5th Grade English Language Arts Homework (by rating)

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

Immerse your students deeper into Armstrong Sperry's Newberry award winning story, Call it Courage, with this interactive study pack. Designed to engage students with the story line and vocabulary, this resource offers multiple ways to enrich their reading experience and comprehension.

The pack includes three distinct chapter note templates, allowing you to pick the format best suited to your particular teaching style or classroom environment. These templates will provide students with a structure for capturing their thoughts, ideas, and questions as they progress through the book.

In addition to these templates, a writing prompt sheet with five diverse ideas is included. These prompts are designed to stimulate critical thinking and encourage students to engage more deeply with the narrative, characters, and themes of the story, thereby enhancing their understanding and enjoyment of the book.

The pack also features a word search and crossword activity sheets to reinforce understanding of the vocabulary and characters from the story. Not only do these activities make learning fun, but they also stimulate cognitive abilities such as problem-solving and focus.

Finally, a 2-page worksheet is included in the pack. This versatile resource can be used as a quiz to assess comprehension and retention of the story or even a homework assignment.

These resources provide a comprehensive and engaging way for your students to immerse themselves in Call it Courage, enriching their reading experience and making teaching this award-winning story a breeze.

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The Lacemaker and the Princess by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley and the book study to accompany it!

• 10 Winter Holiday Narrative Essay Picture Prompts & Planner: Engage students in narrative writing with holiday-themed picture prompts and a structured planner to develop plot, character, and setting in alignment with creative writing standards.
• Christmas Hip Hop Lyrics Analysis: Teach figurative language, rhyme schemes, and tone through an engaging analysis of hip hop lyrics, blending music and ELA standards for Grades 6-8.
• St. Nick: Informational Text Structures: Explore main ideas, text structures, and author’s purpose with this winter-themed set of informational texts designed to strengthen critical reading skills.
• Unraveling Krampus: Text Structures and Critical Analysis: Develop students’ ability to identify text structures and analyze information critically with this high-interest resource focused on the Krampus folklore.
• Informational Text Structure Coloring Sort: Combine creativity and learning as students sort and color-code winter-themed informational texts to practice identifying text structures.
• Winter Wonders: Exploring Text Features Through Snow-Themed Articles: Strengthen comprehension and analysis skills by examining text features in engaging snow-themed articles, perfect for enhancing nonfiction literacy.
• Christmas Winter Holiday Characters from Around the World Research PBL: Dive into global holiday traditions with this project-based learning activity that encourages research, critical thinking, and presentation skills.
• Holiday Figurative Language & Movie Clip Standard-Based Learning Activities: Analyze figurative language through fun, holiday-themed movie clips that align with ELA figurative language standards for middle schoolers.
• Virtual Winter Sports Exploration: Engage students in a digital exploration of winter sports, focusing on informational text comprehension and analysis for Grades 4-6.
• Analyzing Narrative Point of View Winter-Themed: Develop higher-order thinking with winter-themed narrative texts that challenge students to analyze and compare points of view using Bloom’s Taxonomy.
• Winter Vacation PBL: Inspire creativity and practical application with this low-prep, project-based learning activity where stude

Looking for a fun and functional way to keep students motivated to read? These Reading Log Bookmarks are just what you need! Designed for upper elementary through high school, these printable bookmark templates double as a creative reading challenge tool, helping students track their reading progress in a visually appealing and convenient format.

Bookmarks include space for:

• Tracking book titles
• Recording start and finish dates

These printable bookmarks are ideal for classrooms, libraries, or homeschool settings. Students can use them as part of a reading challenge or simply to stay organized with their independent reading.

What's Included:

• 6 engaging printable bookmark templates
• Black-and-white designs for easy printing and optional student coloring
• Suitable for grades 4–12

Why You'll Love This Resource:

• Easy to print and use—no prep required!
• Encourages accountability and goal-setting in students' reading habits
• Versatile for individual use or as part of a class-wide reading challenge

Whether you're a teacher, librarian, or parent, these Reading Log Bookmarks will inspire students to stay on top of their reading and make progress toward their goals.

