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5th Grade Reading

Teaching text structure can be difficult. This set of task cards is helpful because it features eight topics with four passages about each topic. Text structures include description, sequence, compare and contrast, cause and effect, and problem and solution. Students read the informational passage and identify its text structure. Types Of Text Structure, Teaching Text Structure, Nonfiction Text Structure, Text Structures, Nonfiction Text Features, Summarizing Nonfiction, Nonfiction Reading, Reading Comprehension Activities, Reading Strategies

Types Of Text Structure

Teaching Text Structure

Nonfiction Text Structure

Text Structures

Nonfiction Text Features

Summarizing Nonfiction

Nonfiction Reading

Reading Comprehension Activities

Reading Strategies

Teaching text structure can be difficult. This set of task cards is helpful because it features eight topics with four passages about each topic. Text structures include description, sequence, compare and contrast, cause and effect, and problem and solution. Students read the informational passage and identify its text structure.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

Teach your students to write a strong summary of a nonfiction text by using this engaging PowerPoint. Students are taught a formula for writing the main idea sentence. Then, they choose three important supporting details to complete the summary. Students read five nonfiction passages and write a nonfiction summary for each. Printable and digital companion handouts are included! Reading Skills, Writing Activities, Supporting Details, Powerpoint Lesson

Writing Activities

Supporting Details

Powerpoint Lesson

Teach your students to write a strong summary of a nonfiction text by using this engaging PowerPoint. Students are taught a formula for writing the main idea sentence. Then, they choose three important supporting details to complete the summary. Students read five nonfiction passages and write a nonfiction summary for each. Printable and digital companion handouts are included!

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

Six worksheets for practicing the use of the comparative or superlative degrees of adjectives and adverbs. Students learn and practice the spelling rules related to forming comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs. Rules about adding -er and -est to adjectives and adverbs are featured, and students learn when to use "more" and "most". Students practice using irregular comparatives and superlatives. Students to write complete sentences on 2 worksheets. Ideal for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade! Adverbs Worksheet, Worksheets, Writing Ideas, Third Grade Language Arts Activities, Writing Complete Sentences, Base Words, Spelling Rules, Life Binder

Adverbs Worksheet

Third Grade Language Arts Activities

Writing Complete Sentences

Six worksheets for practicing the use of the comparative or superlative degrees of adjectives and adverbs. Students learn and practice the spelling rules related to forming comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs. Rules about adding -er and -est to adjectives and adverbs are featured, and students learn when to use "more" and "most". Students practice using irregular comparatives and superlatives. Students to write complete sentences on 2 worksheets. Ideal for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade!

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

This author's purpose assessment features five types of author's purpose: persuade, inform, entertain, explain, and describe. The first section features matching items, while the second section requires a short-answer response. In the final section, students read a short passage and answer the multiple-choice question that follows. This assessment, made for fourth and fifth grade students, is rigorous and engaging! If you want, you can also use them as worksheets. Student Reading, Guided Reading, Short Passage, Authors Purpose, Context Clues

Student Reading

Authors Purpose

This author's purpose assessment features five types of author's purpose: persuade, inform, entertain, explain, and describe. The first section features matching items, while the second section requires a short-answer response. In the final section, students read a short passage and answer the multiple-choice question that follows. This assessment, made for fourth and fifth grade students, is rigorous and engaging! If you want, you can also use them as worksheets.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

Teach your students how to add dialogue to their stories with this dialogue PowerPoint. Students will learn about dialogue tags and how to correctly punctuate sentences. Rules are presented for when the tag is at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of the sentence. It includes many practice opportunities. A companion handout is included so that students can write their answers down as they progress through the dialog PowerPoint. Learning Resources, Writing Dialogue

Learning Resources

Writing Dialogue

Teach your students how to add dialogue to their stories with this dialogue PowerPoint. Students will learn about dialogue tags and how to correctly punctuate sentences. Rules are presented for when the tag is at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of the sentence. It includes many practice opportunities. A companion handout is included so that students can write their answers down as they progress through the dialog PowerPoint.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

If getting your child to read at home is a struggle because they think reading is boring, check this out! Here is an at-home reading activity that the most reluctant reader will enjoy... partner plays that a parent and child can read together! At first, your child will be relieved that they only have to read half the lines. Soon they will be motivated to read them because they are fun! This activity improves fluency and expression- no more monotone! Ideal for 4th and 5th graders who like sports! Fluency Activities, Language Art Activities, Reading Fluency, Language Arts, Gym Warm Up

Fluency Activities

Language Art Activities

Reading Fluency

If getting your child to read at home is a struggle because they think reading is boring, check this out! Here is an at-home reading activity that the most reluctant reader will enjoy... partner plays that a parent and child can read together! At first, your child will be relieved that they only have to read half the lines. Soon they will be motivated to read them because they are fun! This activity improves fluency and expression- no more monotone! Ideal for 4th and 5th graders who like sports!

