreams and Harlem. Perfect for grades 6-8, this 60-minute lesson introduces and reinforces figurative language skills with a variety of Depth of Knowledge (DOK) levels, from identification to detailed analysis. Through engaging activities, guided notes, fill-in-the-blank practice, and insightful discussions, students will strengthen their understanding of metaphors, similes, personification, hyperbole, repetition, and more!

What's Included:

• Do Now Prompt: Connect students personally to the theme of dreams and aspirations.
• Guided Notes & Slides: Fill-in-the-blank notes and a comprehensive slide deck introduce and review key figurative language concepts.
• Figurative Language Practice Handout: Allows students to identify and categorize figurative language independently or in pairs.
• Detailed Analysis of Dreams and Harlem: Thought-provoking questions and guided analysis help students apply figurative language skills in context, from interpreting similes and metaphors to discussing theme.
• Reflection and Discussion: Encourages students to connect poetic themes to real life and deepen their understanding of how figurative language enhances literature.

Why Teachers Love It: This resource provides a complete and flexible plan that fits seamlessly into any poetry or figurative language unit, with resources to support all stages of learning—from foundational identification to advanced interpretation. It’s ideal for introducing figurative language or deepening students’ analysis skills, making it a versatile addition to any ELA classroom.

Key Features:

• Differentiated Levels of Analysis: Activities move from DOK Level 1 (identifying figurative language) to DOK Levels 3-4 (interpreting meaning and thematic connections).
• Engagement-Boosting Content: Uses two of Hughes’ most powerful poems to explore big ideas about dreams, aspirations, and consequences, making learning relevant and impactful.
• Aligned with Language Standards: Perfect for reinforcing figurative language standards through high-interest texts.

Boost your students' confidence with figurative language and inspire thoughtful conversations with this enriching lesson plan! Download today to elevate your poetry and figurative language instruction with this ready-to-use, engaging resource!

Escape the Haunted House: A Narrative Writing Adventure.

Spark your students' imaginations with this exciting narrative writing activity -

It's Halloween and they have been trapped in a haunted house!

Why?

• Haunted House Escape! (Writing Prompt): A captivating prompt that transports students to use their creativity to describe their haunted house surroundings, explain how they got trapped, and devise a plan to escape!
• Paragraph Power: A guide to writing strong paragraphs, including clear transitions and a variety of sentence structures. This helps students structure their narratives effectively.
• Haunted House Design: A fun worksheet where students can personalize their haunted house adventure! They can illustrate the scene inside the house.
• Bonus Pages: Extra lined writing pages are included to accommodate longer narratives and encourage students to fully develop their escape plans!

How to use it?

• Independent Writing Activity.
• Partner Up! Pair students to brainstorm ideas and share their escape plans with each other.
• Whole-Class Brainstorm: Have students share their snow globe ideas and escape strategies as a class, sparking creative thinking and storytelling.

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Celebrate the season of love and creativity with this pack of Valentine’s Day Heart-Shaped Writing Crafts! Designed for students in grades 2 to 5, this engaging activity blends artistic expression with writing skills, making it the perfect classroom or at-home project.

Product Highlights:

▪︎ Heart Templates: Includes blank and lined heart templates in two sizes for students to color, decorate, and personalize.

▪︎ 6 Creative Writing Prompts: Encourages students to express their thoughts with prompts like “I can spread love by”, “Things I love”, “How to make Valentine’s Day Cookies” and story writing prompts to enhance their narrative skills like “A friend for my heart”, “The day I found a magic heart” and “A day in the life of Cupid”.

▪︎ Skill Development: Combines writing, fine motor skills, and creative thinking in one fun activity.

▪︎ Customizable: Blank heart templates allow students to unleash their imagination and create unique designs.

▪︎ Easy to Use: Just print, cut, and craft! Suitable for individual work, group activities, or even as thoughtful Valentine’s Day gifts.

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Why Teachers & Parents Love It:

This craft is more than just fun—it’s meaningful. Students practice gratitude, kindness, and self-expression while creating beautiful keepsakes to cherish.

