Free 5th Grade Writing Resources (by date, latest first)

Engage Your Students with Daily Journal Writing Prompts!

Discover the power of daily journal writing with this 1-week preview of our comprehensive Daily Journal Slides for grades 3-6. Each slide is crafted to spark creativity, critical thinking, and self-expression in your students. Ideal for morning work, writing centers, or daily warm-ups, these slides are a must-have for every elementary classroom.

What's Included:

• Magical Monday: Imaginative prompts to start the week with creativity and wonder.
• Teach Us Something Tuesday: Knowledge-sharing prompts that encourage students to teach and learn from each other.
• Letter Writing Wednesday: Engaging prompts for writing letters, enhancing communication skills.
• This or That Thursday: Fun choice-based prompts to develop decision-making and reasoning.
• Feel Good Friday: Positive prompts focused on gratitude, kindness, and self-reflection.

Key Features:

• Engaging and Diverse Prompts: Daily themes to keep students excited and motivated to write.
• Editable Slides: Easily customize prompts to suit your classroom needs.
• Versatile Use: Perfect for morning journals, writing centers, or daily writing exercises.
• Printable Options: Print slides for offline use or display them on your interactive whiteboard.

Benefits:

• Enhance Writing Skills: Regular practice helps students improve their writing and critical thinking.
• Build Classroom Community: Prompts encourage sharing and learning from peers.
• Save Time: Ready-to-use slides simplify your daily planning.

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Download this 1-week preview now and see how our daily journal slides can transform your classroom. Love what you see? Check out our full 200-slide product for even more engaging journal prompts.

I hope you find this resource just as helpful for your students as it has been for mine! If you have any questions or would like to share feedback, please reach out to me on Instagram: MrsBaileyandHerClass.

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Unlock your students' potential with our comprehensive Opinion Writing Pack for Grades 3-6. This all-in-one resource includes essential tools to help young writers express their thoughts clearly and confidently. This FREE download will provide you with the brain dump pre-write graphic organizer. To get the full Opinion Writing Pack for Grades 3-6, CLICK HERE! Read below to see what's included in the full Opinion Writing Pack!

What's Included:

• Sentence Frames: Scaffold students' writing with structured sentence starters.
• Paragraph Guides: Step-by-step guides to organizing their thoughts into coherent paragraphs.
• Publishing Paper: Professionally designed templates for final drafts, perfect for classroom displays and portfolios.

Key Features:

• Aligned with Grades 3-6 Standards: Tailored to meet educational standards and foster skill development in opinion writing.
• Engaging and Student-Friendly: Clear instructions and visually appealing designs keep students motivated.
• Versatile Use: Ideal for writing centers, homework assignments, or whole-class instruction.

Why You'll Love It:

• Boosts Confidence: Provides the necessary support for students to develop their opinion writing skills.
• Saves Time: Ready-to-use materials that integrate seamlessly into your existing curriculum.
• Promotes Independence: Encourages students to structure their writing independently with the help of structured guides.

Whether you're introducing opinion writing for the first time or looking to enhance your current curriculum, our Opinion Writing Pack for Grades 3-6 is the perfect solution. Enhance your classroom's writing program and watch your students thrive!

Want to skip ahead and grab the full writing pack? Click here!

I hope you find this resource just as helpful for your students as it has been for mine! If you have any questions or would like to share feedback, please reach out to me on Instagram: MrsBaileyandHerClass.

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Essay Outline for Older Students

Including:

Introduction:

- Hook

- Preview

- Thesis

3 Body Paragraphs:

- Topic Sentences

- 3 Key Details Each

Conclusion:

- Restate Thesis

- Summary

- Closing Sentence

Blush Notes 8.5 x 11 inches 200 Pages for Notebooks and journals

This fun and engaging burger-themed rubric makes writing expectations clear and understandable for students. With four clear levels of achievement, this rubric provides valuable guidance for students to improve their writing skills.

What's Included:

• Four-Level Rubric: Detailed criteria for each level, from "Incomplete Work" to "Above and Beyond," covering essential writing elements.
• Versatile Format: Suitable for both classroom posters and individual student printouts as a guide for each student's binder/writing assignment.

⭐Writing Attempts:

Narrative
Christmas: Trapped in a Snow Globe | My Snowman Came to Life
Thanksgiving: How the Turkey Escaped Thanksgiving Dinner | How the Turkey Escaped Thanksgiving Dinner

Others: Journey to the Center of the Earth | Forms of Energy in my Car - Science, Art & WRITING Project

Easter: Benny the Bunny - Easter's Surprise | NOT Bunny - Eggcelent Easter/Spring Surprise

Halloween: Trapped in a Haunted House

Persuasive | Dear Santa - Villains Edition | Who Will Guide the Sleigh | Halloween: Can I Keep My Witch?

Don't forget to share with me how it went with your little ones. I hope it was useful in your classroom.