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Cursive Handwriting Practice Worksheet for Grades 3-6

Help your students develop beautiful and legible cursive handwriting with this comprehensive practice worksheet! Designed for students in grades 3, 4, 5 and 6, this resource provides ample opportunities to master the art of cursive writing.

What's included:

• Uppercase letter practice: Focus on proper letter formation and stroke order.
• Lowercase letter practice: Reinforce correct letter formation and connections.
• Word practice: Build fluency and confidence with carefully selected words.
• Sentence practice: Apply cursive writing to meaningful sentence construction.

This worksheet is perfect for daily practice, handwriting centers, or as homework assignments. It's also a valuable tool for students who need extra support or those looking to improve their cursive skills.

Boost your students' confidence and handwriting abilities with this essential resource!

Keywords: cursive handwriting, handwriting practice, cursive worksheets, grades 3-6, printable worksheets, education, handwriting, penmanship, teacher resources

Get your students wild about reading about desert animal’s habitats.! This package of ten reading passages with comprehension questions are all about desert animals. Did you know that scorpions are part of the spider family? Or that the smallest cat in the world lives in the desert? Grab the pack to learn more!

Please see the preview for a list of included topic titles!

This resource includes 10 worksheets. Each worksheet includes:

   ✏ One non-fiction reading passage about a desert animal

   ✏ Several reading comprehension questions about the reading passage

   ✏ A card-sized answer key

   ✏ No prep! Simply print and distribute for independent work

Read about these cool safari, rainforest, and jungle animals in this packet:

   ✏ Jackrabbit & Hare

   ✏ Sidewinder Rattlesnake

   ✏ Scorpion

   ✏ Sandcat

   ✏ Meerkat

   ✏ Jerboa

   ✏ Desert Monitor

   ✏ Brown Hyena

   ✏ Desert Tortoise

   ✏ Camel

Save 20% and get the BUNDLE with aquatic, jungle & rainforest, bugs & insects, and desert animals here!

If you like this product, you might also like my other reading comprehension packets about summer, winter, spring, food, fiction stories, and more! Click HERE to check them out!

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Graphic Organizer will help students think and write about how peer pressure plays an important role in the lives or characters. The graphic organizer can be used for any book (and is not book specific). They will identify and analyze how one negative influence of peer pressure led the character to detrimental consequences and how one positive influence of peer pressure proved to be an asset in the character’s life.

Great scaffolding tool to help students gather and organize information.

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***Get all three books in the bundle!***A workbook for intermediate and advanced Spanish speaking English Language Learners to extend their knowledge of the English language and practice. 95 pages for your students to use as in-class practice, homework or as independent activities.

• HUNDREDS of the MOST COMMON WORDS IN ENGLISH
• 33 Practice pages
• 3 Reading Passages for comprehension practice
• Integrated reading & writing
• Spanish to English instructions

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• All Things English For Middle & High School Students (best seller)
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Fall Themed Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes Worksheets for 2nd-4th Graders

Enhance vocabulary skills with our fall-themed worksheets on prefixes, roots, and suffixes for 2nd-4th graders! Includes 20 words and answer key.

This engaging set of worksheets is designed to help students in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade build and enhance their vocabulary skills through the exploration of prefixes, roots, and suffixes. Perfect for reinforcing language arts skills, these worksheets are an essential addition to your classroom resources.

What’s Inside?

- 20 Words: A selection of 20 words that are commonly encountered by students, each chosen to illustrate important prefixes, roots, and suffixes.

- Variety of Activities: Includes tables for students to fill in with prefixes/roots/suffixes. It also includes a writing and drawing prompt.

- Fall Theme: Activities are designed around a fall theme to make learning fun and relatable for students.

- Answer Key: Comprehensive answer key, ensuring quick and easy grading.

Educational Benefits

- Enhances Vocabulary: Students will expand their vocabulary by understanding the components of words, helping them to decode and use new words effectively.

- Builds Literacy Skills: Exercises reinforce reading and writing skills, which are crucial for literacy development in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade.

- Engages and Motivates: The fall theme and variety of activities keep students engaged and excited about learning.

- Develops Word Analysis Skills: Students learn to break down complex words into manageable parts, aiding in their comprehension and usage.