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

These 24 author's purpose task cards use the PIE'ED approach to teaching author's purpose. Students will read each passage and determine whether the author's purpose was to persuade, entertain, describe, inform, or explain. These cards are written for students in fourth, fifth, or sixth grade and are ideal for use as a test prep activity. Plus, teachers get to choose between the basic recording sheet and the gamelike recording sheet. Sixth Grade, Second Grade

These 24 author's purpose task cards use the PIE'ED approach to teaching author's purpose. Students will read each passage and determine whether the author's purpose was to persuade, entertain, describe, inform, or explain. These cards are written for students in fourth, fifth, or sixth grade and are ideal for use as a test prep activity. Plus, teachers get to choose between the basic recording sheet and the gamelike recording sheet.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

Assess your students' understanding of the various genres by using this genre assessment. It contains fill-in-the blank, multiple-choice, and long-response questions. Although originally designed to be an assessment, these 4 pages can also be used as worksheets. This no-prep activity is ready to go for you. Just print and proceed! A Google Slides link is included for teachers who want to use the colorful digital version of this activity. Genre Activities, Depth Of Knowledge, Teaching Vocabulary, Realistic Fiction

Genre Activities

Depth Of Knowledge

Teaching Vocabulary

Realistic Fiction

Assess your students' understanding of the various genres by using this genre assessment. It contains fill-in-the blank, multiple-choice, and long-response questions. Although originally designed to be an assessment, these 4 pages can also be used as worksheets. This no-prep activity is ready to go for you. Just print and proceed! A Google Slides link is included for teachers who want to use the colorful digital version of this activity.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

This PowerPoint resource includes everything you need to teach your students about how to compare and contrast characters, settings, and events using a Venn diagram. Students will learn how to plan, organize, and write a compare and contrast essay. Students are guided through the steps of writing a complete, well-organized essay that includes transition words. Transition Words

Transition Words

This PowerPoint resource includes everything you need to teach your students about how to compare and contrast characters, settings, and events using a Venn diagram. Students will learn how to plan, organize, and write a compare and contrast essay. Students are guided through the steps of writing a complete, well-organized essay that includes transition words.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

Teach your students to make deep text connections instead of suerficial connections with this set of worksheets and posters. Students will practice making four types of text connections: text-to-self, text-to-text, text-to-media, or text-to-world. This file contains four reading passages and four posters! A blank chart is also included that can be used with any book. These fiction passages are written for third, fourth, and fifth grade students. Reading Passages, Text To Text Connections, Making Connections, Text To World

Reading Passages

Text To Text Connections

Making Connections

Teach your students to make deep text connections instead of suerficial connections with this set of worksheets and posters. Students will practice making four types of text connections: text-to-self, text-to-text, text-to-media, or text-to-world. This file contains four reading passages and four posters! A blank chart is also included that can be used with any book. These fiction passages are written for third, fourth, and fifth grade students.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

Teaching students to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" strategy to write a summary requires many practice opportunities! This packet of worksheets features SIX fiction passages. After reading each story, students write a short summary. These passages are perfect for teachers who want to do a scaffolded approach like "I Do, We Do, You Do". Student Writing, Student Teaching

Student Writing

Student Teaching

Teaching students to use the "Somebody Wanted But So Then" strategy to write a summary requires many practice opportunities! This packet of worksheets features SIX fiction passages. After reading each story, students write a short summary. These passages are perfect for teachers who want to do a scaffolded approach like "I Do, We Do, You Do".