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This fun and engaging burger-themed rubric makes writing expectations clear and understandable for students. With four clear levels of achievement, this rubric provides valuable guidance for students to improve their writing skills.

What's Included:

• Four-Level Rubric: Detailed criteria for each level, from "Incomplete Work" to "Above and Beyond," covering essential writing elements.
• Versatile Format: Suitable for both classroom posters and individual student printouts as a guide for each student's binder/writing assignment.

⭐Writing Attempts:

Narrative
Christmas: Trapped in a Snow Globe | My Snowman Came to Life
Thanksgiving: How the Turkey Escaped Thanksgiving Dinner | How the Turkey Escaped Thanksgiving Dinner

Others: Journey to the Center of the Earth | Forms of Energy in my Car - Science, Art & WRITING Project

Easter: Benny the Bunny - Easter's Surprise | NOT Bunny - Eggcelent Easter/Spring Surprise

Halloween: Trapped in a Haunted House

Persuasive | Dear Santa - Villains Edition | Who Will Guide the Sleigh | Halloween: Can I Keep My Witch?

Don't forget to share with me how it went with your little ones. I hope it was useful in your classroom.

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This free sample includes 1 writing prompt from the product described below:

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These 15 narrative writing prompts featuring realistic animal photographs will get your students excited about writing. Each prompt is carefully designed to spark imagination and encourage storytelling skills in students, making writing fun and engaging.

Key Features:

• Differentiated Prompts: Each animal photo comes with two versions of writing prompts—one with a sentence starter and one without—allowing for differentiation based on your students' needs and writing levels.
• Encourages Creative Thinking: These prompts inspire students to think outside the box and develop unique narratives, enhancing their storytelling abilities.
• Perfect for Independent Work: Ideal for independent writing assignments, these prompts provide a structured yet flexible way for students to practice narrative writing.
• Versatile Use: Suitable for grades 3-5 and special education classrooms, making it a versatile resource for various learning environments.

Benefits for Teachers:

• Time-Saving Resource: No prep needed—just print and distribute to your students for easy, independent writing work.
• Supports Differentiation: With options for sentence starters, you can easily accommodate different writing levels within your classroom.
• Aligned with Learning Goals: Helps students practice narrative writing skills, use descriptive language, and engage in creative thinking.

Perfect for use in literacy centers, independent work, as homework assignments, or as a fun classroom activity.

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Exceptional learners such as English language learners will benefit tremendously from previewing the text prior to starting a nonfiction text. By activating prior knowledge, zooming in to titles and subheadings, and analyzing pictures they will spend quality time building context before reading.

This product contains three pages:

• Previewing the text anchor chart reference sheet so students can refer back when needed
• Previewing the text graphic organizer
• Previewing the text sentence starters

If your students loved reading Kwame Alexander's The Crossover, they need to see the new Disney+ series! As teachers, we want our students to be engaged, even when they are watching a film. With this resource, students will be challenged to think critically about the text and film in a variety of ways including comparing and contrasting, evaluating director decisions, and tracking character development across the series.

This resource includes:

• A double-sided handout for episode 1
• This handout contains:
• One do now question, three discourse questions, compare and contrast section, and two rigorous writing tasks in DOK 3 or 4 and Bloom's Taxonomy Evaluate/Analyze categories.
• This handout contains a teacher-facing answer key with answers students may write about.

Check out every episode bundled 1-8: Disney's The Crossover Series Text Companion Handouts Episodes 1-8 BUNDLE (TeachShare.com)

Ready to give your students a spook-tacular writing experience? These 10 Halloween-themed story starters are designed to spark imagination and creativity in your classroom. Perfect for grades 4 and up, these engaging prompts are open-ended, allowing students to create their own spooky, mysterious, or magical tales.

Use these story starters as:

• Bell ringers to jumpstart creative writing sessions
• Writing centers or stations for independent work
• Extension activities when students need an extra challenge
• Fun, seasonal writing prompts for October or Halloween-themed lessons

Included Story Starters:

• “As I walked through the dark forest, I saw a glowing jack-o’-lantern with a note attached. The note said…”
• “One rainy Halloween night, I heard a mysterious knock at the door. When I opened it, there was a box with something moving inside.”
• “While trick-or-treating, I came across a house that no one ever visits. The door creaked open by itself, and I decided to…”
• And 7 more eerie and thrilling prompts!

Why You’ll Love This Resource:

Easy to Use: Just print and go! No prep needed.
Engaging & Fun: Each prompt invites students to explore their creativity with a Halloween twist.
Flexible Use: Great for writing centers, independent work, or creative group activities.
Perfect for Fall: Bring the spooky season into your classroom with these seasonal story starters.

Don’t miss out on this FREE Halloween resource that will keep your students’ creativity brewing all month long! Download today and let the spooky storytelling begin!