Perfect for Classroom and Home Use

This versatile resource is ideal for:

- Classroom Activities: Use as part of your language arts curriculum, in literacy centers, or for group work.

- Homework Assignments: Assign as homework to reinforce classroom learning in a fun and engaging way.

- Supplemental Practice: Great for extra practice or as a filler activity for early finishers.

Why Choose These Worksheets?

Our Fall Themed Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes Worksheets offer a comprehensive and engaging approach to understanding word structure. The themed activities not only make learning more enjoyable but also help students connect vocabulary skills to real-life scenarios. With included answer keys, these worksheets are a convenient and valuable addition to any language arts program for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders.

This product is a bundle of high interest reading comprehension passages with WH questions, focusing on vocabulary and main idea.

The passages are themed around popular topics like YouTube, Sports Super Heroes and Video Games to engage even the most disinterested learners. This printable worksheet resource includes passages on:

• Virtual Reality, Among Us, Nintendo, Play station, Fortnite, YouTube, Super Mario Bros., Minecraft, and Mr. Beast.
• NASCAR, The World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo, The Superbowl, Baseball, NBA, LeBron James, Wrestling, Cricket, Hockey
• Kobe Bryant, Steph Curry, Neymar Jr. Tom Brady, Shaquille O'Neal, The Rock, Derek Jeter, Serena Williams, Michael Jordan, LeBron James
• Black Panther, The Hulk, Batman, Spider Man, Wonder Woman, Captain America, Iron Man, Aqua man, Wolverine, Superman

Benefits:

• Will help you engage special education students or struggling learners with high-interest topics
• These passages help you support your students' comprehension and vocabulary development
• This will help your struggling learners overcome resistance to completing work

Instructions/Tips for Implementation:

Teachers can use these in 3rd-5th grade Special Education classrooms to engage students who are not typically interested in reading. After reading the passages to the students, teachers can work with students to answer questions about topics they love, providing motivation and excitement for learning!

Using these passages in my classroom have given my student's the opportunity to share their background knowledge and actually feel like they are experts on a topic we are reading about!

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Your 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will love practicing reading out loud with these Fall-themed engaging and high-interest sentences! 

This set includes 48 low-prep sentences with a fun Fall theme that are perfect for practicing reading fluency.  Quick and easy set up plus clear student directions make these activities perfect independent practice, literacy centers, and homeschooling families!

Printable fluency sentences and a blank page are included to customize for your student(s).  High interest topics will especially motivate your reluctant readers. Students will love reading these sentences to practice reading out loud! The sentences are appropriate for grades 3-5. 

Here’s what you’ll get:

• 48 sentences on high-interest topics
• Pictorial instructions page
• Black sentence page to customize
• Certificate of completion to print and color
• Progress tracker
• Extension activities 

Ideas for use:

The format is perfect if you have daily fluency practice or offer take home activities for students. I use these with my own homeschooled children and my online teaching students. I’ve also included several extension activities to use the materials further.

Why your students will love this:

Your students will love practicing their oral reading fluency with these sentences because it is fun to pull them out of a hat and the topics are high interest or funny! 

**Prep is quick and easy…**Just print the pages, cut the sentences into strips, find a basket or bin, and let your student(s) pull a sentence to read!

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The Ultimate Elementary Level Spelling Choice Boards+Sheets

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4 unique sheets created by me!

Months January-May and August-December in Two different styles, with multiple activities.

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A fun way to get students to SPELL- SPELL-SPELL!

Religious Word Search Puzzle Pack - 15 Printable Activities in One ZIP File

This zip file contains a rich collection of 15 Bible-inspired puzzles, ready to print and ideal for children, Sunday school, homeschooling, and faith-based classrooms.

🧩 Contents:

• 10 individual puzzles in PDF format (A4 size, printable)

• Topics include: Moses, Noah, the Prophets, , Passover, the Ten Commandments, Angels, the Parables of Jesus, Lent, and more.

