Grade 5 Writing

180 Days of Writing is an easy-to-use resource that provides fifth-grade students with practice in writing argument/opinion, informative/explanatory, and narratives pieces while also strengthening their language and grammar skills. Centered on high-interest themes, each two-week unit is aligned to one writing standard. Students interact with mentor texts during the first week and then apply their learning the next week by practicing the steps of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Daily practice pages make activities easy to prepare and implement as part of a classroom morning routine, at the beginning of each writing lesson, or as homework. Genre-specific rubrics and data-analysis tools provide authentic assessments that help teachers differentiate instruction. Develop enthusiastic and efficient writers through these standards-based activities correlated to College and Career Readiness and other state standards.

From fairy tales to five-paragraph essays, Kumon Writing Workbooks offer a complete program to improve the development and organization of ideas and expand vocabulary. Our fun and innovative exercises inspire creativity and the desire to write.

Spectrum(R) Writing for grade 5 guides students through each step of the writing process as they write paragraphs, personal narratives, fiction stories, comparisons, visual aids, how-to instructions, research reports, persuasive articles, and more. Spectrum(R) Writing workbooks guide students as they write for a variety of purposes, including writing to tell a story, writing to provide information, and writing to state an opinion. Lessons support current state standards. Step-by-step instructions help with planning, drafting, revising, proofreading, and sharing writing. A Writer’s Handbook reinforces grammar and language skills, and a complete Answer Key is included. Engaging, open-ended writing projects combined with standards-based learning make these workbooks an essential resource for school success. Spectrum(R), the best-selling workbook series, is proud to provide quality educational materials that support your students’ learning achievement and success.

Teacher Resource Book

Writing essays is hard. Kids must organize their ideas, overcome their fear of a blank page of paper, write a good hook, connect their introduction to their conclusion, use transitions and figurative language, vary sentence types, use good vocabulary and revise. How to Write a Fifth Grade (or any other grade) Essay shows kids how to do it all. This how-to book starts where kids start, thinking up an idea, and takes kids through the whole process. Like playing the piano or swimming the butterfly, writing essays takes practice, something kids hate. Right? How to Write a Fifth Grade (or any other grade) Essay takes away the pain by offering a baby-step by baby-step process which kids can follow to write any kind of essay. Plus examples from real students show how other kids do it. Revising is what creates great writing. How to Write a Fifth Grade (or any other grade) Essay takes kids through the revising process. Revising is not finding spelling and apostrophe errors. Revising is rewriting-moving ideas around, adding details, replacing weak verbs with powerful verbs, varying sentence openings and lengths, adding figurative language and leaving readers with a smile. For twenty years, Mrs. Powers has been helping kids write. How to Write a Fifth Grade (or any other grade) Essay collects her practical tips in for elementary, middle and even high schoolers. It's a quick, engaging read for parents and teachers too.

Communication is essential in daily life, and writing is an important aspect of communication. Give your second graders a solid writing foundation through Basic Writing Skills. The book focuses primarily on teaching students to write sentences effectively. It helps to create confidence with skills such as sentence building, sentence combining, kinds of sentences, story sequence, and writing stories. The fun illustrations will hold your students' interest while the engaging activities teach them to write clearly and concisely. An answer key is also included.

Common Core Top Pick for Writing Text Types and Purposes Production and Distribution of Writing View all Common Core Top Picks for Writing Focused instruction on important nonfiction writing forms! Help your grade 6+ students practice nonfiction writing skills with guided instruction using the models and activities in Nonfiction Writing, Grade 6+. 16 units cover the following nonfiction writing skills: Expository Writing Writing a Summary - Writing a Topic Sentence, Marking Up an Article, Paraphrasing, Organizing a Summary Writing a Descriptive Essay - Using Sensory Details, Using Figurative Language, Using Precise Language, Avoiding Overwriting Writing a Cause-and-Effect Essay - Writing to Show Cause and Effect, Organizing a Cause-and-Effect Essay, Adding Details Writing a Compare-and-Contrast Essay - Writing to Compare and Contrast, Organizing Details, Balancing Details, Writing a Conclusion Writing a Biography - Organizing Details, Writing Main-Idea Sentences, Removing Unnecessary Details Writing a News Article - Answering the 5Ws and H, Writing a Good Lead, Using a Neutral Voice Writing a Response to Literature - Answering a Prompt, Summarizing the Text, Marking Up the Text, Using Details from the Story Writing a Research Report - Writing Topic and Main-Idea Sentences, Asking Research Questions, Taking Notes, Writing an Outline, Using an Outline to Write, Quoting and Paraphrasing, Writing Introductions and Conclusions, Listing Sources Persuasive Writing Writing a Persuasive Letter - Forming an Opinion Statement, Including Reasons and Details, Writing Good Leads, Organizing a Persuasive Letter Writing a Persuasive Essay - Writing an Opinion Statement, Including Reasons and Examples, Including an Opposing Reason and a Response, Writing Action Statements Writing a Review - Including Important Information, Supporting Your Opinion, Using the Right Voice Writing an Editorial - Writing an Introduction, Responding to Other People's Arguments, Writing a Call to Action Writing a Problem-Solution Essay - Stating the Problem, Supporting the Solution, Balancing Information Writing a Pro-Con Essay - Establishing Pros and Cons, Writing an Introduction, Adding Details and Examples, Balancing Pros and Cons, Writing a Conclusion Narrative Writing Writing a Personal Narrative - Narrowing the Topic, Using Sensory Details, Including Important Details, Writing Transition Sentences Writing Creative Nonfiction - Writing a Creative Introduction, Including Strong Verbs and Adjectives, Creating a Mood

Good writing skills are essential not only for fifth-grade academic success, but also for lifelong achievement. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this workbook will help your child catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it! WRITING NONFICTION Exercises on choosing a topic, researching, and interviewing break down the process of writing a nonfiction story. STORY MAP Fill-in-the-blank sections teach kids how to structure an article, including main points and details. AUTHOR! AUTHOR! Essay assignments allow kids to write their own fiction stories by incorporating plot and dialogue. SENSE MAP The five "sense signals" remind kids to include descriptions of scenes and characters. READ AND REVISE Stories on chocolate, princesses, and aliens help kids practice how to cut, add, or change text. PLUS! CHECK IT! STRIPS Reinforce concepts as kids check their own work. Give your child’s grades and confidence a boost with 5th Grade Writing Success. Why Sylvan Products Work Sylvan's proven system inspires kids to learn and has helped children nationwide catch up, keep up, and get ahead in school. Sylvan has been a trusted partner for parents for thirty years, and has based their supplemental education success on programs developed through a focus on the highest educational standards and detailed research. Sylvan’s line of educational products equips families with fun, effective, and grade-appropriate learning tools. Our workbooks and learning kits feature activities, stories, and games to reinforce the skills children need to develop and achieve their academic potential. Students will reap the rewards of improved confidence and a newfound love of learning.

Our proven Spectrum Writing grade 5 workbook features 136 pages of writing fundamentals. Recently updated to current national standards, including revised sequencing for smooth transition between skills, along with new nonfiction activities. This workbook for children ages 10 to 11 includes activities that reinforce topics to ensure writing proficiency. Writing skills include: *Purpose of writing *Active voice *Spatial organization *Setting and characterization *Writing process Our best-selling Spectrum Writing series features age-appropriate workbooks for Preschool to grade 6. Developed with the latest standards-based teaching methods that provide targeted practice in vocabulary fundamentals to ensure successful learning!