Looking to spark creativity in your classroom this Thanksgiving season? These 10 Thanksgiving-themed story starters are perfect for getting your students' imaginations flowing! Designed for grades 4 and up, these engaging and open-ended prompts let students craft their own festive, adventurous, and even magical stories.
Use these story starters as:

• Bell ringers to jumpstart creative writing sessions
• Writing centers or stations for independent work
• Extension activities when students need an extra challenge
• Fun, seasonal writing prompts for November or Thanksgiving-themed lessons

Included Story Starters:

• “While preparing the Thanksgiving feast, you discover the turkey is enchanted! It starts talking and asks you to help it break a 100-year-old curse. What will you do?”
• “A UFO lands in your backyard on Thanksgiving Day. The aliens are friendly, but they want to join your dinner. What happens next?”
• And 8 more fun and imaginative prompts!

Why You’ll Love This Resource:

• Easy to Use: Simply print and go! Perfect for quick lesson planning.
• Engaging & Fun: Each prompt is designed to capture students’ attention and foster creative thinking.
• Flexible Use: Ideal for writing centers, bell work, or independent writing projects.
• Perfect for November: Add a festive twist to your writing lessons during the Thanksgiving season.

This FREE resource will keep your students engaged and excited about writing. Download today and watch their Thanksgiving tales come to life!

This is just a fun spring writing activity. Students can color in the picture and then write about what spring means to them.

Hope you enjoy this little freebie!

Discover a world of reading through our engaging book review platform! Students can dive into captivating stories, share their thoughts on what they've read, discuss their favorite parts, and rate the books they love. Unlock the magic of literature and connect with fellow bookworms, exchanging ideas and recommendations. Whether you're seeking thrilling adventures, heartwarming tales, or mind-bending mysteries, our platform is the perfect space to express your opinions and uncover hidden literary gems.

 Join the community of young readers and embark on a journey of knowledge and imagination!

This product is made for:

• adapting instruction
• differentiating instruction
• on level learners
• ESL/ENL/ELL
• Deaf Education
• Homework
• Classwork
• Homeschooling
• Bell Work
• Virtual Instruction
• Remote Instruction
• Struggling Readers
• Struggling Writers

In this packet, students will write 20, 10 or 5 definitions from their spelling word list, write all 20, 10, or 5 of the syllables in each spelling word, and write all 20, 10, or 5 of the sounds they hear in each spelling word. This product provides three templates of each for students who require adapted instruction or do not have 20 spelling words, but may have 10 or 5.

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In this product, students will identify nouns, common/proper nouns, singular nouns, singular possessive nouns, plural nouns, and plural possessive nouns.

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In this product, students will identify nouns in sentences, proper/common nouns, singular form of plural nouns, plural form of singular nouns, identify the difference singular nouns, singular possessive nouns, plural nouns, and plural possessive nouns, and rewriting sentences is required throughout this product to help student's improve grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling skills.

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Sentence Grammar Worksheets:

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This packet includes 4 paragraph templates that are useful for students who are just beginning to write a paragraph. 4 templates are included to fit the length of each student's paragraph.

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This packet includes 2 essay templates that are useful for students who are just beginning to write an essay or for students who are going to write a rough draft after brainstorming.

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In this product, students will identify sentence and sentence fragments, write the correct end punctuation for each sentence, label each sentence declarative, imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory, identify each simple subjects and simple predicate.

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In the full product, students will identify sentence and sentence fragments, write the correct end punctuation for each sentence, label each sentence declarative, imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory, identify each complete subject and compete predicate, simple subjects, simple predicate, identify conjunctions in a paragraph, rewrite short sentences as compound sentences and use conjunctions in sentences, and correct run on sentences.

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Singular and Plural Nouns Sentences Workbook Review

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Parts of Speech Vocabulary and Sentence Review Workbooks

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Nouns Vocabulary Word and Sentence Review Workbooks

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Pronouns Vocabulary Word and Sentence Review Workbooks

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Adjectives Vocabulary Word and Sentence Review Workbooks

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Verbs Vocabulary Word and Sentence Review Workbooks

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Adverbs Vocabulary Word and Sentence Review Workbooks

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Prepositions Vocabulary Word and Sentence Review Workbooks

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Conjunctions Vocabulary Word and Sentence Review Workbooks

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Interjections Vocabulary Word and Sentence Review Workbooks

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Adjectives Sentence Review:

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Adverbs Sentence Review:

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Verbs Sentence Review:

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Contractions Grammar Practice:

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Sentence Grammar Worksheets:

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Use this quick & easy freebie in your classroom while teaching personal narrative writing! This checklist is for students to use in order to monitor and self-assess their writing. This product comes two to a page, so it is very convenient to print!

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This document includes two half-page writing checklists that students can use to self evaluate their writing pieces. The grading rubric is simple and easy to follow. It allows students to grade themselves on a four point grading scale based on writing quantity, quality, and neatness.

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