• Answer keys included for each puzzle

• Designed for ages 8 and up

🎯 Suitable for: ✔️ Sunday School ✔️ Homeschooling Activities ✔️ Bible Study Groups ✔️ Christian Education

🖨️ Simply download the ZIP file, extract the PDF files, and print as needed!

This Vocabulary Frayer Model sheet is specifically designed to get students to learn and reinforce vocabulary by offering them a reference in which they can chart the definition, synonyms, antonyms, as well as a space to write their own sentence using the new vocabulary word! Students can also draw or create a visual to represent the word. This is a great resource to encourage vocabulary development in upper elementary, middle school, or even high school!

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Engage students in a creative and reflective activity with "The Cloud Who Couldn’t Cry!" This comprehensive activity encourages critical thinking, emotional connection, and artistic expression.

What's Included:

• Story Retell Activity: Students will draw and describe their favorite part of the story "The Cloud Who Couldn’t Cry". This activity helps reinforce comprehension as students reflect on the key moments in the narrative.
• Reflection Questions: A set of open-ended questions that prompt students to think about the story's themes, such as self-discovery, helping others, and emotional growth. Students will also be asked to explain why they liked the part they chose to draw.
• Creative Drawing: After reading the story, students will select a scene to illustrate and provide an explanation for their choice, fostering both artistic expression and a deeper understanding of the narrative.

Learning Objectives:

• Enhance reading comprehension by identifying and reflecting on the key events of the story.
• Develop emotional intelligence by connecting with the themes of empathy, growth, and helping others.
• Improve writing skills through descriptive explanations and reflections.
• Encourage creativity through drawing and visual storytelling.

This activity is ideal for:

• Grades 1-5
• Teachers looking for a fun, engaging, and thoughtful activity to reinforce reading comprehension and emotional literacy.
• Classrooms or homeschool settings where students explore feelings, relationships, and nature-themed stories.

Perfect for:

• Literacy centers
• Reading comprehension lessons
• Creative writing prompts
• Art integration activities

Note: This activity includes both a drawing and writing component to keep students engaged while exploring the deeper meanings of the story. It can also be used as a group activity or individual reflection task.

This set of 10 engaging worksheets (answer keys included) is designed to help learners master identifying and labeling subjects and action verbs in sentences. Perfect for grades 3-6, these worksheets are ideal for classroom activities, homework assignments, or supplemental practice.

Ideal For:

• Teachers seeking effective resources for literacy instruction
• Parents looking for extra practice for their children at home
• Tutors needing supplemental materials for their sessions

Help your students explore the joy of reading!

Discovering a love for books is easier with our October Reading Log. This handy tool features:

• Date
• Title and Author of Book
• Number of Pages
• Number of Minutes
• Parent Initial

Encourage your students to track their reading progress and celebrate their achievements!

Proper Nouns: Parts of Speech

Are you struggling? Do you need help getting your students to identify proper nouns? This simple yet effective worksheet will help students identify proper nouns like pros; students highlight all the proper nouns and count the remaining unhighlighted answers to answer the trivia question,

• Easy-to-follow directions for students • Engaging activity to reinforce proper noun recognition • Easy to grade • Great for morning work.

Stop wasting time on complex grammar lessons that lose your students' attention. Locate & Highlight" worksheet provides a fun, hands-on way for elementary students to master a crucial part of speech.

With this activity, students will use a die to determine the format, topic, and purpose to use in their writing assignment. Students should have a solid understanding of what it means for an author to persuade, inform, or entertain before diving in to this activity. A rubric is included. This is meant to be a fun, amusing exercise for students learning about author's purpose. Both the instructions and the rubric come in color and b/w.

Check out my free Ethos, Logos, Pathos Dice Roll Writing Activity, and my Character Reading Response Dice Roll Writing Activity as well!

This resource features an engaging, Christmas themed worksheet to help students practice identifying figurative language. This can be given at the start of class, end of class, for homework, as part of an emergency substitute plan, or as part of a stations activity. Kids can never get enough practice with figurative language and this is the perfect worksheet to work on during the holiday season. Terms Used: - Metaphor - Simile - Oxymoron - Hyperbole - Onomatopoeia - Allusion - Personification - Alliteration - Idiom Included in this product is both a color and black and white version.

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