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

This writing worksheet packet includes five worksheets that will give your students an opportunity to practice recognizing and revising sentence fragments and run-on sentences. Each proofreading worksheet includes a chart with common editing symbols so that students learn to use the appropriate symbols as they revise each writing sample. This is ideal for students in third, fourth, and fifth grade! Writing Worksheets, Editing Symbols, Sentence Fragments, Run On Sentences, Word Study, Fifth Grade

Writing Worksheets

Editing Symbols

Sentence Fragments

Run On Sentences

This writing worksheet packet includes five worksheets that will give your students an opportunity to practice recognizing and revising sentence fragments and run-on sentences. Each proofreading worksheet includes a chart with common editing symbols so that students learn to use the appropriate symbols as they revise each writing sample. This is ideal for students in third, fourth, and fifth grade!

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

Do your students struggle with remembering the rules related to capitalization? This packet includes 5 worksheets and 1 assessment that focuses on the most common capitalization rules. Students practice rules related to book titles, proper nouns, relationships, regions, job titles, religions, nationalities, languages, and more! Students edit sentences by drawing three lines under letters that should be capitalized. Ideal for fourth and fifth-grade students! Capitalization Rules, Proper Nouns, Birthday Name, Word Families

Capitalization Rules

Do your students struggle with remembering the rules related to capitalization? This packet includes 5 worksheets and 1 assessment that focuses on the most common capitalization rules. Students practice rules related to book titles, proper nouns, relationships, regions, job titles, religions, nationalities, languages, and more! Students edit sentences by drawing three lines under letters that should be capitalized. Ideal for fourth and fifth-grade students!

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

Teach your students to determine the author's purpose for writing a passage with this set of worksheets. Identifying the author's purpose can be a challenging skill for students to master. Students need lots of practice to become proficient in this area. These no-prep worksheets are ready to go! The packet includes ten engaging sports passages! Students are asked to write in complete sentences and to fully explain the author's purpose. Includes persuade, entertain, inform, explain, and describe. Sentence Starters, Complete Sentences

Sentence Starters

Complete Sentences

Teach your students to determine the author's purpose for writing a passage with this set of worksheets. Identifying the author's purpose can be a challenging skill for students to master. Students need lots of practice to become proficient in this area. These no-prep worksheets are ready to go! The packet includes ten engaging sports passages! Students are asked to write in complete sentences and to fully explain the author's purpose. Includes persuade, entertain, inform, explain, and describe.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

This figurative language assessment features similes, metaphors, alliteration, personification, hyperboles, idioms, and onomatopoeias. Students match terms and definitions in the first section. Next, students identify figurative language elements within sentences. In the final section, students read a short passage and identify the literary devices within the passage. This assessment is rigorous, yet engaging! Dictionary Meaning

Dictionary Meaning

This figurative language assessment features similes, metaphors, alliteration, personification, hyperboles, idioms, and onomatopoeias. Students match terms and definitions in the first section. Next, students identify figurative language elements within sentences. In the final section, students read a short passage and identify the literary devices within the passage. This assessment is rigorous, yet engaging!

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

Fourth and fifth grade students can identify examples of figurative language as they read these seven partner plays! Students work to improve their reading fluency and voice expression with these fun scripts that even the most reluctant reader will enjoy. They are ideal for reading with a partner at school or with a parent at home! Each play features one of the following literary devices: similes, metaphors, idioms, hyperboles, personification, alliteration, or onomatopoeias. Includes worksheet! Language Partner

Language Partner

Fourth and fifth grade students can identify examples of figurative language as they read these seven partner plays! Students work to improve their reading fluency and voice expression with these fun scripts that even the most reluctant reader will enjoy. They are ideal for reading with a partner at school or with a parent at home! Each play features one of the following literary devices: similes, metaphors, idioms, hyperboles, personification, alliteration, or onomatopoeias. Includes worksheet!

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

A Show, Don't Tell writing minilesson is essential in the upper elementary classroom. Teach your students to write sentences that SHOW the reader how a character is feeling. Telling readers simple statements result in boring papers. This blog post contains a complete writing lesson and the printables you willl need to create the anchor chart and replicate the activities! Teaching students how to replace telling sentences with showing sentences is an important step in developing young writers. Writing Lessons, Writing Prompts, Show Dont Tell, Do Smile

Writing Lessons

Writing Prompts

A Show, Don't Tell writing minilesson is essential in the upper elementary classroom. Teach your students to write sentences that SHOW the reader how a character is feeling. Telling readers simple statements result in boring papers. This blog post contains a complete writing lesson and the printables you willl need to create the anchor chart and replicate the activities! Teaching students how to replace telling sentences with showing sentences is an important step in developing young writers.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

Being able to identify and use text features is essential to reading and comprehending informational texts. Have your students show what they know with this nonfiction text feature assessment. It consists of four pages, and it can also be used as a worksheet packet. This nonfiction text feature resource contains 22 multiple-choice questions. Some questions require students to identify the text feature, while others require that students use the text feature. Just print and go! Informational Texts, Reading Resources

Informational Texts

Reading Resources

Being able to identify and use text features is essential to reading and comprehending informational texts. Have your students show what they know with this nonfiction text feature assessment. It consists of four pages, and it can also be used as a worksheet packet. This nonfiction text feature resource contains 22 multiple-choice questions. Some questions require students to identify the text feature, while others require that students use the text feature. Just print and go!