Add a heartfelt touch to your Valentine’s Day celebrations with this unique writing craft!

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Are you looking for a way to truly engage your students while fostering empathy, understanding, and critical thinking?

This Wonder Novel Study is more than just worksheets; it was created by someone who intimately understands what it’s like to live with a facial difference and raise children with similar experiences.

This novel study for Wonder by R.J. Palacio includes printable and digital versions.

There are over 100 pages of student work, plus answer keys! This novel study covers all 8 sections of the novel, and it also includes a Google Slides option for some of the novel study assignments.

INCLUDES:

Overview

Background info about the author

Learning about Facial Differences

Analyzing the Plot

Character Maps for main characters

Social media activity- create a social media profile for the main characters

Figurative Language

Figurative Language Scavenger Hunt

Book vs Movie Activities

Venn Diagram - Book vs. movie

Reflection Questions

Point of View Activity

Textual evidence prompts

Textual evidence exercise

Vocabulary from the Book: Parts 1-8

Printable vocabulary flashcards

Vocabulary activity for each section with answer keys when applicable

Vocabulary Bingo game with words from all sections which comes as a separate file from the novel study.

Comprehension questions for parts 1-8 with answer keys

Empathy and Kindness project and activity options

Design your own Choose Kindness T-shirt

Art and music connection activity option

Facial differences discussion questions

Journal prompts

Acrostic poem template

Precept poster activity

ALIGNS WITH COMMON CORE:

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WHAT IS INCLUDED:

3 files:

112 Printable PDF Pages of the Wonder Novel Study

28 Printable PDF -Wonder Vocabulary Bingo Game- covers vocab from all 8 sections

PDF with link to access the Google Slides - 32 pages

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I Have, Who Has Halloween Vocabulary Game - Halloween Classroom Activity and Game

Get your students in the holiday spirit with this fun and engaging I Have, Who Has Halloween Vocabulary Game! This interactive game is perfect for elementary classrooms, making learning new Halloween-themed vocabulary an exciting experience. Designed to build reading fluency and listening skills, this game is ideal for grades 2-5 and can be used in whole-class settings, small groups, or literacy centers.

Topics Covered

• Halloween vocabulary
• Reading fluency
• Listening skills

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Each story starter sparks the imagination, inviting young readers to weave their tales around these fascinating animals.

In addition to the engaging story starters, this book doubles as a coloring haven. Children can bring their stories to life by adding vibrant hues to adorable illustrations of their favorite animals. With 40 unique prompts and coloring pages, this book promises hours of entertainment, fostering both literacy and artistic expression.

Test your reading comprehension of the seventh book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series: The Third Wheel with this hilarious 35-question multiple choice self-checking digital game - complete with a mystery puzzle!

Students must acquire and read the seventh book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. After students read the book, they are ready to play the game! It's simple: click the link to access the game. The game gives you audio instructions and guides you. Read the question and choose the answer! You will know right away if you got the answer correct. Throughout the game, you will slowly reveal a secret mystery puzzle - see if you can guess the picture before the game ends! The game should take 15-30 minutes depending on the player's reading level.

What's Included?

• 35 multiple choice question self-checking digital game
• built-in mystery puzzle
• Printable Certificate of Completion PDF

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This is a great way to get your students excited about studying a historical or current figure. Students use research and inference skills to create a resume for a historical or current figure. The example given is Mao Zedong's Resume'. Students will create an objective as to what job the character is applying. The character's education, work experience, etc. will be included. This will enhance the student's comprehension of who the character is and/or was.

This lesson comes complete with a resume layout pdf form for a simple printout as a guide sheet as well as a fillable PDF that can be given to students to fill in at a computer. for easy modifications. a resume' activity sheet, example resume, and grading rubric.

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Students love learning about rainforest animals! This resource includes realistic pictures of 20 rainforest animals with 3 to 4 sentences of informational text about each one. They are perfect for the lower grades by themselves and will pique students' interest in the upper grades. There are student-friendly website suggestions for research, graphic organizers for collecting research (2 levels), rainforest-themed writing papers on three levels, and more!

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