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

Teach your students to find text evidence with this color-coding activity! Students read two passages and then answer the five comprehension questions that follow. They color the dot dude beside each question, and then they return to the passage and use the same color to underline the text that supports their answer. This text evidence practice packet includes one fiction passage and one nonfiction passage. This engaging activity makes finding text evidence fun! Comprehension Questions, Reading Ideas, Reading Writing

Comprehension Questions

Reading Writing

Teach your students to find text evidence with this color-coding activity! Students read two passages and then answer the five comprehension questions that follow. They color the dot dude beside each question, and then they return to the passage and use the same color to underline the text that supports their answer. This text evidence practice packet includes one fiction passage and one nonfiction passage. This engaging activity makes finding text evidence fun!

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

Learning to write a strong nonfiction summary requires a lot of practice. This worksheet packet contains five nonfiction passages. After students read each informational text, they will write a 3- to 4-sentence summary. This packet includes a graphic organizer designed to help students write their topic sentence. These passages are perfect for students in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade.

Learning to write a strong nonfiction summary requires a lot of practice. This worksheet packet contains five nonfiction passages. After students read each informational text, they will write a 3- to 4-sentence summary. This packet includes a graphic organizer designed to help students write their topic sentence. These passages are perfect for students in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

Writing a summary can be challenging for upper elementary students. Use the "somebody wanted but so then" summarizing strategy to teach this important reading and writing skill. This step-by-step summarizing fiction PowerPoint includes six practice opportunities and lots of summarizing tips. Summarizing Strategies, Summarizing Fiction, Writing Skills

Summarizing Strategies

Summarizing Fiction

Writing a summary can be challenging for upper elementary students. Use the "somebody wanted but so then" summarizing strategy to teach this important reading and writing skill. This step-by-step summarizing fiction PowerPoint includes six practice opportunities and lots of summarizing tips.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

Poetry Lessons, Free Lessons, Middle School Student, Writing Poetry

Middle School Student

Use this character traits PowerPoint to teach students how to infer character traits using the clues provided in a text. They will analyze a character's feelings, actions, thoughts, and dialogue within a story in order to infer a character trait. 22 character trait words are featured. This reading PowerPoint consists of twelve practice passages, making it ideal for test prep. It can easily be converted to Google Slides, and it contains both a printable and digital companion handout! Learning Activities, Counseling Activities, Social Emotional Learning, Social Skills, School

Learning Activities

Counseling Activities

Social Emotional Learning

Use this character traits PowerPoint to teach students how to infer character traits using the clues provided in a text. They will analyze a character's feelings, actions, thoughts, and dialogue within a story in order to infer a character trait. 22 character trait words are featured. This reading PowerPoint consists of twelve practice passages, making it ideal for test prep. It can easily be converted to Google Slides, and it contains both a printable and digital companion handout!

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

This nonfiction text structures assessment features five informational text structures: description, sequence, compare and contrast, cause and effect, and problem and solution. Students read ten nonfiction passages and identify the text structure of each. Students also must defend each answer. Two short-essay questions follow the ten passages. This assessment, made for fourth, fifth, and sixth-grade students, is rigorous and engaging! If you want, you can also use this packet as worksheets.

This nonfiction text structures assessment features five informational text structures: description, sequence, compare and contrast, cause and effect, and problem and solution. Students read ten nonfiction passages and identify the text structure of each. Students also must defend each answer. Two short-essay questions follow the ten passages. This assessment, made for fourth, fifth, and sixth-grade students, is rigorous and engaging! If you want, you can also use this packet as worksheets.

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

Deb Hanson | Crafting Connections

5th Grade Language Arts

Nonfiction Text Structure Anchor Chart, Text Structure Lessons

Nonfiction Text Structure Anchor Chart

Text Structure Lessons